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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Belfry (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Belfry. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Belfry is located in Carbon County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Belfry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belfry:

  • Carbon County     (The home county of Belfry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfry, with the one closest to Belfry listed first.
    • Bearcreek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bridger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
      • Bridger is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridger <1>
    • Red Lodge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Roberts
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fromberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fromberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fromberg
      • Fromberg is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fromberg <1>
    • Boyd
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Edgar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Joliet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
      • Joliet is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joliet <1>
    • Roscoe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Horn County
    • Pryor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
      • Pryor is located in Big Horn County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor <1>
  • Big Horn County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfry, with the one closest to Belfry listed first.
    • Frannie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frannie
      • Frannie is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frannie <1>
    • Deaver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaver
      • Deaver is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deaver <1>
  • Park County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belfry, with the one closest to Belfry listed first.
    • Clark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Powell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in Park County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powell <1>
    • Ralston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Garland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Garland is located in Park County (WY)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belfry, see our County-by-County Page for Belfry.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Belfry ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belfry.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Belfry. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Belfry and those printed in the larger area surrounding Belfry.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Belfry.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Belfry:

Cemeteries Near Belfry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belfry.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belfry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belfry, with the one closest to Belfry listed first.

  • Belfry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bearcreek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Chance Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chance Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chance Cemetery
  • Tolman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tolman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tolman Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Bridger Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridger Cemetery
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
  • Red Lodge Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bowler Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowler Cemetery
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
  • Teeples Ranch Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teeples Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teeples Ranch Cemetery
  • John Henry Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Henry Cemetery
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Bennett Buttes Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrangler Ditch Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wrangler Ditch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wrangler Ditch Cemetery
    • Gebo Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gebo Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

While we didn't find Belfry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belfry.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Belfry, with the one closest to Belfry listed first.

  • Red Lodge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Clark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belfry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belfry.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belfry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belfry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1420, Longitude: -109.0072    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Belfry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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