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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 Lanark (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 Lanark. 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 and doctors 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.

Lanark is located in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County: Daniels, McCone, Richland, Sheridan, Valley & Williams (ND).

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

  • Roosevelt County     (The home county of Lanark)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanark, with the one closest to Lanark listed first.
    • Bainville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainville
      • Bainville is located in Roosevelt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainville <2>
    • McCabe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Culbertson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Froid
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Froid have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froid
      • Froid is located in Roosevelt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Froid <2>
    • Brockton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brockton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
      • Brockton is located in Roosevelt County
      • Estimated population in 2018: 234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockton <2>
  • Richland County
    • Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
  • Sheridan County
    • Medicine Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lake
      • Medicine Lake is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lake <2>
  • McKenzie County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanark, with the one closest to Lanark listed first.
    • Dore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
      • Dore is located in McKenzie County (ND)
    • Harding
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
      • Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)
    • Cartwright
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanark, with the one closest to Lanark listed first.
    • Trenton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bonetraill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonetraill
      • Bonetraill is located in Williams County (ND)

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

Cemeteries Near Lanark ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanark.

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

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

  • Bainville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cherry Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bauer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bauer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bauer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nohly Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • South Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Freidens Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freidens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freidens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Andes Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kvile Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kvile Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kvile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fourmile Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fourmile Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fourmile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mondak Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mondak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mondak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Westview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Ft. Kipp Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Round Prairie Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Culbertson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Buford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
    • Buford is located in Williams County (ND)
  • Trenton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Lanark ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanark.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanark, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanark.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lanark:

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

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Lanark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Lanark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lanark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1431, Longitude: -104.3574       In this case, the coordinates for Lanark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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