Welcome to Lee ...
So far, we found very little information about Lee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lee, please Contact Us.
Lee would have been located within present day Rosebud County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Lee is 2,930 feet [893 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Lee is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Lee was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Lee was located: 406
Communities Also Named Lee ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 45 communities that are also named Lee - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (3).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lee.
Communities near Lee ...
We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Lee.
- Colstrip
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colstrip
- Colstrip is located in Rosebud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colstrip <4>
- Ashland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <4>
- Lame Deer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lame Deer
- Lame Deer is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lame Deer <4>
- Muddy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Rosebud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Rosebud is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosebud <4>
- Forsyth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forsyth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Forsyth is located in Rosebud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <4>
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 Lee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lee.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lee. 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 Lee.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lee. See our Newspapers Page for Lee.
Adding Lee to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lee in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Lee post office opened in 1888.
We also found Lee in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lee.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Lee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Rosebud, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lee - 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |