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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 Lewistown Heights (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 Lewistown Heights. 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.

Name Variations for Lewistown Heights ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lewistown Heights: Lewistown Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and doctors 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.

Lewistown Heights is located in Fergus 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 Fergus County: Blaine, Chouteau, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips & Wheatland.

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

  • Fergus County     (The home county of Lewistown Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown Heights, with the one closest to Lewistown Heights listed first.
    • Lewistown
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewistown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
      • Lewistown is located in Fergus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,905 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewistown <2>
    • Glengarry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengarry
      • Glengarry is located in Fergus County
    • Heath
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Heath is located in Fergus County
    • Giltedge ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giltedge
      • Giltedge is located in Fergus County
    • Maiden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden
      • Maiden is located in Fergus County
    • Hilger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Moore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
      • Moore is located in Fergus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <2>
    • Kendall ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Kendall is located in Fergus County
    • Fort Maginnis ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Maginnis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Maginnis
      • Fort Maginnis is located in Fergus County
    • Danvers
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
      • Danvers is located in Fergus County
    • Roy Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roy Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Junction
      • Roy Junction is located in Fergus County
    • Forestgrove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Christina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christina
      • Christina is located in Fergus County
  • Judith Basin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown Heights, with the one closest to Lewistown Heights listed first.
    • Hobson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
      • Hobson is located in Judith Basin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobson <2>
    • Moccasin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Wheatland County
    • Judith Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lewistown Heights ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewistown Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewistown Heights, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewistown Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Lewistown Heights:

Cemeteries Near Lewistown Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewistown Heights.

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

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

  • Lewistown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Central Montana Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Cemetery
  • Hilger Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hilger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hilger Cemetery
  • Great Divide Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilt Edge Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilt Edge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilt Edge Cemetery
  • Moore Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
  • Kendall Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kendall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kendall Cemetery
  • Ft. Maginnis Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Danvers Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Moccasin Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moccasin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moccasin Cemetery
    • Buffalo - Straw Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Buffalo - Straw Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Straw.
      • The Buffalo - Straw Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Buffalo Cemetery
      • Straw Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo - Straw Cemetery
    • Ayers Ranch Colony Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 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.<7>

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

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

  • Lewistown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewistown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
    • Lewistown is located in Fergus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewistown <2>
  • Cottonwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Cottonwood is located in Fergus County
  • Maiden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden
    • Maiden is located in Fergus County
  • Fort Maginnis ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Maginnis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Maginnis
    • Fort Maginnis is located in Fergus County
  • Christina
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christina
    • Christina is located in Fergus County
  • Buffalo
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Denton
    (28 miles [45.1 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 Lewistown Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewistown Heights.

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

The official website for Fergus County: www.co.fergus.mt.us/

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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lewistown Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lewistown Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0758, Longitude: -109.4530       In this case, the coordinates for Lewistown Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Lewistown Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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