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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Allard (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Allard. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Allard is located in Dawson County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dawson County: McCone, Prairie, Richland & Wibaux.

Below are the counties that are near Allard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allard:

  • Dawson County     (The home county of Allard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allard, with the one closest to Allard listed first.
    • Glendive
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • West Glendive
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Glendive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive
      • West Glendive is located in Dawson County
    • Bloomfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lindsay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prairie County
    • Fallon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fallon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
      • Fallon is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <1>
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allard, with the one closest to Allard listed first.
    • Knife River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
      • Knife River is located in Richland County
    • Savage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Wibaux County
    • Wibaux
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wibaux have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wibaux
      • Wibaux is located in Wibaux County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wibaux <1>
  • Golden Valley County (ND)
    • Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
      • Beach is located in Golden Valley County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beach <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allard, see our County-by-County Page for Allard.

Newspapers Published in Allard ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allard.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allard, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allard.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Allard:

Cemeteries Near Allard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allard.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allard, with the one closest to Allard listed first.

  • Dawson County Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dawson County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dawson County Cemetery
  • Dawson Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Glueckstal Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glueckstal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glueckstal Cemetery
  • Wibaux County Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wibaux County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wibaux County Cemetery
  • Grand View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand View Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Missouri Lutheran Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Missouri Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Missouri Lutheran Cemetery
  • Jehovah Lutheran Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jehovah Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jehovah Lutheran Cemetery
  • Marsh Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsh Cemetery
  • Been Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Been Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Been Cemetery
  • Blue Mtn. Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Mtn. Cemetery
  • St. Philips Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philips Cemetery
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Red Top Mennonite Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Top Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Top Mennonite Cemetery
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Allard had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Allard, with the one closest to Allard listed first.

  • Glendive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Colgate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colgate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
    • Colgate is located in Dawson County
  • Hodges
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hodges have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
    • Hodges is located in Dawson County
  • Hoyt
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoyt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
    • Hoyt is located in Dawson County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allard.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Allard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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- Allard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0390, Longitude: -104.5676       In this case, the coordinates for Allard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Allard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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