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Welcome to Queen ...

Queen is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Queen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Queen is 5,740 feet [1,750 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Queen is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Queen lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Queen: 406

Communities Also Named Queen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Queen - they are located in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada (2), New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Queen.

Communities near Queen ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Queen.

  • Boulder
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Comet ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Comet is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
    • Comet has also been known as:
    • High Ore
  • Alhambra
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
  • Basin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Clancy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Radersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bernice
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bernice is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
  • Crow Creek City ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Crow Creek City is located in Broadwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek City
  • Montana City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Queen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Queen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Queen. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Queen.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Queen. See our Newspapers Page for Queen.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Queen ...

Looking for more information about Queen? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Queen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Queen.

Adding Queen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Queen in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Queen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Queen post office opened in 1888. The Queen post office closed in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Queen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Queen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/