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Introduction ...

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

We've added Fox to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fox, 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 Fox (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. 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 Fox is historic, it would have been located within present day Carbon 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 Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

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

  • Carbon County     (The home county of Fox)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fox, with the one closest to Fox listed first.
    • Roberts
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Lodge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bearcreek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Belfry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
      • Bridger is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridger <2>
    • Boyd
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Roscoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Fromberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fromberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fromberg
      • Fromberg is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fromberg <2>
    • Joliet
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
      • Joliet is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joliet <2>
    • Edgar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stillwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fox, with the one closest to Fox listed first.
    • Fishtail
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Absarokee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dean
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Dean is located in Stillwater County
    • Columbus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Park City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Park City is located in Stillwater County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <2>
    • Beehive
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
      • Beehive is located in Stillwater County
    • Nye
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Park County (WY)

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

Cemeteries Near Fox ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox.

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

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

  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • John Henry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Henry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunrise Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunrise Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunrise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Red Lodge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Castagne Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castagne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castagne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thiel Homestead Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thiel Homestead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thiel Homestead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tony Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bearcreek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elessens Ranch Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elessens Ranch Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elessens Ranch Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Olaf Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Olaf Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Olaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beltz Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beltz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beltz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Burnett Ranch Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burnett Ranch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burnett Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Luoma Ranch Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luoma Ranch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luoma Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Belfry Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Fox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fox.

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

  • Red Lodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clark
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Fox ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fox, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fox.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Fox:

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

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 Fox, 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 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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2769, Longitude: -109.2171       In this case, the coordinates for Fox have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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