Welcome to Mink ...

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

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

Mink would have been located within present day Dawson County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mink, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mink is 3,180 feet [969 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Mink is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Mink, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

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

Communities Also Named Mink ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Mink - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mink ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Mink.

• Circle
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
  • Circle is located in McCone County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circle <5>
• Lindsay
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
  • Lindsay is located in Dawson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindsay <5>
• Redwater ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
  • Redwater is located in McCone County
• Bloomfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Bloomfield is located in Dawson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomfield <5>
• Richey
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
  • Richey is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richey <5>
• Brockway
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
  • Brockway is located in McCone County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockway <5>
• West Glendive
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Glendive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive
  • West Glendive is located in Dawson County

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 Mink. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mink.

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

Adding Mink to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mink 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 Mink was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mink post office opened in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mink.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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