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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Dearborn Crossing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dearborn Crossing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dearborn Crossing, please Contact Us.

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 Dearborn Crossing (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 Dearborn Crossing. 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.

Name Variations for Dearborn Crossing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Dearborn Crossing has also been known as: Dearborn City and Dearborn.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Dearborn Crossing is historic, it would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

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

  • Lewis and Clark County     (The home county of Dearborn Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dearborn Crossing, with the one closest to Dearborn Crossing listed first.
    • Craig
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolf Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Augusta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
      • Gilman is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Canyon Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Silver City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Cascade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dearborn Crossing, with the one closest to Dearborn Crossing listed first.
    • Mid Canon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
      • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
    • Cascade
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
      • Cascade is located in Cascade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 677 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade <2>
    • Simms
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Simms is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simms <2>
    • Fort Shaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River
      • Sun River is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun River <2>
  • Teton County
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Teton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Dearborn Crossing ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dearborn Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dearborn Crossing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dearborn Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Dearborn Crossing:

Cemeteries Near Dearborn Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dearborn Crossing.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Dearborn Crossing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Dearborn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Moore Graves
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Graves
  • Craig Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Cemetery
  • Milford Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Peters Mission Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Carterville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Chestnut Valley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Valley Cemetery
  • Elk Creek Colony Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cascade Colony Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Ft. Shaw Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • The Ft. Shaw Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ft. Shaw Military Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Shaw Cemetery
    • Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Augusta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Augusta Cemetery

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.

Dearborn Crossing itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 22 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Craig
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mid Canon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
    • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
  • Saint Peter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Peter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
    • Saint Peter is located in Cascade County
  • Wolf Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Cascade
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
    • Cascade is located in Cascade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 677 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade <2>
  • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Clair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
    • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
  • Augusta
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Canyon Creek
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Sun River
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River
    • Sun River is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun River <2>

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

The official website for Lewis and Clark County: www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Dearborn Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- Dearborn Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dearborn Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1977, Longitude: -112.0899       In this case, the coordinates for Dearborn Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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