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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Shannonville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Shannonville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shannonville, please Contact Us.

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 Shannonville (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 Shannonville. 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 hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Shannonville is historic, it would have been located within present day Sanders County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanders County: Bonner (ID), Shoshone (ID), Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral & Missoula.

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

  • Sanders County     (The home county of Shannonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shannonville, with the one closest to Shannonville listed first.
    • Thompson Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eddy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Eddy is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
    • Trout Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuscor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuscor is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
    • Plains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Noxon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineral County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shannonville, with the one closest to Shannonville listed first.
    • Saltese
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Haugan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • De Borgia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cabin City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Cabin City is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin City
    • East Portal ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • East Portal is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Portal
    • Saint Regis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shoshone County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shannonville, with the one closest to Shannonville listed first.
    • Larson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Larson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
    • Burke ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Burke is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Murray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mullan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <2>
    • Frisco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Frisco is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
    • Carbon Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Carbon Center is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
    • Woodland Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland Park is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
    • Delta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Delta is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Wallace
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wallace is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 778 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
    • Silverton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Osburn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Osburn is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,569 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osburn <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Shannonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shannonville.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Shannonville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shannonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fraternal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternal Cemetery
    • The Fraternal Cemetery has also been known as:
    • IOOF Cemetery
  • VFW Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitepine Trout Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Saltese Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • De Borgia Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Dominion Peak Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Miners Union Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • United Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Plains Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Regis Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 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.

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

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

  • Belknap
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Belknap is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
  • Childs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Childs is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Eddy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eddy is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
  • Saltese
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Trout Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • De Borgia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Borax
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Borax is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
  • Burke ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Burke is located in Shoshone County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Murray
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Mullan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <2>
  • Tuscor
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuscor is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
  • Frisco
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Frisco is located in Shoshone County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Eagle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Eagle is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
    • Delta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Delta is located in Shoshone County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Plains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Shannonville ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shannonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shannonville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shannonville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Shannonville:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Shannonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- Shannonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.