Welcome to Mike Horse ...

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

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

Mike Horse would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark County<2>.

The location of Mike Horse has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mike Horse, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1943.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mike Horse is 5,630 feet [1,716 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Mike Horse is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Mike Horse was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Mike Horse once stood is in the (406) area code.

Communities near Mike Horse ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mike Horse.

• Wolf Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
  • Wolf Creek is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolf Creek <5>
• Canyon Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Creek
  • Canyon Creek is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon Creek <5>
• Lincoln
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Lincoln is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <5>
• Atlantic City ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
  • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
• Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dearborn Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
  • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
  • Dearborn City
  • Dearborn
• Craig
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
  • Craig is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craig <5>
• Marysville ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Marysville is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <5>
• Silver City
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
• Mid Canon
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
• Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackfoot City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
  • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mike Horse. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mike Horse.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mike Horse. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mike Horse.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mike Horse. See our Newspapers Page for Mike Horse.

Adding Mike Horse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mike Horse in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mike Horse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mike Horse post office opened in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mike Horse.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lewis and Clark County: www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/

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