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Nearest Communities to Woodhawk,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Woodhawk.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Woodhawk is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Fergus County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fergus County: Blaine, Chouteau, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips & Wheatland.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Woodhawk. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Fergus 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 Woodhawk (which is Fergus 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 Woodhawk

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

  • Fergus County   (where Woodhawk resides)
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodhawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodhawk.
      • Winifred
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rumble Creek ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rumble Creek is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble Creek
      • Suffolk
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Suffolk is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffolk
      • Cone Butte ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cone Butte is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Butte
      • Judith ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Judith is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judith
      • Salt Creek ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Salt Creek is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
      • Christina
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Christina is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christina
      • Mobridge ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Mobridge is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobridge
      • Moulton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Moulton is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Everson ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Everson is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
        • Armells ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Armells is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armells
        • Fergus
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Fergus is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fergus
        • Roy Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Roy Junction is located in Fergus County
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        • Roy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Box Elder ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Box Elder is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
  • Blaine County
    • County Website:   https://blainecounty-mt.gov/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Chinook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodhawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodhawk.
      • Ragland Bench ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ragland Bench is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland Bench
      • Leroy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Leroy is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Power Plant ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Power Plant is located in Blaine County
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      • Cow Island ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Cow Island is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
      • Golf Bench ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Golf Bench is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Bench
      • Hosey ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hosey is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosey
      • Riedel ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Riedel is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riedel
      • Sour Dough Flat ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sour Dough Flat is located in Blaine County
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      • Rattlesnake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Rattlesnake is located in Blaine County
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      • Hays
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chouteau County
    • County Website:   https://co.chouteau.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Chouteau:   Fort Benton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodhawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodhawk.
      • Eskay ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Eskay is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskay
      • Iliad
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Iliad is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iliad
      • Warrick
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Warrick is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrick
  • Phillips County
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Malta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woodhawk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woodhawk.
      • DY Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • DY Junction is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DY Junction
      • Landusky ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Landusky is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landusky

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 from Point A (ie- Woodhawk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Woodhawk, 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.
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