Welcome to Silver Bow ...

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

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

Silver Bow would have been located within present day Silver Bow County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Bow, 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 Silver Bow is 5,320 feet [1,622 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Silver Bow is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

If Silver Bow still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Silver Bow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Silver Bow: This one is located in Silver Bow County and the other is located in Blaine County.

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

Communities near Silver Bow ...

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

• Butte - Silver Bow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte - Silver Bow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte - Silver Bow
  • Butte - Silver Bow is located in Silver Bow County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,207 people
• Anaconda - Deer Lodge County
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anaconda - Deer Lodge County came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaconda - Deer Lodge County
  • Anaconda - Deer Lodge County is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,204 people
• Walkerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
  • Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkerville <6>
• Williamsburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Williamsburg is located in Silver Bow County
• Butte
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
  • Butte is located in Silver Bow County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte <6>
• North Walkerville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Walkerville
  • North Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County
• Fairmont Hot Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Hot Springs
  • Fairmont Hot Springs is located in Silver Bow County
  • Fairmont Hot Springs has also been known as:
  • Gregson Fairmont Hot Springs
  • Gregson Hot Springs
  • Gregson Springs
  • Gregson
• Gregson ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregson
  • Gregson is located in Deer Lodge County
• Janney
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
  • Janney is located in Silver Bow County
• Mine Creek
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Creek
  • Mine Creek is located in Deer Lodge 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 Silver Bow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Bow.

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

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

Adding Silver Bow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Bow.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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