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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 Harlowton (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 Harlowton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Harlowton is located in Wheatland County and is the County Seat.

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 Wheatland County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Meagher & Sweet Grass.

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

  • Wheatland County     (The home county of Harlowton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harlowton, with the one closest to Harlowton listed first.
    • Twodot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hedgesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
      • Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
    • Shawmut
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Judith Gap
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fergus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harlowton, with the one closest to Harlowton listed first.
    • Garneill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Straw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straw
      • Straw is located in Fergus County
  • Golden Valley County
    • Ryegate
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryegate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
      • Ryegate is located in Golden Valley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryegate <1>
  • Meagher County
  • Sweet Grass County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Harlowton ...

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 Harlowton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Harlowton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Harlowton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Harlowton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Harlowton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Harlowton:

Cemeteries Near Harlowton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harlowton.

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

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

  • Harlowton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harlowton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harlowton Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Duncan Ranch Colony Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Twodot Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Twodot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Twodot Cemetery
  • Hedges Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hedges Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hedges Cemetery
  • Judith Gap Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Judith Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Judith Gap Cemetery
  • Ubet Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ubet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ubet Cemetery
  • Gauglerville Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gauglerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gauglerville Cemetery
  • Garneill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garneill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garneill Cemetery
  • Barber Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barber Cemetery
  • Hopkins Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Melville Lutheran Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Lebo Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rothiemay Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rothiemay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rothiemay Cemetery
    • Buffalo - Straw Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Buffalo - Straw Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Straw.
      • The Buffalo - Straw Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Buffalo Cemetery
      • Straw Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo - Straw Cemetery

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

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

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

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

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harlowton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harlowton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4368, Longitude: -109.8343       In this case, the coordinates for Harlowton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Harlowton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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