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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 Gilman (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 Gilman. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Gilman is located in Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

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

  • Lewis and Clark County     (The home county of Gilman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilman, with the one closest to Gilman listed first.
    • Augusta
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dearborn Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
      • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
      • Dearborn City
      • Dearborn
  • Cascade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilman, with the one closest to Gilman listed first.
    • Simms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Simms is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simms <1>
    • Fort Shaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sun River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River
      • Sun River is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun River <1>
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilman, with the one closest to Gilman listed first.
    • Fairfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Teton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <1>
    • Choteau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Greenfield is located in Teton County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gilman ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilman.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gilman. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gilman and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gilman.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Gilman.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Gilman:

Cemeteries Near Gilman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilman.

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

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

  • Augusta Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Augusta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Augusta Cemetery
  • Elk Creek Colony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Milford Colony Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Hills Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Hills Cemetery
  • Choteau Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Choteau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Choteau Cemetery
  • Dearborn Crossing Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Dearborn Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Ft. Shaw Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • The Ft. Shaw Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ft. Shaw Military Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Shaw Cemetery
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
  • St. Peters Mission Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery
  • Cascade Colony Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Miller Colony Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • New Rockport Colony Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Gilman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gilman.

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

  • Augusta
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Choteau
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dearborn Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
    • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
    • Dearborn City
    • Dearborn
  • Saint Peter
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Peter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
    • Saint Peter is located in Cascade County

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

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

The official website for Lewis and Clark County: www.co.lewis-clark.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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gilman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gilman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5122, Longitude: -112.3653    
<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 Gilman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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