Welcome to Nickwall ...
Nickwall is located in McCone County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Nickwall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.
Nickwall is 2,050 feet [625 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Nickwall lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Nickwall and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
Area Code for Nickwall: 406
Communities near Nickwall ...
We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Nickwall.
- Wolf Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Poplar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Poplar is located in Roosevelt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar <3>
- Brockton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brockton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
- Brockton is located in Roosevelt County
- Estimated population in 2018: 234 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockton <3>
- Deertail Indian Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deertail Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deertail Indian Village
- Deertail Indian Village is located in Roosevelt County
- Vida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
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 Nickwall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nickwall.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nickwall. See our Newspapers Page for Nickwall.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nickwall ...
Looking for more information about Nickwall? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Nickwall, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Nickwall.
Adding Nickwall to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Nickwall in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Nickwall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Nickwall post office opened in 1909.
We also found Nickwall on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Nickwall.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including McCone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nickwall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |