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Welcome to Jardine ...

Jardine is located in Park County<1>.

The pronunciation of Jardine: jar-DEEN<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jardine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Jardine is 6,450 feet [1,966 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Jardine is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Jardine lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Jardine: 406

Communities Also Named Jardine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jardine - it's located in Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jardine.

Communities near Jardine ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Jardine.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jardine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jardine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jardine. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jardine.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jardine. See our Newspapers Page for Jardine.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jardine ...

Looking for more information about Jardine? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Jardine, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jardine.

Adding Jardine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jardine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Jardine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Jardine post office opened in 1898. The Jardine post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jardine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Park, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Jardine. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jardine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/