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Nearest Communities to Woods Bay,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 Woods Bay.<1>

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


Woods Bay is located in Lake County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Flathead, Missoula & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Woods Bay. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Woods Bay (which is Lake 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 Woods Bay

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

  • Lake County   (where Woods Bay resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lakemt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Polson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woods Bay   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woods Bay.
      • Idlewise Court
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
      • Bear Dance
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Bear Dance is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
      • Rollins
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Swan Lake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Proctor
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Dayton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lindisfarne
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lindisfarne is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindisfarne
      • Kings Point
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Kings Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Lake Mary Ronan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
      • Meltons
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Meltons is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
      • Sipes
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Sipes is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes
      • Allard ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Allard is located in Lake County
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        • Snowberg Court
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Snowberg Court is located in Lake County
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        • Finley Point
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Finley Point is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
        • Big Arm
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Elmo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Rocky Point
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
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        • Jette
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Jette is located in Lake County
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        • Belle-Vue Court
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Belle-Vue Court is located in Lake County
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        • Polson
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Turtle Lake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Turtle Lake is located in Lake County
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        • Kerr
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Kerr is located in Lake County
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        • Mountain View ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Mountain View is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
        • Spring Valley ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Spring Valley is located in Lake County
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        • Dunham
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Dunham is located in Lake County
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        • Pablo
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Salmon Prairie
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Salmon Prairie is located in Lake County
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  • Flathead County
    • County Website:   https://flatheadcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Flathead:   Kalispell
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Woods Bay   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Woods Bay.
      • Ferndale
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ferndale is located in Flathead County
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      • Bigfork
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Swan River ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Swan River is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
      • Bear Creek Village
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
      • Holt
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Holt is located in Flathead County
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      • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
      • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
      • Lakeside
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Somers
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest Hill Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
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      • Creston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jessup
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Jessup is located in Flathead County
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      • Continue List   (34 more) ...
        • Quintonkon
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Quintonkon is located in Flathead County
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        • Demersville ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Demersville is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
        • Mar-Le Villa
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Mar-Le Villa is located in Flathead County
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        • Meadow Manor Incorporated
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Ashley ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Ashley is located in Flathead County
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        • Duncan ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Duncan is located in Flathead County
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        • Evergreen
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Kalispell
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Canyon Creek Boat Landing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Northridge Heights
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Northridge Heights is located in Flathead County
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        • Parkdale ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Parkdale is located in Flathead County
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        • Ridgewood Terrace
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Ridgewood Terrace is located in Flathead County
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        • Batavia
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Batavia is located in Flathead County
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        • Kila
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rose Crossing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
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        • South Fork ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • South Fork is located in Flathead County
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        • Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
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        • La Salle
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • La Salle is located in Flathead County
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        • Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Hog Heaven is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
        • Big Sky Colonial Manor
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Columbia Falls
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Hungry Horse
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Lazy Day Court
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
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        • Martin City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Pine Park
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Pine Park is located in Flathead County
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        • Conkelley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Conkelley is located in Flathead County
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        • Halfmoon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Halfmoon is located in Flathead County
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        • Essex
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Nimrod
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Nimrod is located in Flathead County
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        • Rhodes
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Rhodes is located in Flathead County
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        • Coram
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Marion
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Pinnacle
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
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        • Pine Prairie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Pine Prairie is located in Flathead County
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  • Sanders 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woods Bay) 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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