Nearest Communities to Watson Flats,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Watson Flats, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Watson Flats:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Watson Flats is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Garfield County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garfield County: Custer, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie, Rosebud & Valley.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 14 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Watson Flats. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Garfield 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 Watson Flats (which is Garfield 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 Watson Flats
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Garfield County (where Watson Flats resides)
- County Seat for Garfield: Jordan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Garfield County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Garfield County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Garfield County
- Nearest Communities to Watson Flats ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Watson Flats.
- Purewater ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Allen ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Hillside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hillside is located in Garfield County
- Cohagen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohagen
- Cohagen is located in Garfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohagen <5>
- Van Norman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Norman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Norman
- Van Norman is located in Garfield County
- Keplerville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keplerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keplerville
- Keplerville is located in Garfield County
- Freedom ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McCone County
- County Seat for McCone: Circle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- McCone County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- McCone County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- McCone County
- Nearest Communities to Watson Flats ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Watson Flats.
- Paris ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - White ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Watkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Brockway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Brockway is located in McCone County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockway <5>
- Prairie County
- County Seat for Prairie: Terry
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Prairie County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Prairie County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Prairie County
- Nearest Communities to Watson Flats ...
- Rosebud County
- County Seat for Rosebud: Forsyth
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Rosebud County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Rosebud County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Rosebud County
- Nearest Communities to Watson Flats ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Watson Flats.
- Rock Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Rosebud County
- Angela
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angela
- Angela is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angela <5>
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 from Point A (ie- Watson Flats) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watson Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0856, Longitude: -106.2784 In this case, the coordinates for Watson Flats have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Watson Flats, 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |