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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 Philipsburg (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 Philipsburg. 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.

Name Variations for Philipsburg ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Phillipsburgh.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Philipsburg is located in Granite County and is the County Seat.

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 Granite County: Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Missoula, Powell & Ravalli.

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

  • Granite County     (The home county of Philipsburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Philipsburg, with the one closest to Philipsburg listed first.
    • Granite ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Granite is located in Granite County
    • Stone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
      • Stone is located in Granite County
    • Hall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Drummond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bearmouth ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bearmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearmouth
      • Bearmouth is located in Granite County
  • Deer Lodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Philipsburg, with the one closest to Philipsburg listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Southern Cross ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southern Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Cross
      • Southern Cross is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Cable City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable City
      • Cable City is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Stump Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stump Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
      • Stump Town is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Anaconda - Deer Lodge County
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anaconda - Deer Lodge County came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaconda - Deer Lodge County
      • Anaconda - Deer Lodge County is located in Deer Lodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,204 people
    • Anaconda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Sunnyside is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Mine Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Creek
      • Mine Creek is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Warm Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
      • Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
    • Gregson ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregson
      • Gregson is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Powell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Philipsburg, with the one closest to Philipsburg listed first.
    • Wall City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wall City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall City
      • Wall City is located in Powell County
    • Jens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jens
      • Jens is located in Powell County
    • Goldcreek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Phosphate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phosphate. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
      • Phosphate is located in Powell County
    • Garrison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Lodge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
      • Deer Lodge is located in Powell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,805 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Lodge <2>
  • Silver Bow County
    • Fairmont Hot Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont Hot Springs
      • Fairmont Hot Springs is located in Silver Bow County
      • Fairmont Hot Springs has also been known as:
      • Gregson Fairmont Hot Springs
      • Gregson Hot Springs
      • Gregson Springs
      • Gregson

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Philipsburg ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Philipsburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Philipsburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Philipsburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Philipsburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5> of Philipsburg.

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 Philipsburg:

Cemeteries Near Philipsburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Philipsburg.

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

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

  • Philipsburg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Philipsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philipsburg Cemetery
  • New Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hill Cemetery
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
  • Upper Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Hill Cemetery
  • Lower Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Valley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Cemetery
  • Anaconda Catholic Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anaconda Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anaconda Catholic Cemetery
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Norton Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Philipsburg had a population of 1,058 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Philipsburg had a population of 906 people.

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

  • Stone
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
    • Stone is located in Granite County
  • Pioneer ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Pioneer is located in Powell County
  • Anaconda
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Goldcreek ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Drummond
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Mill Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
    • Mill Creek is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Warm Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
    • Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County
  • Racetrack
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Racetrack have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racetrack
    • Racetrack is located in Powell County
  • Garrison
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stuart
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
    • Stuart is located in Deer Lodge County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Philipsburg. 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Philipsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Philipsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3359, Longitude: -113.2993    
<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 Philipsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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