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Nearest Communities to Virden,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 from Virden.<1>

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


Virden is located in Toole County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Toole County: Glacier, Liberty & Pondera.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Virden. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Toole 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 Virden (which is Toole 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 Virden

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

  • Toole County   (where Virden resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Toole:   Shelby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Virden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Virden.
      • Shelby
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Shelby is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,995 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <3>
      • Aloe
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Aloe is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
      • Ethridge
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Dunkirk
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Dunkirk is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
      • Naismith
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Naismith is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
      • Kevin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Kevin is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kevin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kevin <3>
      • Oilmont
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Ferdig
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Ferdig is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdig
      • Devon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Devon is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Kippen
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Kippen is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kippen
        • Ohio Camp
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Ohio Camp is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio Camp
        • Sunburst
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Galata
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Rim Rock Colony
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Rim Rock Colony is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Rock Colony
        • Demers ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Demers was located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demers
  • Glacier County
    • County Website:   https://glaciercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Glacier:   Cut Bank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Virden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Virden.
      • Cut Bank
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Santa Rita
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glacier Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Glacier Colony is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Colony
      • Gunsight
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Gunsight is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
      • Tipville ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Tipville was located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipville
      • Sundance
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sundance is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
  • Pondera County
    • County Website:   https://www.ponderacountymontana.org/
    • County Seat for Pondera:   Conrad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Virden   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Virden.
      • Lone Tree ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Lone Tree was located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Belgian Colony ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Belgian Colony was located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgian Colony
      • Fowler
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Fowler is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
      • Abbott Lake ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Abbott Lake was located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Lake
      • Wingina ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Wingina was located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
      • Ledger
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Blair Crossing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Blair Crossing is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Crossing
      • Manson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Manson is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
      • Williams
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Williams is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Shields Crossing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
      • Valier
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Conrad
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Edwards Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
        • Aubrey Crossing
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Aubrey Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey Crossing
        • Kuka Crossing
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Kuka Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuka Crossing
        • New Miami Colony
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • New Miami Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miami Colony
        • Pondera Colony
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Pondera Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondera Colony
        • Hagans Crossing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Hagans Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagans Crossing
        • Erickson ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Erickson was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson
        • Midway ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Midway was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Broadhead ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Broadhead was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadhead
        • Pierce Crossing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
        • Sollid ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Sollid was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sollid
        • Kingsbury Colony
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Kingsbury Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Colony

Footnotes ...

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