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Welcome to Mink ...

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

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

Mink would have been located within present day Dawson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mink, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mink is 3,180 feet [969 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Mink is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Mink and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where Mink was located: 406

Communities Also Named Mink ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Mink - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mink.

Communities near Mink ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Mink.

  • Circle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lindsay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Redwater ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Redwater is located in McCone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
  • Bloomfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Richey
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brockway
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • West Glendive
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Glendive is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive

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 Mink. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mink.

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

Adding Mink to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mink 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 (so far) for Mink was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mink post office opened in 1915. The Mink post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mink.

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 Mink, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Dawson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mink - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/