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Nearest Communities to Trout Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Trout Creek is located in Sanders County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanders County: Bonner (ID), Shoshone (ID), Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral & Missoula.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Trout Creek. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Sanders County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Trout Creek (which is Sanders 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 Trout Creek

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

  • Sanders County   (where Trout Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sanders.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Sanders:   Thompson Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trout Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trout Creek.
      • Larchwood
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Larchwood is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larchwood
      • Tuscor
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Childs
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Childs is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
      • White Pine
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • White Pine is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
      • Talc
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Talc is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talc
      • Noxon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Belknap
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Belknap is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
      • Shannonville ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Shannonville is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannonville
      • Smead ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Thompson Falls
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Heron
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Snider
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Snider is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Ashleys Settlement ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Ashleys Settlement is located in Sanders County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleys Settlement
        • Bend
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Bend is located in Sanders County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
        • Cedar ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Cedar is located in Sanders County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
        • Eddy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Flathead County
  • Lincoln County
  • Mineral County
  • Bonner County
  • Shoshone County
    • County Website:   https://shoshonecounty.id.gov/
    • County Seat for Shoshone:   Wallace (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trout Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trout Creek.
      • Murray
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Eagle is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
      • Prichard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Prichard is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
      • Thiard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Thiard is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiard
      • Delta
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunset is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Carbon Center
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Burke ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornwall
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Cornwall is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
      • Ferguson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Ferguson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Mace
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Mace is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
      • Black Bear
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Black Bear is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Frisco
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Steamboat Rocks
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Steamboat Rocks is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rocks
        • Dorsey ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Dorsey is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
        • Larson
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Pottsville ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Pottsville is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
        • Bunn
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Bunn is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
        • Gem
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Gem is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
        • Nelson ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Nelson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Carbonate ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Carbonate is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
        • Mullan
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <3>
        • Blackcloud
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Blackcloud is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackcloud
        • McCarthy
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • McCarthy is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarthy
        • Nuckols
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Nuckols is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuckols
        • Steamboat ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Steamboat is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
        • Webb
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Webb is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
        • Borax ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Borax is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
        • Bullion ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Bullion is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
        • Tammany
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Tammany is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tammany
        • Gentry
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Gentry is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
        • Golconda
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Golconda is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
        • Stull
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Stull is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
        • Woodland Park
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Osburn
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Silverton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wallace
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Elk Creek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Elk Creek is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trout Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.