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Nearest Communities to Hanks,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Hanks.<1>

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

Hanks is located in Williams County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Williams County: Roosevelt (MT), Sheridan (MT), Burke, Divide, McKenzie & Mountrail.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hanks. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Williams 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 Hanks (which is Williams 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 Hanks

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

  • Williams County   (where Hanks resides)
    • County Seat for Williams:   Williston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hanks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hanks.
      • Zahl
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Grenora
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Gladys
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladys have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
        • Gladys is located in Williams County
      • Appam
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appam
        • Appam is located in Williams County
      • Bonetraill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonetraill
        • Bonetraill is located in Williams County
      • Alamo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • West Bonetraill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bonetraill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bonetraill
        • West Bonetraill is located in Williams County
      • Marmon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmon
        • Marmon is located in Williams County
      • Corinth
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
        • Corinth is located in Williams County
      • Wildrose
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Springbrook
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
        • Springbrook is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
      • Epping
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epping have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
        • Epping is located in Williams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epping <3>
  • Divide County
    • County Seat for Divide:   Crosby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hanks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hanks.
      • Stady ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stady
        • Stady is located in Divide County
      • Alkabo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkabo
        • Alkabo is located in Divide County
      • Fortuna
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Colgan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colgan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgan
        • Colgan is located in Divide County
      • Ambrose
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambrose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
        • Ambrose is located in Divide County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambrose <3>
  • Sheridan County
    • County Website:   www.co.sheridan.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   Plentywood (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hanks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hanks.
      • Volmer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volmer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volmer
        • Volmer is located in Sheridan County (MT)
      • Coalridge
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coalridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalridge
        • Coalridge is located in Sheridan County (MT)
      • Dagmar
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Westby
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
        • Westby is located in Sheridan County (MT)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westby <3>
      • McElroy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McElroy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElroy
        • McElroy is located in Sheridan County (MT)
      • Rock Crossing
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
        • Rock Crossing is located in Sheridan County (MT)
      • Comertown
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
        • Comertown is located in Sheridan County (MT)
      • Antelope
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
        • Antelope is located in Sheridan County (MT)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antelope <3>
      • Reserve
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hanks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hanks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6033, Longitude: -103.7989    
<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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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