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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 Ollie (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 Ollie. 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.

Ollie is located in Fallon 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 Fallon County: Carter, Custer, Prairie, Wibaux, Bowman (ND), Golden Valley (ND), Slope (ND) & Harding (SD).

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

  • Fallon County     (The home county of Ollie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ollie, with the one closest to Ollie listed first.
    • Baker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Baker is located in Fallon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,897 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
    • Plevna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plevna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
      • Plevna is located in Fallon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plevna <2>
    • Westmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
      • Westmore is located in Fallon County
    • Willard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wibaux County
    • Wibaux
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wibaux have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wibaux
      • Wibaux is located in Wibaux County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wibaux <2>
  • Golden Valley County (ND)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ollie, with the one closest to Ollie listed first.
    • Golva
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golva have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golva
      • Golva is located in Golden Valley County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golva <2>
    • Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
      • Beach is located in Golden Valley County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beach <2>
    • Sentinel Butte
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sentinel Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Butte
      • Sentinel Butte is located in Golden Valley County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sentinel Butte <2>
  • Slope County (ND)
    • Marmarth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmarth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmarth
      • Marmarth is located in Slope County (ND)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmarth <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Ollie ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ollie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ollie, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ollie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ollie:

Cemeteries Near Ollie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ollie.

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

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

  • Ollie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Carlyle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Burkey Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burkey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burkey Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • Askin Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonnievale Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fertile Prairie Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fertile Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fertile Prairie Cemetery
  • St. Philips Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Philips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philips Cemetery
  • St. John The Evangelist Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
  • Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Lutheran Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Community Union Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Anthony Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Connell Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Connell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Connell Cemetery

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

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ollie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ollie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5847, Longitude: -104.0847       In this case, the coordinates for Ollie 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.




 

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