Our Genealogy Helper
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 Brock Creek (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 Brock Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Brock Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: BRockcreek.
- A typical abbreviation for Brock Creek: Brock Crk. (or less commonly used: Brock Ck. or Brock Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brock Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brock Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Brock Creek is located in Powell County.
To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Powell County: Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark & Missoula.
Below are the counties that are near Brock Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brock Creek:
- Powell County (The home county of Brock Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock Creek, with the one closest to Brock Creek listed first.
- Phosphate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Phosphate is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
- Goldcreek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wall City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wall City is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall City
- Jens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jens is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jens
- Avon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
- Deer Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Helmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Emery ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emery is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
- Blossburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blossburg is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
- Deer Lodge County
- Warm Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Granite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock Creek, with the one closest to Brock Creek listed first.
- New Chicago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Chicago is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Drummond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stone
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Bearmouth ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bearmouth is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearmouth
- Beartown ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beartown is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Garnet ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garnet is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Stump Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stump Town is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
- Granite ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Granite is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brock Creek, with the one closest to Brock Creek listed first.
- Atlantic City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Lincoln
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Frontier Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Austin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Rimini ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brock Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Brock Creek.
Cemeteries Near Brock Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brock Creek.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Brock Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brock Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brock Creek, with the one closest to Brock Creek listed first.
- Avon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of New Chicago.
- The Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Drummond Cemetery
- New Chicago Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21151 <2>
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blackfoot Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Avon.
- The Blackfoot Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blackfoot City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2498297 <2>
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Helmville Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Memorial Meadows Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Gulch Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beartown Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Philipsburg Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tuck Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sand Park Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Park Cemetery
- The Sand Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coloma 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.<4>
While we didn't find Brock Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brock Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brock Creek, with the one closest to Brock Creek listed first.
- Goldcreek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Bradley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Avon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Drummond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
- Stone
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Helmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Racetrack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Racetrack is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racetrack
- Blossburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blossburg is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Gloster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
- Beartown ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beartown is located in Granite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brock Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brock Creek.
Newspapers Published in Brock Creek ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brock Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brock Creek, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brock Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Brock Creek:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Powell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Deer Lodge County
- Granite County
- Lewis and Clark County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
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 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. |
| <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- Brock Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Brock Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |