Nearest Communities to Wheaton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wheaton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wheaton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Wheaton.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Wheaton is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Musselshell County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Musselshell County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Petroleum, Rosebud, Treasure & Yellowstone.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wheaton. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Musselshell 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 Wheaton (which is Musselshell 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 Wheaton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Musselshell County (where Wheaton resides)
- County Seat for Musselshell: Roundup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Musselshell County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Musselshell County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Musselshell County
- Nearest Communities to Wheaton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheaton.
- Camp Three
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Three have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Three
- Camp Three is located in Musselshell County
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Roundup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundup have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
- Roundup is located in Musselshell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,864 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roundup <5>
- Elso
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Gibbtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Flatwillow Colony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatwillow Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow Colony
- Flatwillow Colony is located in Musselshell County
- Farralltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farralltown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farralltown
- Farralltown is located in Musselshell County
- Klein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Republic ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Bundy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Gage
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Kilby Butte Colony
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kilby Butte Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby Butte Colony
- Kilby Butte Colony is located in Musselshell County
- Delphia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fergus County
- County Website: www.co.fergus.mt.us/
- County Seat for Fergus: Lewistown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- Nearest Communities to Wheaton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheaton.
- Darrel ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Warr ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Battrick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Becket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Dryland ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Forestgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestgrove
- Forestgrove is located in Fergus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forestgrove <5>
- Grass Range
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass Range have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Range
- Grass Range is located in Fergus County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Range <5>
- Golden Valley County
- County Seat for Golden Valley: Ryegate
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Golden Valley County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Golden Valley County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Golden Valley County
- Nearest Communities to Wheaton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheaton.
- Emory ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Sahara ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Rothiemay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Lavina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavina have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavina
- Lavina is located in Golden Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavina <5>
- Cushman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Slayton Junction ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slayton Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayton Junction
- Slayton Junction is located in Golden Valley County
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Ryegate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryegate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Ryegate is located in Golden Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryegate <5>
- Dodgetown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Golden Valley Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley Colony
- Golden Valley Colony is located in Golden Valley County
- Petroleum County
- County Seat for Petroleum: Winnett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Petroleum County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Petroleum County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Petroleum County
- Nearest Communities to Wheaton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheaton.
- Wallview ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Flatwillow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatwillow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
- Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wheaton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wheaton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5844, Longitude: -108.8515 In this case, the coordinates for Wheaton 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 Wheaton, 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. |