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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Chadborn (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Chadborn. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Chadborn is located in Park County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Park County: Carbon, Gallatin, Meagher, Stillwater, Sweet Grass & Park (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Chadborn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chadborn:

  • Park County     (The home county of Chadborn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chadborn, with the one closest to Chadborn listed first.
    • Clyde Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Livingston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wilsall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoppers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hoppers is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
    • Springdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Brisbin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Brisbin is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
    • Pine Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Pine Creek is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
    • Pray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chadborn, with the one closest to Chadborn listed first.
    • Bridger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bridger is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
    • Sedan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Chestnut
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Bozeman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Catron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Catron is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
    • Story
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Story is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Wisner Crossing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Crossing
    • Gallop ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
    • Belgrade
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sweet Grass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chadborn, with the one closest to Chadborn listed first.
    • McLeod
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Timber
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chadborn, see our County-by-County Page for Chadborn.

Cemeteries Near Chadborn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chadborn.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Chadborn - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chadborn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chadborn, with the one closest to Chadborn listed first.

  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Livingston.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20796 <3>
  • Poor Farm Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Livingston.
    • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mountainview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21013 <3>
  • Bruffey Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilsall Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cokedale Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Muir Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Vaters Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Park View Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Timberline Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Sykes Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Woosley Family Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Strickland Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Chadborn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chadborn.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Chadborn, with the one closest to Chadborn listed first.

  • Clyde Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Livingston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hoppers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoppers is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
  • Elton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Elton is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Hunters Hot Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Hot Springs is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hot Springs
  • Meyersburg ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Meyersburg is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersburg
  • Springdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Muir
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Muir is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muir
  • West End
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West End is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
  • Sedan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
  • Chestnut
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
  • Brisbin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Brisbin is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • McLeod
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Springhill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Springhill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
    • Bozeman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chadborn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chadborn.

Newspapers Published in Chadborn ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chadborn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chadborn, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chadborn.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Chadborn:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chadborn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chadborn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.