Welcome to Bitter Root ...

So far, we found very little information about Bitter Root. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bitter Root to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bitter Root, please Contact Us.

Bitter Root would have been located within present day Ravalli County<2>.

The location of Bitter Root has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bitter Root, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bitter Root is 3,350 feet [1,021 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Bitter Root is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Bitter Root was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Bitter Root and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The location where Bitter Root once stood is in the (406) area code.

Communities near Bitter Root ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bitter Root.

• Stevensville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
  • Stevensville is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevensville <5>
• Pinesdale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesdale
  • Pinesdale is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinesdale <5>
• Florence
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Florence is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <5>
• Cinnabar Court
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Court
  • Cinnabar Court is located in Ravalli County
• Bing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bing
  • Bing is located in Ravalli County
• Victor
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
  • Victor is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victor <5>
• Lolo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lolo
  • Lolo is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lolo <5>
• Corvallis
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvallis
  • Corvallis is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corvallis <5>
• Clinton
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Missoula
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missoula have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missoula
  • Missoula is located in Missoula County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,848 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missoula <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bitter Root. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bitter Root.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bitter Root. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bitter Root.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bitter Root. See our Newspapers Page for Bitter Root.

Adding Bitter Root to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bitter Root in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bitter Root was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bitter Root.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Ravalli County: www.co.ravalli.mt.us/

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