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Welcome to Lockwood ...

Lockwood is located in Yellowstone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lockwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Lockwood is 3,090 feet [942 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lockwood is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Lockwood: 406

Communities Also Named Lockwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Lockwood - they are located in California, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan (3), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Lockwood ...

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

  • Billings
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Billings is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <3>
  • Laurel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurel is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <3>
  • Huntley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shepherd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rimrock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rimrock is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
  • Acton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Acton is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
  • Ballantine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hesper
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hesper is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
  • Worden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Comanche is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lockwood ...

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

Adding Lockwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lockwood post office opened in 1906. The Lockwood post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lockwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Yellowstone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lockwood - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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