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Introduction ...

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

We've added Dryhead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dryhead, 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 Dryhead (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 Dryhead. 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 hospitals 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 Dryhead is historic, it would have been located within present day Carbon 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 Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

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

  • Big Horn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dryhead, with the one closest to Dryhead listed first.
    • Fort Smith
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pryor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
      • Pryor is located in Big Horn County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor <2>
  • Big Horn County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dryhead, with the one closest to Dryhead listed first.
    • Cowley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowley
      • Cowley is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowley <2>
    • Frannie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frannie
      • Frannie is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frannie <2>
    • Kane ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
      • Kane is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Lovell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
      • Lovell is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <2>
    • Deaver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaver
      • Deaver is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deaver <2>
    • Byron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Dryhead ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dryhead.

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

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

  • Deadman Creek Grave
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deadman Creek Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deadman Creek Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Annherer Spring Grave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Annherer Spring Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Annherer Spring Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Iona - Kane Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Pryor Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Singgood Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Singgood Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Singgood Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Singgood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sing Good Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21116 <5>
  • Bowler Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plenty Coups State Park Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Day Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cowley Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Sand Draw Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Draw Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sand Draw Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173246 <5>
  • Deaver Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deaver Cemetery
    • The Deaver Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Deaver - Frannie Cemetery
    • Frannie Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84014 <5>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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.

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

  • Lovell
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
    • Lovell is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Dryhead ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dryhead.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dryhead, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dryhead.

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 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 Dryhead:

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 Dryhead, 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>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dryhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dryhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1763, Longitude: -108.2735       In this case, the coordinates for Dryhead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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