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Welcome to Limestone ...

Limestone is located in Stillwater County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Limestone, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Limestone is 5,530 feet [1,686 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Limestone is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Limestone: 406

Communities Also Named Limestone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Limestone - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), New Brunswick, New York, Ohio (3), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Limestone ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Limestone.

  • Nye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Beehive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
    • Beehive is located in Stillwater County
  • Dean
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
    • Dean is located in Stillwater County
  • McLeod
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fishtail
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Greycliff
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Roscoe
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Absarokee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Reed Point
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Springdale
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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 Limestone. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Limestone.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Limestone. 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 Limestone.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Limestone ...

Looking for more information about Limestone? 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 Limestone, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Limestone.

Adding Limestone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Limestone 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 for Limestone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Limestone post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Limestone.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Stillwater, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Limestone - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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