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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 McCabe (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 McCabe. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

McCabe is located in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County: Daniels, McCone, Richland, Sheridan, Valley & Williams (ND).

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

  • Roosevelt County     (The home county of McCabe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCabe, with the one closest to McCabe listed first.
    • Froid
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Froid have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froid
      • Froid is located in Roosevelt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Froid <2>
    • Culbertson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bainville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainville
      • Bainville is located in Roosevelt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainville <2>
    • Brockton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brockton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
      • Brockton is located in Roosevelt County
      • Estimated population in 2018: 234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockton <2>
  • Sheridan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCabe, with the one closest to McCabe listed first.
    • Medicine Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lake
      • Medicine Lake is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lake <2>
    • Dagmar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Reserve
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Antelope
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
      • Antelope is located in Sheridan County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antelope <2>
  • McKenzie County (ND)
  • Williams County (ND)

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

Cemeteries Near McCabe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCabe.

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

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

  • South Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kvile Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kvile Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kvile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bainville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Freidens Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freidens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freidens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bauer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bauer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bauer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Homestead Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Homestead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Homestead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ft. Kipp Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherry Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jacobson Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacobson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacobson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Medicine Lake Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Medicine Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Medicine Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nohly Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in McCabe ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCabe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCabe, 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 McCabe.

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 helpful 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 McCabe:

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

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>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.
<4>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 McCabe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- McCabe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCabe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2461, Longitude: -104.3746    









 

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