Welcome to Bitter Root ...So far, we found very little information about Bitter Root. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bitter Root to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bitter Root, please Contact Us. Bitter Root would have been located within present day Ravalli County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bitter Root, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bitter Root is 3,350 feet [1,021 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Bitter Root is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bitter Root was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Bitter Root and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). The Area Code where Bitter Root was located: 406 Communities near Bitter Root ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bitter Root.
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 Bitter Root. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bitter Root. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bitter Root. 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 Bitter Root. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bitter Root. See our Newspapers Page for Bitter Root. Adding Bitter Root to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bitter Root 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 (so far) for Bitter Root was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Bitter Root. Footnotes ...
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