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Nearest Communities to West Bonetraill,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from West Bonetraill.<1>

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

West Bonetraill 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 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Bonetraill. Of these communities, 17 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 West Bonetraill (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 West Bonetraill

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

  • Williams County   (where West Bonetraill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.williamsnd.com/
    • County Seat for Williams:   Williston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Bonetraill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Bonetraill.
      • Bonetraill
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Bonetraill is located in Williams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonetraill
      • Gladys
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Gladys is located in Williams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
      • Marmon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Marmon is located in Williams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmon
      • Grenora
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hanks
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hanks is located in Williams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks
      • Zahl
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Appam
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Appam is located in Williams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appam
      • Williston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Avoca
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Avoca is located in Williams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
        • Springbrook
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Springbrook is located in Williams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
        • Alamo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Marley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Marley is located in Williams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
        • Buford
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Buford is located in Williams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
        • Epping
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Divide County
  • Richland County
  • Roosevelt County
    • County Website:   https://www.rooseveltcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Wolf Point (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Bonetraill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Bonetraill.
      • Bainville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • McCabe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeside
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Lakeside is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lanark
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Lanark is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
      • Froid
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Froid is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froid
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
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      • Snowden
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Snowden is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
      • Fort Union ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Fort Union is located in Roosevelt County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Union
  • Sheridan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sheridancountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Sheridan:   Plentywood (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Bonetraill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Bonetraill.
      • Volmer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Volmer is located in Sheridan County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volmer
      • Dagmar
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Crossing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Rock Crossing is located in Sheridan County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
      • Coalridge
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Coalridge is located in Sheridan County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalridge
      • Medicine Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Reserve
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Homestead
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Homestead is located in Sheridan County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
      • Antelope
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Bonetraill) 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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