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Welcome to Ashley ...

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

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

Ashley would have been located within present day Flathead County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ashley is 2,940 feet [896 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Ashley is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Ashley was located: 406

Communities Also Named Ashley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Ashley - they are located in Delaware, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Ashley ...

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

  • Whitefish
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Columbia Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Hill Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
    • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
  • Kila
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rhodes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
    • Rhodes is located in Flathead County
  • Creston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Somers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bigfork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Halfmoon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halfmoon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon
    • Halfmoon is located in Flathead 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 Ashley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashley.

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

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

Adding Ashley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ashley 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 Ashley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Ashley post office opened in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashley.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ashley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Flathead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ashley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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