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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 Bloomfield (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 Bloomfield. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Bloomfield is located in Dawson 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 Dawson County: McCone, Prairie, Richland & Wibaux.

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

  • Dawson County     (The home county of Bloomfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
    • Richey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lindsay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Glendive
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Glendive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive
      • West Glendive is located in Dawson County
    • Glendive
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Allard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allard
      • Allard is located in Dawson County
  • McCone County
    • Redwater ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
      • Redwater is located in McCone County
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
    • Enid
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Enid is located in Richland County
    • Fox Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Fox Lake is located in Richland County
    • Lambert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Knife River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
      • Knife River is located in Richland County
    • Savage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Bloomfield ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bloomfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bloomfield, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bloomfield.

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 Bloomfield:

Cemeteries Near Bloomfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bloomfield.

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 Bloomfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Red Top Mennonite Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Top Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Top Mennonite Cemetery
  • Bethlehem Mennonite Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
  • West Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Church Cemetery
  • Klempel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klempel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klempel Cemetery
  • Richey Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richey Cemetery
  • Grand View Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand View Cemetery
  • Arnett Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnett Cemetery
  • Community Memorial Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Dawson Memorial Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Dawson County Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dawson County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dawson County Cemetery
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • St. Theresa Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Redwater Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View 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 Bloomfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bloomfield.

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

  • Glendive
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Colgate
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colgate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
    • Colgate is located in Dawson County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bloomfield. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bloomfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bloomfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4129, Longitude: -104.9176    
<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 Bloomfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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