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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 Castner Falls (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 Castner Falls. 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 hospitals and 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.

Castner Falls is located in Cascade 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 Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.

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

  • Cascade County     (The home county of Castner Falls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castner Falls, with the one closest to Castner Falls listed first.
    • Ulm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
    • Cascade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Eden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Eden is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Stockett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sun Prairie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Manchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Manchester is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Great Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sand Coulee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Vaughn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Black Eagle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Countryside Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
  • Lewis and Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castner Falls, with the one closest to Castner Falls listed first.
    • Craig
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
      • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
      • Dearborn City
      • Dearborn
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Castner Falls, with the one closest to Castner Falls listed first.
    • Greenfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Power
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Castner Falls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castner Falls.

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 Castner Falls - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Castner Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Castner Falls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Chesnut Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chestnut Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
    • The Fair Haven Colony Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairhaven Colony Cemetery
  • Ulm Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Red Butte Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Big Stone Colony Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Great Falls.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20799 <3>
  • Highland Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Great Falls.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20910 <3>
  • Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Association
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the west of Great Falls.
    • The Sunset Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133894 <3>
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Sand Coulee Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hebrew Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Castner Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Castner Falls.

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

  • Truly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Truly is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truly
  • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
  • Ulm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cascade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sand Coulee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Great Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Vaughn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sun River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • North Great Falls ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • North Great Falls is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great Falls
  • Saint Peter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Saint Peter is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
  • Millegan
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Millegan is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millegan
  • Mid Canon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Evans
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Evans is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Watson ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Watson is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
    • Craig
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Castner Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castner Falls.

Newspapers Published in Castner Falls ...

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 Castner Falls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castner Falls, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Castner Falls.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Castner Falls:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Castner Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Castner Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.