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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 Rimrock (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 Rimrock. 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 Rimrock ...

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: Rim Rock.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Rimrock is located in Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County: Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Rosebud, Stillwater & Treasure.

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

  • Yellowstone County     (The home county of Rimrock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimrock, with the one closest to Rimrock listed first.
    • Hesper
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
      • Hesper is located in Yellowstone County
    • Billings
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
      • Billings is located in Yellowstone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <1>
    • Acton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Acton is located in Yellowstone County
    • Laurel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
      • Laurel is located in Yellowstone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,715 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <1>
    • Lockwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Lockwood is located in Yellowstone County
    • Comanche
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Yellowstone County
    • Huntley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
      • Huntley is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntley <1>
    • Shepherd
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherd have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
      • Shepherd is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherd <1>
    • Broadview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ballantine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballantine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballantine
      • Ballantine is located in Yellowstone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballantine <1>
    • Worden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Horn County
    • Pryor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
      • Pryor is located in Big Horn County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor <1>
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimrock, with the one closest to Rimrock listed first.
    • Edgar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Joliet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
      • Joliet is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joliet <1>
    • Boyd
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fromberg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fromberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fromberg
      • Fromberg is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fromberg <1>
  • Stillwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimrock, with the one closest to Rimrock listed first.
    • Molt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Park City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Park City is located in Stillwater County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <1>
    • Columbus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Rapelje
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Rimrock ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rimrock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rimrock, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rimrock.

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 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 Rimrock:

Cemeteries Near Rimrock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rimrock.

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

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

  • Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Terrace Gardens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mountview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Billings.
    • The Mountview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Billings Cemetery
    • Mountain View Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21014 <4>
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Beth Aaron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cooke Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yellowstone National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Yellowstone National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Laurel.
    • The Yellowstone National Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellowstone National Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285946 <4>
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Laurel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Laurel.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20964 <4>
  • St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Boothill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Boothill Cemetery is located in Billings.
    • The Boothill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Coulson Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boothill Cemetery
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Helm Memorial Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Billings
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
    • Billings is located in Yellowstone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <1>
  • Laurel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Laurel is located in Yellowstone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <1>
  • Huntley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • Huntley is located in Yellowstone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntley <1>

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

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

The official website for Yellowstone County: www.co.yellowstone.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rimrock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rimrock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7986, Longitude: -108.6840    
<4>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.
<5>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 Rimrock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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