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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Penwells. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Penwells to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Penwells, 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 Penwells (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 Penwells. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Penwells is historic, it would have been located within present day Gallatin County.
To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gallatin County: Fremont (ID), Broadwater, Jefferson, Madison, Meagher, Park, Park (WY) & Teton (WY).
Below are the counties that are near Penwells. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Penwells:
- Gallatin County (The home county of Penwells)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penwells, with the one closest to Penwells listed first.
- Bridger
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridger is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
- Wisner Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Crossing
- Story
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Belgrade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sedan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Gallop ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gallop is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
- Catron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Catron is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Hillman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hillman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Bozeman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Four Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Amsterdam - Churchill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broadwater County
- Copper City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Copper City is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Park County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penwells, with the one closest to Penwells listed first.
- Hoppers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoppers is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
- Clyde Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilsall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbin is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Penwells, see our County-by-County Page for Penwells.
Cemeteries Near Penwells ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Penwells.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Penwells - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Penwells covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Penwells, with the one closest to Penwells listed first.
- Springhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Reese Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Creek Cemetery
- The Reese Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Mormon Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Gallatin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Courts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Bozeman.
- The Sunset Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Gallatin Valley Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2132998 <3>
- Brondel Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sedan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woosley Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sunset Hills Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Morgan Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fly Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Churchill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Penwells in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Penwells.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Penwells, with the one closest to Penwells listed first.
- Springhill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springhill is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Story
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Belgrade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gallop ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gallop is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
- Sedan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Bozeman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- West End
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West End is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Muir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muir is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muir
- Manhattan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hoppers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoppers is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
- Clyde Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Meyersburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meyersburg is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersburg
- Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Livingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Penwells. See our List of 1890's Communities around Penwells.
Newspapers Published in Penwells ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Penwells.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Penwells, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Penwells.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Penwells:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Gallatin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broadwater County
- Park County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
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 Penwells, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Penwells) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |