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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Michigan Settlement. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Michigan Settlement to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Michigan Settlement, please Contact Us.

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 Michigan Settlement (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 Michigan Settlement. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Michigan Settlement is historic, it would have been located within present day Cascade 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 Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.

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

  • Cascade County     (The home county of Michigan Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Settlement, with the one closest to Michigan Settlement listed first.
    • Monarch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Armington Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Junction
      • Armington Junction is located in Cascade County
    • Neihart
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neihart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neihart
      • Neihart is located in Cascade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neihart <2>
    • Armington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington
      • Armington is located in Cascade County
    • Belt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt
      • Belt is located in Cascade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belt <2>
    • Stockett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Eden is located in Cascade County
    • Sand Coulee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Millegan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millegan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millegan
      • Millegan is located in Cascade County
  • Chouteau County
  • Judith Basin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Settlement, with the one closest to Michigan Settlement listed first.
    • Raynesford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Geyser
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Michigan Settlement ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Michigan Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Michigan Settlement, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Michigan Settlement.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Michigan Settlement:

Cemeteries Near Michigan Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Michigan Settlement.

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

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

  • Monarch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monarch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monarch Cemetery
  • Dry Fork Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Fork Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Fork Road Cemetery
  • Kibbey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kibbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kibbey Cemetery
  • Goodman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodman Cemetery
  • Barker Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barker Cemetery
  • Tiger Butte Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tiger Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tiger Butte Cemetery
  • Neihart Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neihart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neihart Cemetery
  • Lone Tree Park Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Tree Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Tree Park Cemetery
  • Graveyard Gulch Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Geyser Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geyser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geyser Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Colony Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Geer Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geer Cemetery
    • Cottonwood Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
    • McLeish Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLeish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLeish Cemetery

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.

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

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

  • Monarch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Evans
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Evans is located in Cascade County
  • Neihart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neihart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neihart
    • Neihart is located in Cascade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neihart <2>
  • Armington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington
    • Armington is located in Cascade County
  • Belt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt
    • Belt is located in Cascade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belt <2>
  • Sand Coulee
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Wolsey
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolsey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolsey
    • Wolsey is located in Meagher County
  • Millegan
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millegan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millegan
    • Millegan is located in Cascade County
  • Stanford
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

The official website for Cascade County: www.co.cascade.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Michigan Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Michigan Settlement) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Michigan Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1394, Longitude: -110.8363       In this case, the coordinates for Michigan Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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