Nearest Communities to Vista,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vista, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vista:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Vista.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Vista is located in Flathead County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vista. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Flathead 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 Vista (which is Flathead 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 Vista
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Flathead County (where Vista resides)
- County Website: https://flatheadcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Flathead: Kalispell
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vista.
- Ramsey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Round Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Round Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Happy Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Haven is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Haven
- Whitefish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lupfer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lupfer is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupfer
- Halfmoon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halfmoon is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon
- Olney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lazy Day Court
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
- Big Sky Colonial Manor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Park is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Park
- La Salle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- La Salle is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
- Continue List (42 more) ...
- Conkelley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Conkelley is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkelley
- Rhodes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rhodes is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Radnor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Radnor is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Rose Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
- Coram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hungry Horse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgewood Terrace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Terrace is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Terrace
- Martin City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Northridge Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Northridge Heights is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Heights
- Parkdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parkdale is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Apgar
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Apgar is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgar
- Ashley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ashley is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Duncan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Duncan is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Kalispell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meadow Manor Incorporated
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Glacier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Batavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Batavia is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Fork is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
- Mar-Le Villa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mar-Le Villa is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Le Villa
- Polebridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Demersville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Demersville is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
- Jessup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jessup is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
- Creston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kila
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reuter ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Reuter is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuter
- Forest Hill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
- Crystal Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Ford is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Ford
- Lake McDonald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake McDonald is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McDonald
- Nyack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nyack is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack
- Geduhn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geduhn is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geduhn
- Somers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ford is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Sperry Chalets
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sperry Chalets is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry Chalets
- Holt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holt is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Mud Lake ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
- Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
- Wurtz Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wurtz Hill is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtz Hill
- Red Rock Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Rock Point is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Point
- Swan River ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swan River is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://lincolncountymt.us/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Libby
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vista.
- Fish Lake ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Lake is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
- Stryker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ant Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ant Flat is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ant Flat
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vista) 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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