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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 Chicory (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 Chicory. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Chicory 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 Chicory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chicory:

  • Park County     (The home county of Chicory)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicory, with the one closest to Chicory listed first.
    • Pray
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Emigrant
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chico Hot Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Chico Hot Springs is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Hot Springs
    • Chico
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Chico is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • White City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Brisbin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brisbin is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
    • Pine Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Creek is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
    • Hoppers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hoppers is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
    • Livingston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jardine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jardine is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardine
    • Gardiner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicory, with the one closest to Chicory listed first.
    • Chestnut
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Bozeman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Catron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Catron is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
    • Gallatin Gateway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Story
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Story is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Big Sky Canyon Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bridger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bridger is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
    • Four Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Four Corners is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Big Sky Meadow Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Park County (WY)
    • Mammoth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mammoth is located in Park County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth

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

Cemeteries Near Chicory ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chicory.

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 Chicory - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Magee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Emigrant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chico Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Shorthill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Strickland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sykes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Park View Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cokedale Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Timberline Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vaters Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Muir Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Bruffey Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Poor Farm Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • 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>

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Chicory had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Emigrant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Chico
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chico is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
  • Brisbin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brisbin is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
  • Dailey ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dailey is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
  • Hoppers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hoppers is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
  • Muir
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Muir is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muir
  • Sphinx
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sphinx is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sphinx
  • West End
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • West End is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
  • Chestnut
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Livingston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bozeman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardiner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Elton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Elton is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
    • Story
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Story is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story

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

Newspapers Published in Chicory ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chicory.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chicory, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chicory.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 information is open to everyone.

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

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chicory) 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 Chicory, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.