Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Flood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Flood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Flood, 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 Flood (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 Flood. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Flood is historic, it would have been located within present day Cascade County.
To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.
Below are the counties that are near Flood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flood:
- Cascade County (The home county of Flood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flood, with the one closest to Flood listed first.
- Great Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Countryside Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Black Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ulm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Coulee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Sun Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Stockett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Sun River
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chouteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flood, with the one closest to Flood listed first.
- Floweree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Teton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flood, with the one closest to Flood listed first.
- Power
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flood, see our County-by-County Page for Flood.
Cemeteries Near Flood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flood.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Flood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flood, with the one closest to Flood listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Great Falls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20799 <3>
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Great Falls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20910 <3>
- Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Association
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Stone Colony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> to the west of Great Falls.
- The Sunset Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133894 <3>
- Sand Coulee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ulm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Butte Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Castner Falls Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
- The Fair Haven Colony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairhaven Colony Cemetery
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Colony Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Flood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flood, with the one closest to Flood listed first.
- Great Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Great Falls ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Great Falls is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great Falls
- Truly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Truly is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truly
- Ulm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Coulee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Watson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Vaughn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Sun River
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Belt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cascade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Armington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Armington is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington
- Evans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evans is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Floweree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flood.
Newspapers Published in Flood ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flood, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flood.
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 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 Flood:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Cascade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chouteau County
- Teton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
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 Flood, 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 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |