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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 Fox Lake (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 Fox Lake. 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 Fox Lake ...

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 Fox Lake: Fox Lk.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Fox Lake is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Dawson, McCone, Roosevelt, Wibaux & McKenzie (ND).

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

  • Richland County     (The home county of Fox Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
    • Lambert
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Enid
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Enid is located in Richland County
    • Piche
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piche
      • Piche is located in Richland County
    • Crane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Knife River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
      • Knife River is located in Richland County
    • Savage
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sidney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.
    • Richey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Bloomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • McKenzie County (ND)
    • Harding
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
      • Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)

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

Newspapers Published in Fox Lake ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fox Lake, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fox Lake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Fox Lake:

Cemeteries Near Fox Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox Lake.

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 Fox Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fox Lake, with the one closest to Fox Lake listed first.

  • Community Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Klempel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klempel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klempel Cemetery
  • Bethlehem Mennonite Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
  • Lone Butte Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Butte Cemetery
  • Elmdale Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmdale Cemetery
  • Brorson Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Crane Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Newlon Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Mona Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mona Cemetery
  • Andes Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andes Cemetery
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Finnicum Burial Ground
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Richey Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richey Cemetery
    • Red Top Mennonite Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Top Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Top Mennonite Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fox Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Lake.

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

The official website for Richland County: www.richland.org/

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fox Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6837, Longitude: -104.6228    
<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.




 

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