Welcome to Abe ...

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

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

Abe would have been located within present day Madison County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Abe is 5,740 feet [1,750 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Abe is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

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

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

Communities Also Named Abe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Abe - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Abe ...

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

• Cameron
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Cameron is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <5>
• Ennis
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ennis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
  • Ennis is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,042 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ennis <5>
• Big Sky Mountain Village
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sky Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Mountain Village
  • Big Sky Mountain Village is located in Madison County
• Virginia City
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
  • Virginia City is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Former names for Virginia City:
  • Varina
  • Verina
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <5>
• Big Sky
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sky have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky
  • Big Sky is located in Gallatin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sky <5>
• Central City ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
  • Central City is located in Madison County
• Nevada City ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Nevada City is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <5>
• Big Sky Meadow Village
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sky Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Meadow Village
  • Big Sky Meadow Village is located in Gallatin County
• Big Sky Canyon Village
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Canyon Village
  • Big Sky Canyon Village is located in Gallatin County
• McAllister
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllister
  • McAllister is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAllister <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 Abe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Abe.

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

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

Adding Abe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abe post office opened in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abe.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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