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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 Forest Hill Village (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 Forest Hill Village. 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.

Name Variations for Forest Hill Village ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Forest Hill Village: Forest Hill Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead 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 Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.

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

  • Flathead County     (The home county of Forest Hill Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill Village, with the one closest to Forest Hill Village listed first.
    • Somers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kalispell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in Flathead County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <1>
    • Creston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bigfork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kila
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bear Creek Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
      • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
    • Rhodes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
      • Rhodes is located in Flathead County
    • Columbia Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Halfmoon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfmoon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon
      • Halfmoon is located in Flathead County
    • Marion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hungry Horse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hungry Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Horse
      • Hungry Horse is located in Flathead County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hungry Horse <1>
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill Village, with the one closest to Forest Hill Village listed first.
    • Woods Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Bay
      • Woods Bay is located in Lake County
    • Lake Mary Ronan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
      • Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
    • Rollins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollins have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
      • Rollins is located in Lake County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rollins <1>
    • Proctor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Dayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bear Dance
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
      • Bear Dance is located in Lake County
    • Elmo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Big Arm
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Swan Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Kings Point is located in Lake County
    • Rocky Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
    • Finley Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finley Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
      • Finley Point is located in Lake County
    • Jette
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
      • Jette is located in Lake County
  • Sanders County
    • Niarada
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Niarada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niarada
      • Niarada is located in Sanders County

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

Newspapers Published in Forest Hill Village ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hill Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hill Village, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hill Village.

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 either 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 Forest Hill Village:

Cemeteries Near Forest Hill Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hill Village.

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 Forest Hill Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Demersville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Demersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Demersville Cemetery
  • C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Conrad Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conrad Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conrad Memorial Cemetery
  • Lone Pine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Creston Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Creston Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Creston Community Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creston Cemetery
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Glacier Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glacier Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glacier Memorial Gardens
  • Bigfork Community Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • The Bigfork Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Big Fork Community Cemetery
    • Swan View Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigfork Community Cemetery
  • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Indian Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • St. Richard Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Richard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Richard Cemetery
    • Soldiers Home Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soldiers Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soldiers Home Cemetery

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.<5>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill Village, with the one closest to Forest Hill Village listed first.

  • Kalispell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Holt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in Flathead County
  • Columbia Falls
    (18 miles [29 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 Forest Hill Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hill Village.

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

The official website for Flathead County: www.co.flathead.mt.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>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.
<3>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- Forest Hill Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest Hill Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1180, Longitude: -114.2579       In this case, the coordinates for Forest Hill Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Forest Hill Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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