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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 Plevna (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 Plevna. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Plevna 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 Plevna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plevna:

  • Fallon County     (The home county of Plevna)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plevna, with the one closest to Plevna listed first.
    • Westmore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
      • Westmore is located in Fallon County
    • Baker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Willard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Custer County
    • Ismay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ismay
      • Ismay is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Former name for Ismay:
      • Joe
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ismay <3>
  • Prairie County
  • Slope County (ND)
    • Marmarth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmarth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Plevna ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plevna.

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

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

  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Community Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Westmore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John The Evangelist Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Askin Family Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bonnievale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lame Jones Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lame Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lame Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ismay Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ismay Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ismay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fertile Prairie Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fertile Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fertile Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ollie Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Knowlton Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knowlton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knowlton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Carlyle Crown Hill Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mildred Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Plevna ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plevna.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plevna, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plevna.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Plevna:

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

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Plevna) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plevna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4168, Longitude: -104.5184       In this case, the coordinates for Plevna 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.




 

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