Nearest Communities to Willard,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Willard, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Willard:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 starting from Willard.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Willard is located in Fallon County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fallon County: Carter, Custer, Prairie, Wibaux, Bowman (ND), Golden Valley (ND), Slope (ND) & Harding (SD).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Willard. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Fallon 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 Willard (which is Fallon 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 Willard
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fallon County (where Willard resides)
- County Seat for Fallon: Baker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Fallon County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Fallon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Fallon County
- Nearest Communities to Willard ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willard.
- Webster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in Fallon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,897 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <4>
- Plevna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plevna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Plevna is located in Fallon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plevna <4>
- MacKenzie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Knobs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Westmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Cabin Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabin Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Cabin Creek is located in Fallon County
- Ollie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carter County
- County Seat for Carter: Ekalaka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Carter County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Carter County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Carter County
- Nearest Communities to Willard ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willard.
- Chausse ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Ekalaka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ekalaka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekalaka
- Ekalaka is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ekalaka <4>
- Mill Iron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Beaver Flats ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Flats
- Beaver Flats is located in Carter County
- Elgin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Custer County
- County Seat for Custer: Miles City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Custer County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Custer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Custer County
- Nearest Communities to Willard ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willard.
- Foundation ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foundation have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundation
- Foundation is located in Custer County
- Ismay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ismay
- Ismay is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
- Former name for Ismay:
- Joe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ismay <4>
- Bowman County
- County Seat for Bowman: Bowman (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- Nearest Communities to Willard ...
- Slope County
- County Seat for Slope: Amidon (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- Nearest Communities to Willard ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Willard.
- Marmarth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmarth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmarth
- Marmarth is located in Slope County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmarth <4>
- Mazda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
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- Willard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1941, Longitude: -104.3684 |
| <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. |
| <3> | 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. |
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