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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 Menard (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 Menard. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Menard is located in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County: Fremont (ID), Broadwater, Jefferson, Madison, Meagher, Park, Park (WY) & Teton (WY).

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

  • Gallatin County     (The home county of Menard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Menard, with the one closest to Menard listed first.
    • Gallop ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
    • Hillman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Hillman is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
    • Manhattan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Francis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Francis is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
    • Belgrade
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Wisner Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Crossing
    • Sedan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Amsterdam - Churchill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Amsterdam - Churchill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam - Churchill
    • Churchill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Churchill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
    • Amsterdam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Story
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Story is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Bridger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridger is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
  • Broadwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Menard, with the one closest to Menard listed first.
    • Toston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Copper City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Crow Creek City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Crow Creek City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek City
    • Radersburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Townsend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Meagher County
  • Park County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Menard, with the one closest to Menard listed first.
    • Wilsall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Clyde Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hoppers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoppers is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers

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

Cemeteries Near Menard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Menard.

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

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

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

  • Morgan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Courts Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Reese Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Creek Cemetery
    • The Reese Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Mormon Cemetery
  • East Gallatin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Meadowview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Manhattan.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20989 <3>
  • Springhill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Headwaters Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Logan Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sedan Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Woosley Family Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Churchill Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Sunset Memorial Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Bozeman.
      • The Sunset Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Gallatin Valley Sunset Memorial Gardens
      • Sunset Memorial Gardens
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2132998 <3>

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 Menard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Menard.

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

  • Gallop ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
  • Manhattan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Springhill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Springhill is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
  • Logan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Belgrade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Gallatin ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Gallatin is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Sedan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
  • Story
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Story is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Sixteen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Sixteen is located in Meagher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen
  • Toston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Three Forks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Bozeman
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Willow Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Meyersburg ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Meyersburg is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersburg
    • Chestnut
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut

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

Newspapers Published in Menard ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Menard.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Menard, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Menard.

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 Menard:

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>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- Menard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Menard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.