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A visit to the Sunburst Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Sunburst Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sunburst Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   48.8847°   (48° 53' 4")

Lon:   -111.8736°   (-111° 52' 24")

The Sunburst Cemetery is located in Toole County<2>.

The county seat for Toole County is located in Shelby. Shelby lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the south of the Sunburst 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 Sunburst Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Sweetgrass Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rimrock Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rimrock Colony Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Rimrock Colony Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Rimrock Colony Cemetery is located in Toole County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rimrock Colony Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Sunburst.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133210 <6>
  • Rim Rock Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Glacier Colony Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glacier Colony Cemetery
    • The Glacier Colony Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Milk River Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Masinasin Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Zenith Colony Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zenith Colony Cemetery
    • The Zenith Colony Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Gold Butte Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Butte Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gold Butte Cemetery is located in Toole County
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crown Hill Cemetery
    • The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Toole County Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toole County Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toole County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Toole County Cemetery is located in Toole County
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
    • The Valley View Cemetery is located in Toole County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley View Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Shelby.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136723 <6>
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
    • The Grandview Cemetery is located in Toole County
    • The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Grand View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2330908 <6>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Shelby Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelby Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shelby Cemetery is located in Toole County
    • Old Indian Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Indian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Indian Cemetery is located in Liberty County
    • Johnson Memorial Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Memorial Cemetery
      • The Johnson Memorial Cemetery is located in Liberty County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Whitlash.
      • The Johnson Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Whitlash Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21166 <6>
    • Prairie Round Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunkirk Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkirk Cemetery
      • The Dunkirk Cemetery is located in Toole County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dunkirk Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Shelby.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363892 <6>
    • Glendale Colony Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendale Colony Cemetery
      • The Glendale Colony Cemetery is located in Glacier County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 13 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Sunburst Cemetery.

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

  • Sunburst
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunburst have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst
    • Sunburst is located in Toole County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunburst <7>
  • Coutts
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coutts came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coutts
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coutts <7>
  • Sweet Grass
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass
    • Sweet Grass is located in Toole County
  • Kevin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kevin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kevin
    • Kevin is located in Toole County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kevin <7>
  • Oilmont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rim Rock Colony
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Rock Colony
    • Rim Rock Colony is located in Toole County
  • Milk River
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Rita
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ethridge
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cut Bank
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelby
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Aden
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
  • Whitlash
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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 Sunburst Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Toole County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Cut Bank
  • Ethridge
  • Kevin
    • Kevin lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Sunburst Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kevin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kevin
  • Shelby

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Sunburst 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 Sunburst Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1749936  (Sunburst Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1749936 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: Willshaw Flats
    • County: Toole         Elev: 1031
    • Location given for GNIS #1749936 (Sunburst Cemetery)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Toole, 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 Sunburst Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8847, Longitude: -111.8736       In this case, the coordinates for the Sunburst Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>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.




 

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