Our Genealogy Helper
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 Leadville (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 Leadville. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Leadville is located in Jefferson County.
To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Powell & Silver Bow.
Below are the counties that are near Leadville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leadville:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Leadville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- Bernice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Basin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elk Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
- Comet ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Comet has also been known as:
- High Ore
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Boulder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alhambra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
- Clancy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Deer Lodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- Warm Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Mine Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mine Creek is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Creek
- Gregson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gregson is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregson
- Anaconda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Anaconda - Deer Lodge County
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anaconda - Deer Lodge County is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaconda - Deer Lodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,204 people
- Sunnyside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Stump Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stump Town is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
- Lewis and Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- Rimini ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
- Frontier Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
- Park City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Fort Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birdseye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- Emery ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Emery is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
- Deer Lodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Phosphate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phosphate is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
- Blossburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blossburg is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
- Wall City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wall City is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall City
- Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
- Goldcreek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jens is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jens
- Silver Bow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- North Walkerville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Walkerville
- Walkerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Butte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ramsay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Fairmont Hot Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont Hot Springs is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Hot Springs
- Fairmont Hot Springs has also been known as:
- Gregson Fairmont Hot Springs
- Gregson Hot Springs
- Gregson Springs
- Gregson
- Janney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Janney is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
- Butte - Silver Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Butte - Silver Bow is located in Silver Bow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte - Silver Bow
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,207 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leadville, see our County-by-County Page for Leadville.
Cemeteries Near Leadville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leadville.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Leadville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leadville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anaconda Catholic Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast of Anaconda.
- The Sunset Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21134 <3>
- Avon Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boulder Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boulder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Boulder.
- The Boulder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boulder Cemetery
- Boulder Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20781 <3>
- Norton Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the B'nai Israel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Butte.
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bnai Israel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20750 <3>
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Moriah Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Butte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21007 <3>
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patricks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Butte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21101 <3>
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Hill Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- New Hill Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Hill Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
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 Leadville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leadville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leadville, with the one closest to Leadville listed first.
- Champion ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Champion is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Racetrack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Racetrack is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racetrack
- Bernice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Elk Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
- Basin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Warm Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Trask
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trask is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trask
- Comet ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Comet has also been known as:
- High Ore
- Elliston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bradley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rimini ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stuart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stuart is located in Deer Lodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
- Walkerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leadville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leadville.
Newspapers Published in Leadville ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leadville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leadville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leadville.
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 helpful 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 Leadville:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Deer Lodge County
- Lewis and Clark County
- Powell County
- Silver Bow County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
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> | 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- Leadville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Leadville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |