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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 Hidden Lake Colony (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 Hidden Lake Colony. 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 Hidden Lake Colony ...

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 Hidden Lake Colony: Hidden Lk. Colony

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 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.

Hidden Lake Colony is located in Glacier 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 Glacier County: Flathead, Pondera & Toole.

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

  • Glacier County     (The home county of Hidden Lake Colony)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Lake Colony, with the one closest to Hidden Lake Colony listed first.
    • Cut Bank
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Santa Rita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Browning
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • North Browning
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Browning have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
      • North Browning is located in Glacier County
    • South Browning
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
      • South Browning is located in Glacier County
    • Starr School
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
      • Starr School is located in Glacier County
    • East Glacier Park Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • East Glacier Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pondera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Lake Colony, with the one closest to Hidden Lake Colony listed first.
    • Heart Butte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Valier
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
      • Valier is located in Pondera County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valier <1>
    • Dupuyer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Toole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Lake Colony, with the one closest to Hidden Lake Colony listed first.
    • Ethridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Kevin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kevin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kevin
      • Kevin is located in Toole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kevin <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Hidden Lake Colony ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hidden Lake Colony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hidden Lake Colony, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hidden Lake Colony.

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 Hidden Lake Colony:

Cemeteries Near Hidden Lake Colony ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hidden Lake Colony.

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

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

  • Seville Colony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Holy Family Mission Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Mission Cemetery
  • Four Horns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Four Horns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Four Horns Cemetery
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Nightshoot Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • The Nightshoot Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sharp Cemetery
    • Sharp - Nightshoot Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nightshoot Cemetery
  • Glendale Colony Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Birdrattler Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birdrattler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birdrattler Cemetery
  • Robare Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robare Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robare Cemetery
  • Willow Creek Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Creek Cemetery
  • Zenith Colony Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glacier Colony Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Birch Creek Colony Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Earring Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Earring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Earring 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.<4>

While we didn't find Hidden Lake Colony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hidden Lake Colony.

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hidden Lake Colony. 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' (or 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- Hidden Lake Colony) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hidden Lake Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5908, Longitude: -112.5926       In this case, the coordinates for Hidden Lake Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Hidden Lake Colony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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