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Introduction ...

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

We've added Silesia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Silesia, 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 Silesia (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 Silesia. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Silesia is historic, it would have been located within present day Carbon 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 Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

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

  • Carbon County     (The home county of Silesia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silesia, with the one closest to Silesia listed first.
    • Edgar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Joliet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Fromberg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fromberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Boyd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bridger
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
      • Bridger is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridger <2>
    • Roberts
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Belfry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Big Horn County
    • Pryor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Stillwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silesia, with the one closest to Silesia listed first.
    • Park City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Columbus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Molt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Absarokee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Yellowstone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silesia, with the one closest to Silesia listed first.
    • Laurel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Hesper
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
      • Hesper is located in Yellowstone County
    • Rimrock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
      • Rimrock is located in Yellowstone County
    • Billings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Acton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Acton is located in Yellowstone County
    • Lockwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Lockwood is located in Yellowstone County
    • Comanche
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Yellowstone County

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

Newspapers Published in Silesia ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silesia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silesia, 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 Silesia.

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 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 Silesia:

Cemeteries Near Silesia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silesia.

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

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

  • Howell Grave
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howell Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howell Grave
  • Rockvale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockvale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockvale Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Joliet Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Joliet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Joliet Cemetery
  • Carbonado Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carbonado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carbonado Cemetery
  • St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Yellowstone National Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • 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 <5>
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • 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 <5>
  • Cow Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cow Creek Cemetery
  • Gebo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gebo Cemetery
  • Wrangler Ditch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wrangler Ditch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wrangler Ditch Cemetery
  • Cooke Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Beltz Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beltz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beltz Cemetery
    • Teeples Ranch Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teeples Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teeples Ranch Cemetery
    • Big Day Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Silesia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silesia.

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

  • Laurel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • 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 <2>
  • Billings
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>

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

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

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 Silesia, 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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silesia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silesia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5566, Longitude: -108.8415       In this case, the coordinates for Silesia 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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