A visit to the Briston Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Briston Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Briston Cemetery (FG ID #20788)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Briston Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Briston Cemetery
Lat: 45.5141° (45° 30' 50")
Lon: -113.5741° (-113° 34' 26")
The Briston Cemetery is located in Beaverhead County<2>.
The county seat for Beaverhead County is located in Dillon. Dillon lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Briston Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 4 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Briston Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Briston Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Popularis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wisdom Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maurice Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sula Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sula Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sula Cemetery is located in Ravalli County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Briston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Briston Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wisdom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbonsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- North Fork is located in Lemhi County (ID)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Fork <6>
- Carmen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen
- Carmen is located in Lemhi County (ID)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmen <6>
- Polaris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elkhorn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Elkhorn is located in Beaverhead County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elkhorn
- From the Briston Cemetery to Elkhorn
- Salmon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Salmon is located in Lemhi County (ID)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salmon <6>
- Sula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Briston Cemetery. The following communities are located in Beaverhead County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Briston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Briston Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Montana:
- Pages specific to Beaverhead County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Briston Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #780420 (Briston Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #780420 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Highland Ranch
- County: Beaverhead Elev: 1940
- Location given for GNIS #780420 (Briston Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #20788
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Beaverhead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Briston Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5141, Longitude: -113.5741 |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |