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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 Lowry (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 Lowry. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Lowry is primarily located in Cascade County. A portion of Lowry extends into Teton 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 Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.

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

  • Cascade County     (The home county of Lowry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowry, with the one closest to Lowry listed first.
    • Simms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fort Shaw
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sun River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Vaughn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cascade
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
    • Sun Prairie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Ulm
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Manchester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Manchester is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Mid Canon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Lewis and Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowry, with the one closest to Lowry listed first.
    • Gilman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Gilman is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
    • Augusta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
      • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
      • Dearborn City
      • Dearborn
    • Craig
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lowry, with the one closest to Lowry listed first.
    • Fairfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenfield is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Power
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Choteau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Dutton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Collins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Collins is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins

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

Cemeteries Near Lowry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowry.

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 Lowry - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Sunset Hills Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ft. Shaw Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Shaw Cemetery
    • The Ft. Shaw Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ft. Shaw Military Cemetery
  • Ft. Shaw Soldiers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cascade Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
    • The St. Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Sun River Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Elk Creek Colony Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Milford Colony Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Peters Mission Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Augusta Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven Colony Cemetery
    • The Fair Haven Colony Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairhaven Colony Cemetery
  • Beck Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Dearborn Crossing Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing Cemetery
      • The Dearborn Crossing Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Dearborn Cemetery
    • Choteau Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Sun River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Saint Peter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Saint Peter is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
  • Augusta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Vaughn
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
    • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
    • Dearborn City
    • Dearborn
  • Choteau
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Cascade
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
  • Ulm
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Mid Canon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Truly
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Truly is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truly

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lowry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowry.

Newspapers Published in Lowry ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowry, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lowry.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Lowry:

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>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 Lowry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lowry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.