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Nearest Communities to Elk Basin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Elk Basin.<1>

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

Elk Basin is located in Park County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Park County: Carbon (MT), Gallatin (MT), Park (MT), Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Teton & Washakie.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elk Basin. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Park 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 Elk Basin (which is Park 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 Elk Basin

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

  • Park County   (where Elk Basin resides)
    • County Website:   https://parkcounty-wy.gov/
    • County Seat for Park:   Cody
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elk Basin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Basin.
      • Badger Basin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Badger Basin is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Basin
      • Clark
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Powell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Garland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Garland is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Kamms Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Kamms Corner is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamms Corner
      • Ralston
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Willwood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Willwood is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willwood
      • Vocation
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Vocation is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vocation
  • Big Horn County
  • Carbon County
    • County Website:   https://carbonmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Carbon:   Red Lodge (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elk Basin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Basin.
      • Chance
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Chance is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
      • Wade
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Wade is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Warren
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Warren is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Belfry
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Golden ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Golden is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Bowler ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bowler is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Eagle ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Eagle is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
      • Bearcreek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Caledonia ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Caledonia is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
      • Scotch Coulee ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Scotch Coulee is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Coulee
      • Washoe ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Washoe is located in Carbon County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
      • Bridger
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
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        • Cherry Springs ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Cherry Springs is located in Carbon County (MT)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Springs
        • Red Lodge
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Richel Lodge
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Richel Lodge is located in Carbon County (MT)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richel Lodge
        • Fox ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Fox is located in Carbon County (MT)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
        • Fromberg
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Coalville ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Coalville is located in Carbon County (MT)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
        • Roberts
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Selmes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Selmes is located in Carbon County (MT)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selmes

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 from Point A (ie- Elk Basin) 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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