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Introduction ...

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

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

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 Burnt Fork (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 Burnt Fork. 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 Burnt Fork ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Burnt Fork: Burnt Frk.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Burnt Fork is historic, it would have been located within present day Ravalli 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 Ravalli County: Idaho (ID), Lemhi (ID), Beaverhead, Granite & Missoula.

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

  • Ravalli County     (The home county of Burnt Fork)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnt Fork, with the one closest to Burnt Fork listed first.
    • Bing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bing
      • Bing is located in Ravalli County
    • Stevensville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cinnabar Court
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Court
      • Cinnabar Court is located in Ravalli County
    • Victor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Corvallis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Florence
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Florence is located in Ravalli County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <2>
    • Pinesdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesdale
      • Pinesdale is located in Ravalli County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinesdale <2>
    • Hamilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Leisure Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
      • Leisure Village is located in Ravalli County
    • Grantsdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gorus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorus
      • Gorus is located in Ravalli County
  • Missoula County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnt Fork, with the one closest to Burnt Fork listed first.
    • Lolo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Clinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Clinton is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <2>
    • Piltzville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piltzville
      • Piltzville is located in Missoula County
    • Bonner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • East Missoula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Missoula
      • East Missoula is located in Missoula County
    • Milltown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Missoula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missoula have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missoula
      • Missoula is located in Missoula County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missoula <2>
    • Orchard Homes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Homes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
      • Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
    • Travois Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travois Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travois Village
      • Travois Village is located in Missoula County

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

Cemeteries Near Burnt Fork ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burnt Fork.

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

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

  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Victor Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Corvallis Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corvallis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Corvallis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Corvallis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20829 <4>
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinesdale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinesdale Cemetery
    • The Pinesdale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ted Weidow Sr. Memorial Cemetery
  • Blodgett Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence - Carlton Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence - Carlton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florence - Carlton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hamilton.
    • The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hamilton Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21068 <4>
  • Grantsdale Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grantsdale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grantsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Woodman Pioneer Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Post Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Post Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Post Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Mary Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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.

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

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

  • Stevensville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bitter Root ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter Root have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Root
    • Bitter Root is located in Ravalli County
  • Victor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Corvallis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
    • Woodside is located in Ravalli County
  • Carlton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Carlton is located in Missoula County
  • Hamilton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grantsdale
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lolo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Clinton is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <2>
  • Bonner
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Missoula
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missoula have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missoula
    • Missoula is located in Missoula County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,848 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missoula <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Burnt Fork ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burnt Fork.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burnt Fork, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burnt Fork.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Burnt Fork:

The official website for Ravalli County: www.co.ravalli.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 Burnt Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Burnt Fork) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnt Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4605, Longitude: -113.9426       In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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