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Introduction ...

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

We've added Hog Heaven to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hog Heaven, 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 Hog Heaven (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 Hog Heaven. 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 Hog Heaven is historic, it would have been located within present day Flathead 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 Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.

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

  • Flathead County     (The home county of Hog Heaven)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Heaven, with the one closest to Hog Heaven listed first.
    • Lakeside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Kila
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Marion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Somers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Hill Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
      • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
    • Bigfork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kalispell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in Flathead County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <2>
    • Bear Creek Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
      • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
    • Creston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Heaven, with the one closest to Hog Heaven listed first.
    • Elmo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Big Arm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lake Mary Ronan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
      • Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
    • Dayton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Proctor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
    • Rollins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
      • Rollins is located in Lake County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rollins <2>
    • Jette
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
      • Jette is located in Lake County
    • Kings Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Kings Point is located in Lake County
    • Kerr
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerr have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Kerr is located in Lake County
    • Polson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polson
      • Polson is located in Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,181 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polson <2>
    • Finley Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finley Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
      • Finley Point is located in Lake County
    • Bear Dance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
      • Bear Dance is located in Lake County
  • Sanders County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Heaven, with the one closest to Hog Heaven listed first.
    • Niarada
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Niarada have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niarada
      • Niarada is located in Sanders County
    • Lonepine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonepine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonepine
      • Lonepine is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonepine <2>
    • Hot Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
      • Hot Springs is located in Sanders County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <2>
    • Plains
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Plains is located in Sanders County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Hog Heaven ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hog Heaven.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hog Heaven, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hog Heaven.

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 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 Hog Heaven:

Cemeteries Near Hog Heaven ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hog Heaven.

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

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

  • Niarada Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Niarada Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Niarada Cemetery
  • McKay Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKay Cemetery
  • Indian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Murray Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murray Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murray Memorial Cemetery
  • Indian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ventling Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ventling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ventling Cemetery
  • Moore Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
  • Maillet Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maillet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maillet Cemetery
  • Markle Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Markle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Markle Cemetery
  • Hospital Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hospital Cemetery
  • Polson Catholic Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polson Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polson Catholic Cemetery
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Pluffe Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pluffe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pluffe Cemetery
    • Hominsto Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hominsto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hominsto 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.

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

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

  • Holt
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in Flathead County
  • Kalispell
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

The official website for Flathead County: www.co.flathead.mt.us/

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 Hog Heaven, 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>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- Hog Heaven) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hog Heaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8166, Longitude: -114.4982       In this case, the coordinates for Hog Heaven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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