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Nearest Communities to Trine,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Trine, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Trine:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Trine is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Phillips County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Phillips County: Blaine, Fergus, Garfield, Petroleum & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Trine. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Phillips County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Trine (which is Phillips County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Trine

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Phillips County   (where Trine resides)
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Malta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trine.
      • Midale
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Midale is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midale
      • Zortman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitcomb ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Whitcomb is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb
      • DY Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • DY Junction is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DY Junction
      • Landusky ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Landusky is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landusky
      • Fourchette ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Fourchette is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourchette
      • Regina ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Regina is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
      • Brookside ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Brookside is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Old Whitcomb Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Whitcomb Place is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Whitcomb Place
      • First Creek ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • First Creek is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Creek
      • Phillips
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Phillips is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Legg ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Legg is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
      • X Crossing
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • X Crossing is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X Crossing
      • Sun Prairie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Sun Prairie is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
  • Blaine County
    • County Website:   https://blainecounty-mt.gov/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Chinook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trine.
      • Big Warm ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Big Warm is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Warm
      • Lodge Pole
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Lodge Pole is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Pole
      • Hays
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Grove
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pine Grove is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Dry Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Dry Lake is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Lake
      • Power Plant ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Power Plant is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Plant
      • Cow Island ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Cow Island is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
  • Fergus County
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trine   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trine.
      • Rocky Point ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Rocky Point is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Carroll ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Carroll is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Mobridge ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Mobridge is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobridge
      • Little Crooked ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Little Crooked is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crooked
  • Petroleum County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Trine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.