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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 McElroy (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 McElroy. 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 doctors 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.

McElroy is located in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County: Daniels, Roosevelt, Divide (ND) & Williams (ND).

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

  • Sheridan County     (The home county of McElroy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Westby
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Comertown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
      • Comertown is located in Sheridan County
    • Dagmar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Antelope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Raymond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Plentywood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plentywood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentywood
      • Plentywood is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plentywood <1>
    • Reserve
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Outlook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Divide County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Alkabo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkabo
      • Alkabo is located in Divide County (ND)
    • Fortuna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Stady ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stady
      • Stady is located in Divide County (ND)
    • Ambrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambrose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
      • Ambrose is located in Divide County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambrose <1>
  • Williams County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Grenora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenora
      • Grenora is located in Williams County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenora <1>
    • Hanks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks
      • Hanks is located in Williams County (ND)
    • Zahl
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in McElroy ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around McElroy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McElroy, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McElroy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 McElroy:

Cemeteries Near McElroy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McElroy.

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

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

  • McElroy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McElroy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McElroy Cemetery
  • Scandia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scandia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandia Cemetery
  • Westby Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westby Cemetery
  • Westby Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westby Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westby Catholic Cemetery
  • Lone Tree Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Comertown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Our Saviors Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Emmaus Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmaus Cemetery
  • Daneville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daneville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daneville Cemetery
  • McCall - Gibson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Oslo Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oslo Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Fortuna (ND).
      • The Oslo Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Olso Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oslo Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102255 <4>
    • Dooley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dooley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dooley Cemetery
    • Bethany Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Sheridan County: www.co.sheridan.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McElroy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McElroy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8803, Longitude: -104.1222       In this case, the coordinates for McElroy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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