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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 Dodge Summit (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 Dodge Summit. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Dodge Summit is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Bonner (ID), Boundary (ID), Flathead & Sanders.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Dodge Summit)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Summit, with the one closest to Dodge Summit listed first.
    • Rexford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Eureka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Yaak
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaak
      • Yaak is located in Lincoln County
    • Fortine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Trego
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Volcour ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Volcour. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volcour
      • Volcour is located in Lincoln County
    • Sylvanite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvanite
      • Sylvanite is located in Lincoln County
    • Warland ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warland
      • Warland is located in Lincoln County

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

Cemeteries Near Dodge Summit ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodge Summit.

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 Dodge Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Tobacco Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Boyd Mill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd Mill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyd Mill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roosville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Fortine - Trego Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Elko Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Dodge Summit:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dodge Summit. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.lincolncountymt.us/

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

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>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.
<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>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.




 

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