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A visit to the Willow Creek 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 Willow Creek Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Willow Creek 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 Willow Creek Cemetery

Lat:   48.5422°   (48° 32' 31")

Lon:   -113.0220°   (-113° 1' 19")

The Willow Creek Cemetery is located in Glacier County<2>.

The county seat for Glacier County is located in Cut Bank. Cut Bank lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<3> to the east of the Willow Creek Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 14 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Willow Creek Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Earring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Earring Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Earring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Earring Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Birdrattler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birdrattler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birdrattler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Birdrattler Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Afterbuffalo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Afterbuffalo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Afterbuffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Afterbuffalo Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Nightshoot Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nightshoot Cemetery
    • The Nightshoot Cemetery is located in Glacier County
    • The Nightshoot Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sharp Cemetery
    • Sharp - Nightshoot Cemetery
  • Schildt Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schildt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schildt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Schildt Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • East Glacier Park Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Glacier Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Glacier Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The East Glacier Park Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Holy Family Mission Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Mission Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holy Family Mission Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Four Horns Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Four Horns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Four Horns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Four Horns Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Anne Cemetery is located in Pondera County
  • Hidden Lake Colony Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hidden Lake Colony Cemetery
    • The Hidden Lake Colony Cemetery is located in Glacier County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hidden Lake Colony Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of Cut Bank.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2379831 <5>
  • Seville Colony Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seville Colony Cemetery
    • The Seville Colony Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Robare Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robare Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robare Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Robare Cemetery is located in Pondera County
  • Babb Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babb Cemetery
    • The Babb Cemetery is located in Glacier County
  • Glendale Colony Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Willow Creek Cemetery.

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

  • South Browning
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
    • South Browning is located in Glacier County
  • Browning
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • North Browning
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Browning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
    • North Browning is located in Glacier County
  • Starr School
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
    • Starr School is located in Glacier County
  • East Glacier Park Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Glacier Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kiowa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Heart Butte
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Mary
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Rising Sun
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
  • McCarthyville ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McCarthyville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarthyville
    • McCarthyville is located in Flathead County
  • Babb
    (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 Willow Creek Cemetery. The following communities are located in Glacier County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Browning

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Willow Creek 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 Willow Creek Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #778546  (Willow Creek Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #778546 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: Browning
    • County: Glacier         Elev: 1347
    • Location given for GNIS #778546 (Willow Creek 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 Glacier, 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 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 Willow Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5422, Longitude: -113.0220       In this case, the coordinates for the Willow Creek 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>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.
<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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