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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 Grantsdale (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 Grantsdale. 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 northwest 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 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.

Grantsdale is located in Ravalli 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 Ravalli County: Idaho (ID), Lemhi (ID), Beaverhead, Granite & Missoula.

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

  • Ravalli County     (The home county of Grantsdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grantsdale, with the one closest to Grantsdale listed first.
    • Leisure Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
      • Leisure Village is located in Ravalli County
    • Hamilton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Corvallis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pinesdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesdale
      • Pinesdale is located in Ravalli County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinesdale <2>
    • Gorus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorus
      • Gorus is located in Ravalli County
    • Darby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Victor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bing
      • Bing is located in Ravalli County
    • Conner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cinnabar Court
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Court
      • Cinnabar Court is located in Ravalli County
    • Stevensville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Medicine Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Hot Springs
      • Medicine Hot Springs is located in Ravalli County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Grantsdale ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grantsdale.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Grantsdale. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Grantsdale and those printed in the larger area surrounding Grantsdale.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> of Grantsdale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Grantsdale:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near Grantsdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grantsdale.

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

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

  • Grantsdale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grantsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grantsdale Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hamilton.
    • The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hamilton Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21068 <4>
  • Blodgett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Corvallis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pinesdale Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • The Pinesdale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ted Weidow Sr. Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinesdale Cemetery
  • Lone Pine Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Cemetery
  • Victor Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Sula Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sula Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Grantsdale had a population of 362 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Hamilton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Corvallis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
    • Woodside is located in Ravalli County
  • Darby
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Victor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Stevensville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Bitter Root ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter Root have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Root
    • Bitter Root is located in Ravalli County
  • Sula
    (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 Grantsdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grantsdale.

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

The official website for Ravalli County: www.co.ravalli.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grantsdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantsdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2034, Longitude: -114.1420    
<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 Grantsdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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