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Welcome to Saint Peter ...

Saint Peter is located in Cascade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Peter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Peter: St. Peter

Saint Peter is 4,160 feet [1,268 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Saint Peter is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Saint Peter: 406

Communities Also Named Saint Peter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Saint Peter - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Saint Peter ...

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

  • Cascade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
    • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
    • Dearborn City
    • Dearborn
  • Mid Canon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
  • Simms
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fort Shaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Craig
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sun River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairfield
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Ulm
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

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 Saint Peter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Peter.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saint Peter. 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 Saint Peter.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Peter ...

Looking for more information about Saint Peter? 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 Saint Peter, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Peter.

Adding Saint Peter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Peter 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 Saint Peter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saint Peter post office opened in 1885. The Saint Peter post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Peter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Cascade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Peter - 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/