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Welcome to Foundation ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foundation, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Foundation is 3,180 feet [969 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Foundation is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Foundation was located: 406

Communities near Foundation ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Foundation.

  • Ismay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ismay is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ismay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Former name for Ismay:
    • Joe
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ismay <4>
  • Westmore
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Westmore is located in Fallon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
  • Plevna
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Mildred
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Willard
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

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

Adding Foundation to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Foundation 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 Foundation was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Foundation post office opened in 1925. The Foundation post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foundation.

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 Foundation, 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 Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Foundation - 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/