Nearest Communities to Williams,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Williams, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Williams:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Williams.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Williams is located in Pondera County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williams. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Pondera 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 Williams (which is Pondera 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 Williams
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Pondera County (where Williams resides)
- County Website: https://www.ponderacountymontana.org/
- County Seat for Pondera: Conrad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Wingina ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wingina is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
- Belgian Colony ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Belgian Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgian Colony
- Valier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Manson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Lone Tree ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- New Miami Colony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Miami Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miami Colony
- Abbott Lake ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott Lake is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Lake
- Blair Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Crossing
- Erickson ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Erickson is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson
- Conrad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gallup City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gallup City is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup City
- Broadhead ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Broadhead is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadhead
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kuka Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kuka Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuka Crossing
- Pondera Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pondera Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondera Colony
- Aubrey Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aubrey Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey Crossing
- Ledger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Birch Creek Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Birch Creek Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek Colony
- Fowler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fowler is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Midway ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Kingsbury Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Colony
- Shields Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
- Dupuyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
- Edwards Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Robere ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Robere is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robere
- Hagans Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagans Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagans Crossing
- Brady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sollid ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sollid is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sollid
- Glacier County
- County Website: https://glaciercountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Glacier: Cut Bank
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Cut Bank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Piegan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Piegan is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piegan
- Gunsight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gunsight is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Santa Rita
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hidden Lake Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Lake Colony is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake Colony
- Sundance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sundance is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
- Teton County
- County Website: https://tetoncountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Teton: Choteau
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Pendroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Agawam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Agawam is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam
- Rockport Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Colony is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
- Bynum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Malone
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Malone is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Liberty Center ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Miller Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Miller Colony is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Colony
- Burton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burton is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Koyl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Koyl is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koyl
- New Rockport Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Rockport Colony is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rockport Colony
- Collins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Blackleaf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackleaf is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackleaf
- Truchot Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Truchot Hill is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truchot Hill
- Toole County
- County Website: https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Toole: Shelby
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williams ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williams.
- Naismith
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Naismith is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
- Ethridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shelby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Virden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Virden is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
- Dunkirk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Aloe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aloe is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
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- Williams) 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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