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A visit to the Fort Maginnis 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 Ft. Maginnis Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ft. Maginnis Cemetery (FG ID #20882)

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 Ft. Maginnis Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery

Lat:   47.1880°   (47° 11' 16")

Lon:   -109.1476°   (-109° 8' 51")

The Ft. Maginnis Cemetery is located in Fergus County<2>.

The county seat for Fergus County is located in Lewistown. Lewistown lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 18 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Gilt Edge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilt Edge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilt Edge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gilt Edge Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Hilger Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hilger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hilger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hilger Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Central Montana Memorial Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Great Divide Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ayers Ranch Colony Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Roy Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Roy Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Dengel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dengel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dengel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dengel Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Kendall Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kendall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kendall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kendall Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Lewistown Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grass Range Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grass Range Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grass Range Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Grass Range Cemetery is located in Fergus County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Beaver Creek Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Beaver Creek Cemetery is located in Fergus County
    • Winifred Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Danvers Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Fergus County
    • Moore Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Moore Cemetery is located in Fergus County
    • Tyler Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tyler Cemetery is located in Fergus County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 14 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery.

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

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 Ft. Maginnis Cemetery. The following communities are located in Fergus County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Grass Range
  • Kendall - Historic
    • Kendall lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kendall.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
  • Lewistown
  • Moore
    • Moore lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Moore.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
  • Winifred

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 Ft. Maginnis Cemetery:

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 Ft. Maginnis Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #771513  (Fort Maginnis Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #771513 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: Judith Peak
    • County: Fergus         Elev: 1346
    • Location given for GNIS #771513 (Fort Maginnis Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #20882

The official website for Fergus County: www.co.fergus.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 Fergus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ft. Maginnis Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1880, Longitude: -109.1476    
<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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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.
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