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Introduction ...

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 Newton (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 Newton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Newton is located in Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County: Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Rosebud, Stillwater & Treasure.

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

  • Yellowstone County     (The home county of Newton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newton, with the one closest to Newton listed first.
    • Ballantine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballantine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballantine
      • Ballantine is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballantine <2>
    • Pompeys Pillar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Worden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Huntley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
      • Huntley is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntley <2>
    • Shepherd
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
      • Shepherd is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherd <2>
    • Lockwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Lockwood is located in Yellowstone County
    • Custer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
      • Custer is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <2>
    • Billings
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
      • Billings is located in Yellowstone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <2>
    • Acton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Acton is located in Yellowstone County
  • Big Horn County
    • Hardin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
      • Hardin is located in Big Horn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardin <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Newton ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newton.

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 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 Newton:

Cemeteries Near Newton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newton.

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

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

  • Pleasantview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Evangelical Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Scandia Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Shepherd Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • The Shepherd Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shepherd Cemetery
  • Castle Butte Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Boothill Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Boothill Cemetery is located in Billings.
    • The Boothill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Coulson Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boothill Cemetery
  • Hoskin Basin Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hardin.
    • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hardin Community Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1382971 <4>
  • Custer Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Beth Aaron Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountview Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Billings.
      • The Mountview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Billings Cemetery
      • Mountain View Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21014 <4>

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.<5>

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

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

  • Pompeys Pillar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bull Mountain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mountain
    • Bull Mountain is located in Yellowstone County
  • Huntley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • Huntley is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntley <2>
  • Billings
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
    • Billings is located in Yellowstone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <2>
  • Custer
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Custer is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yellowstone County: www.co.yellowstone.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Newton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9789, Longitude: -108.0584       In this case, the coordinates for Newton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Newton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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