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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Melrose Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Melrose Cemetery (FG ID #20991)

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 Melrose Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   45.6351°   (45° 38' 6")

Lon:   -112.6727°   (-112° 40' 21")

The Melrose Cemetery is located in Silver Bow County<2>.

The county seat for Silver Bow County is located in Butte. Butte lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Melrose Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Melrose Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Melrose Cemetery.

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

  • Melrose
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Glendale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Divide
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Glen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Moose Town
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Town
    • Moose Town is located in Silver Bow County
  • Lion City ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lion City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lion City
    • Lion City is located in Beaverhead County
  • Highland City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland City
    • Highland City is located in Silver Bow County
  • Twin Bridges
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Bridges have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
    • Twin Bridges is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Bridges <6>
  • Wise River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Butte - Silver Bow
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte - Silver Bow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte - Silver Bow
    • Butte - Silver Bow is located in Silver Bow County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,207 people
  • Silver Star
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Elkhorn ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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:

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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 Melrose Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Silver Bow County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Melrose 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 helpful 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 Melrose Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Montana:
  • Pages specific to Silver Bow 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 Melrose Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal 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 Melrose Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #787180  (Melrose Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #787180 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: Melrose
      • County: Silver Bow         Elev: 1628
      • Location given for GNIS #787180 (Melrose Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #20991

    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 Silver Bow, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Melrose Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6351, Longitude: -112.6727    
    <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.




 

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