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A visit to the Custer 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 Custer Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Custer Cemetery (FG ID #2202843)

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 Custer Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Custer Cemetery

Lat:   46.1268°   (46° 7' 36")

Lon:   -107.5698°   (-107° 34' 11")

The Custer Cemetery is located in Yellowstone County<2>.

The county seat for Yellowstone County is located in Billings. Billings lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Custer Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Custer Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Montana:
  • Pages specific to Yellowstone County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Custer Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 7 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Custer Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Custer Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Custer
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
      • Custer is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <5>
    • Bighorn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Myers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
      • Myers is located in Treasure County
    • Hysham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hysham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hysham
      • Hysham is located in Treasure County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hysham <5>
    • Pompeys Pillar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanders
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
      • Sanders is located in Treasure County
    • Hardin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
      • Hardin is located in Big Horn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardin <5>

    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 Custer Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yellowstone County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Custer Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 6 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Custer Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Custer Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Rancher Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rancher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rancher Cemetery is located in Treasure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rancher Cemetery
    • Castle Butte Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Memorial Vale Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Vale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Memorial Vale Cemetery is located in Treasure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Vale Cemetery
    • Cabin Creek Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cabin Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cabin Creek Cemetery is located in Musselshell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabin Creek Cemetery
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Big Horn County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hardin.
      • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hardin Community Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1382971 <1>
    • Pleasantview Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Custer Cemetery:

    The official website for Yellowstone County: www.co.yellowstone.mt.us/

    The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

    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 Yellowstone, 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 Custer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1268, Longitude: -107.5698    
    <4>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.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>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.




 

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