Nearest Communities to Yaak,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Yaak, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Yaak:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Yaak is located in Lincoln County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Bonner (ID), Boundary (ID), Flathead & Sanders.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Yaak. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Yaak (which is Lincoln 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 Yaak
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Yaak resides)
- County Website: https://lincolncountymt.us/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Libby
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Yaak ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Yaak.
- Sylvanite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dodge Summit is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Summit
- Stonehill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stonehill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehill
- Yakt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yakt is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yakt
- Rexford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Ural ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ural is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Gateway ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gateway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Kootenai Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kootenai Falls is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kootenai Falls
- Troy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Volcour ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mills Springs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mills Springs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Springs
- Tobacco ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tobacco is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco
- Green Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Warland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boundary County
- County Website: https://boundarycountyid.org/
- County Seat for Boundary: Bonners Ferry (ID)
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Yaak ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Yaak.
- Meadow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
- Katka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Katka is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katka
- Leonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leonia is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonia
- Eileen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eileen is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Boulder City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder City is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Addie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Addie is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Good Grief
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Good Grief is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grief
- Sinclair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sinclair is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
- Moyie Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eastport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crossport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crossport is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
- Threemile Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Bonners Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allens Spur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allens Spur is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Spur
- Ritz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ritz is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritz
- Schnoors
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schnoors is located in Boundary County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnoors
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- Yaak) 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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