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Welcome to Dryhead ...

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.


Dryhead would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dryhead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dryhead is 5,210 feet [1,588 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Dryhead is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Dryhead was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Dryhead was located: 406

Communities near Dryhead ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Dryhead.

  • Fort Smith
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pryor
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cowley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cowley is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowley <4>
  • Frannie
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Frannie is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frannie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frannie <4>
  • Kane ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Kane is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
  • Lovell
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lovell is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <4>
  • Deaver
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deaver is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deaver <4>
  • Byron
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Byron is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 592 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dryhead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dryhead.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dryhead. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dryhead.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dryhead. See our Newspapers Page for Dryhead.

Adding Dryhead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dryhead in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dryhead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dryhead post office opened in 1919. The Dryhead post office closed in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dryhead.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dryhead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/