Welcome to Etna ...

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

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

Etna would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.

The location of Etna has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Etna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Etna is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Etna is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

If Etna still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Etna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Etna: This one is located in Custer County and the other is located in Ravalli County.

Beyond Montana, there are 30 communities that are also named Etna - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Etna.

Communities near Etna ...

We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Etna.

• Miles City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles City
  • Miles City is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,181 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles City <5>
• Volborg
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volborg
  • Volborg is located in Custer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volborg <5>
• Kinsey
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
  • Kinsey is located in Custer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinsey <5>

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 Etna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Etna.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Etna. 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 Etna.

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

Adding Etna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Etna 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 for Etna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Etna post office opened in 1882.

We also found Etna in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Etna.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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