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Introduction ...

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

We've added Midway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Midway, 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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Midway is historic, it would have been located within present day Pondera 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 Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).

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

  • Pondera County     (The home county of Midway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Brady
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Conrad
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gallup City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallup City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup City
      • Gallup City is located in Pondera County
    • Ledger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Valier
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
      • Valier is located in Pondera County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valier <2>
    • Dupuyer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Collins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
      • Collins is located in Teton County
    • Dutton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
      • Dutton is located in Teton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dutton <2>
    • Pendroy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bynum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Choteau
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Power
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
      • Power is located in Teton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Power <2>
  • Toole County
    • Shelby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Midway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.

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

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

  • Midway Hutterite Colony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pondera Valley Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Rockport Colony Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Rockport Colony Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Rockport Colony Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the southwest of Choteau.
  • Dutton Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Golden West Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Camrose Colony Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • New Miami Colony Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Miami Colony Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Miami Colony Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the west of Dupuyer.
  • Bynum Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bynum Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bynum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beck Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Omholt Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Omholt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Omholt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Miller Colony Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Choteau Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Choteau Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Choteau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Conrad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Collins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Collins is located in Teton County
  • Bynum
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Choteau
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dupuyer
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Midway ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Midway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Midway:

The official website for Pondera County: www.ponderacountymontana.org/

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 Midway, 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 '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- Midway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1000, Longitude: -111.8814       In this case, the coordinates for Midway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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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