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Welcome to Simpkins Place ...

Simpkins Place is located in Carbon County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Simpkins Place: Simpkins Pl. (or less commonly used: Simpkins Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Simpkins Place for more information about variations on the name of Simpkins Place.

Simpkins Place is 4,920 feet [1,500 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Simpkins Place is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Simpkins Place: 406

Communities near Simpkins Place ...

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

  • Red Lodge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bearcreek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Roscoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fishtail
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Roberts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Absarokee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Dean
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
    • Dean is located in Stillwater County
  • Beehive
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
    • Beehive is located in Stillwater County
  • Boyd
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Nye
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Simpkins Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

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