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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 Perma (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 Perma. 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.

Perma is located in Sanders 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 Sanders County: Bonner (ID), Shoshone (ID), Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral & Missoula.

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

  • Sanders County     (The home county of Perma)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Island City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
      • Island City is located in Sanders County
    • Paradise
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise <2>
    • Agency
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agency have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
      • Agency is located in Sanders County
    • Dixon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Old Agency
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Agency have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Agency
      • Old Agency is located in Sanders County
    • Plains
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hot Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
      • Hot Springs is located in Sanders County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <2>
    • Lonepine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonepine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonepine
      • Lonepine is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonepine <2>
    • Eddy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
      • Eddy is located in Sanders County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Moiese
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Charlo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlo
      • Charlo is located in Lake County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlo <2>
    • Ravalli
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravalli have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravalli
      • Ravalli is located in Lake County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravalli <2>
    • Saint Ignatius
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Ignatius have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ignatius
      • Saint Ignatius is located in Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Ignatius <2>
    • Kicking Horse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kicking Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse
      • Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
    • Ronan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ronan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronan
      • Ronan is located in Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,167 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ronan <2>
    • Pablo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Arlee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kerr
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerr have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Kerr is located in Lake County
    • Jette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
      • Jette is located in Lake County
    • Polson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polson
      • Polson is located in Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,181 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polson <2>
  • Mineral County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Riverbend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverbend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
      • Riverbend is located in Mineral County
    • Superior
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent City
      • Crescent City is located in Mineral County
    • Saint Regis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Alberton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Missoula County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Old Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Missoula County
    • Stark
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
      • Stark is located in Missoula County
    • Huson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Frenchtown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
      • Frenchtown is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchtown <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Perma ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perma.

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

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

  • Gingery Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gingery Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gingery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camas Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camas Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camas Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hominsto Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hominsto Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hominsto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pluffe Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pluffe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pluffe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dixon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Markle Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Markle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Markle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plains Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plains Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lynch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maillet Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maillet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maillet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moore Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Superior Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Superior Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Superior Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Superior.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157443 <5>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Ventling Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ventling Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ventling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Tarkio Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tarkio Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tarkio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tarkio Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fold of Messiah Cemetery
      • Tarkio Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2278496 <5>
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • Paradise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise <2>
  • Plains
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Stark
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Stark is located in Missoula County
  • Superior
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Ravalli
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravalli have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravalli
    • Ravalli is located in Lake County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravalli <2>
  • Saint Ignatius
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Ignatius have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ignatius
    • Saint Ignatius is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Ignatius <2>
  • Saint Regis
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Ninemile
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ninemile have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
    • Ninemile is located in Missoula County
  • Huson
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lothrop
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lothrop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothrop
    • Lothrop is located in Missoula County
  • Arlee
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eddy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
    • Eddy is located in Sanders County
  • Frenchtown
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Frenchtown is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchtown <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Perma ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perma.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perma, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perma.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Perma:

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

The official website for Sanders County: www.co.sanders.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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- Perma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Perma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3638, Longitude: -114.5848       In this case, the coordinates for Perma 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.
<6>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 Perma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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