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Nearest Communities to Wolf Creek,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wolf Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wolf Creek:

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 from Wolf Creek.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Wolf Creek is located in Lewis and Clark County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wolf Creek. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Lewis and Clark 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 Wolf Creek (which is Lewis and Clark 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 Wolf Creek

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Lewis and Clark County   (where Wolf Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lccountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lewis and Clark:   Helena
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wolf Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wolf Creek.
      • Craig
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dennison ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Dennison is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
      • Sieben
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Sieben is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieben
      • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Strom
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Strom is located in Lewis and Clark County
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      • Mike Horse ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Mike Horse is located in Lewis and Clark County
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      • Old Weiss And French Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilborn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilborn is located in Lewis and Clark County
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      • Canyon Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Nelson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Nelson is located in Lewis and Clark County
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      • Trinity ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Trinity is located in Lewis and Clark County
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      • Continue List   (36 more) ...
        • Gearing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Gearing is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Marysville ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Silver King ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Silver King is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Lower Ellis Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lower Ellis Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ellis Place
        • Gloster
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Iron
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Milford Colony
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Milford Colony is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Birdseye
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Bald Butte
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Bald Butte is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Upper Ellis Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Upper Ellis Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • York
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • York is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • La Chapelle Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • La Chapelle Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Chapelle Place
        • Evergreen Court
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Evergreen Court is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Court
        • Seven Mile ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Seven Mile is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
        • Tobin
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Tobin is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Lakeside
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Lakeside is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Clemons ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Clemons is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Austin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Fort Harrison
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Skyline
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
        • Weed
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Vista
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Vista is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Belmont ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Belmont is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Ferris ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Ferris is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Broadwater
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Broadwater is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Kenwood ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Kenwood is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Blue Cloud ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Blue Cloud is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Dotsonville ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Dotsonville is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Helena
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • East Helena
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Four Range
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Four Range is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Canyon Ferry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Canyon Ferry is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Daytown ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Daytown is located in Lewis and Clark County
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        • Lincoln
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Cavetown
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cascade County
  • Powell County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wolf Creek) 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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