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Introduction ...

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Minot is historic, it would have been located within present day Valley 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 Valley County: Daniels, Garfield, McCone, Phillips & Roosevelt.

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

  • Valley County     (The home county of Minot)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minot, with the one closest to Minot listed first.
    • Fort Peck
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Peck have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Peck
      • Fort Peck is located in Valley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Peck <3>
    • Nashua
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashua have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
      • Nashua is located in Valley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <3>
    • Glasgow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Frazer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frazer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
      • Frazer is located in Valley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frazer <3>
    • Saint Marie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Marie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marie
      • Saint Marie is located in Valley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Marie <3>
    • Vandalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • McCone County
    • McCone City ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCone City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCone City
      • McCone City is located in McCone County

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

Newspapers Published in Minot ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minot.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minot, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minot.

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 Minot:

Cemeteries Near Minot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minot.

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

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

  • Ft. Peck Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Peck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Peck Cemetery
  • Galpin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galpin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galpin Cemetery
  • Ft. Peck Dam Disaster Memorial
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Nashua Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nashua Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nashua Cemetery
  • Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens
  • Highland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Sunset Rest Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Rest 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 Minot in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Minot.

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

  • Nashua
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashua have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Nashua is located in Valley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <3>
  • Glasgow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Vandalia
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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 Minot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Minot) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0170, Longitude: -106.5134       In this case, the coordinates for Minot 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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