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Welcome to Calvert ...

Calvert is located in Cascade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calvert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Calvert is 4,790 feet [1,460 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Calvert is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Calvert lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Calvert: 406

Communities Also Named Calvert ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Calvert - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Nebraska, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Calvert.

Communities near Calvert ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Calvert.

  • Belt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Belt is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belt <3>
  • Eden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Stockett
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Millegan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Millegan is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millegan
  • Monarch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Armington Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Armington Junction is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Junction
  • Sand Coulee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Armington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Armington is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington
  • Raynesford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Great Falls
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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 Calvert. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Calvert.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Calvert. 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 Calvert.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Calvert. See our Newspapers Page for Calvert.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calvert ...

Looking for more information about Calvert? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Calvert, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Calvert.

Adding Calvert to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calvert in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Calvert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Calvert post office opened in 1908. The Calvert post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calvert.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Cascade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calvert - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/