Welcome to Essex ...

Essex is located in Flathead County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Essex, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Essex is 3,860 feet [1,177 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Essex is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Essex lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Essex: (406)

The ZIP code for Essex: 59916<3>

Communities Also Named Essex ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Essex - they are located in Arkansas, California (3), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Essex.

Communities near Essex ...

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

• McCarthyville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCarthyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarthyville
  • McCarthyville is located in Flathead County
• Bear Creek Village
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
  • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
• East Glacier Park Village
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glacier Park Village
  • East Glacier Park Village is located in Glacier County
• East Glacier Park
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glacier Park
  • East Glacier Park is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Glacier Park <5>
• Martin City
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
  • Martin City is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin City <5>
• Coram
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coram
  • Coram is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coram <5>
• Hungry Horse
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hungry Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Horse
  • Hungry Horse is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hungry Horse <5>
• West Glacier
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glacier
  • West Glacier is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Glacier <5>
• Kiowa
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
  • Kiowa is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <5>
• Bigfork
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigfork
  • Bigfork is located in Flathead County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bigfork <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 Essex. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Essex.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Essex. 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 Essex.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Essex ...

Looking for more information about Essex? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Essex, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Essex.

Adding Essex to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Essex in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Essex was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Essex post office opened in 1898.

We also found Essex on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Essex.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Flathead County: www.co.flathead.mt.us/

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