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Nearest Communities to Valier,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.


Valier is located in Pondera County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Valier. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Pondera 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 Valier (which is Pondera 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 Valier

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

  • Pondera County   (where Valier resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.ponderacountymontana.org/
    • County Seat for Pondera:   Conrad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Valier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Valier.
      • Williams
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Williams is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Wingina ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Wingina is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
      • Kuka Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Kuka Crossing is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuka Crossing
      • Abbott Lake ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Abbott Lake is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Lake
      • Blair Crossing
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Blair Crossing is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Crossing
      • New Miami Colony
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • New Miami Colony is located in Pondera County
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      • Broadhead ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Broadhead is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadhead
      • Pondera Colony
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Pondera Colony is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondera Colony
      • Aubrey Crossing
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Aubrey Crossing is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey Crossing
      • Belgian Colony ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Belgian Colony is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgian Colony
      • Lone Tree ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Birch Creek Colony
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Birch Creek Colony is located in Pondera County
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      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Kingsbury Colony
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Kingsbury Colony is located in Pondera County
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        • Pierce Crossing
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
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        • Manson
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Manson is located in Pondera County
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        • Shields Crossing
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
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        • Dupuyer
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Robere ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Robere is located in Pondera County
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        • Edwards Crossing
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
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        • Erickson ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Erickson is located in Pondera County
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        • Gallup City
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Gallup City is located in Pondera County
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        • Hagans Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Hagans Crossing is located in Pondera County
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        • Conrad
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ledger
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Fowler
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Fowler is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
        • Midway ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Midway is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Brady
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Heart Butte
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Glacier County
    • County Website:   https://glaciercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Glacier:   Cut Bank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Valier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Valier.
      • Piegan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Piegan is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piegan
      • Cut Bank
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Family ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Family is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
      • Gunsight
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Gunsight is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
      • Hidden Lake Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hidden Lake Colony is located in Glacier County
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      • Sundance
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sundance is located in Glacier County
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      • Santa Rita
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Fort Piegan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Piegan is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Piegan
  • Teton County
    • County Website:   https://tetoncountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Teton:   Choteau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Valier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Valier.
      • Pendroy
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Rockport Colony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
      • Agawam
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Agawam is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam
      • Bynum
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Malone
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Malone is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
      • Blackleaf
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Blackleaf is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackleaf
      • Miller Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Miller Colony is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Colony
      • Koyl
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Koyl is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koyl
      • Farmington
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Farmington is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Liberty Center ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Liberty Center is located in Teton County
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      • Burton ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Burton is located in Teton County
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  • Toole County
    • County Website:   https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Toole:   Shelby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Valier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Valier.
      • Ethridge
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Naismith
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Naismith is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
      • Shelby
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Virden
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Virden is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
      • Aloe
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Aloe is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
      • Dunkirk
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dunkirk is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valier) 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.
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