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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 Singleshot (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 Singleshot. 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 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.

Singleshot is located in Flathead 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 Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.

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

  • Flathead County     (The home county of Singleshot)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleshot, with the one closest to Singleshot listed first.
    • McCarthyville ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCarthyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarthyville
      • McCarthyville is located in Flathead County
    • Essex
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bear Creek Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
      • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
    • Martin City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Coram
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Glacier
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hungry Horse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hungry Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Horse
      • Hungry Horse is located in Flathead County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hungry Horse <2>
    • Bigfork
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Creston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Glacier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleshot, with the one closest to Singleshot listed first.
    • East Glacier Park Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • East Glacier Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Kiowa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Starr School
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
      • Starr School is located in Glacier County
    • South Browning
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
      • South Browning is located in Glacier County
    • Browning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
  • Pondera County

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

Newspapers Published in Singleshot ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Singleshot.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Singleshot:

Cemeteries Near Singleshot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Singleshot.

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

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

  • Baptiste Graye Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baptiste Graye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baptiste Graye Cemetery
  • East Glacier Park Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Glacier Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Glacier Park Cemetery
  • Schildt Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schildt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schildt Cemetery
  • Afterbuffalo Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Afterbuffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Afterbuffalo Cemetery
  • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bigfork Community Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Bigfork Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Big Fork Community Cemetery
    • Swan View Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigfork Community Cemetery
  • Earring Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Earring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Earring Cemetery
  • Lone Pine Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne Cemetery
  • Willow Creek Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Creek Cemetery
  • Creston Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • The Creston Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Creston Community Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creston Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Flathead County: www.co.flathead.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Singleshot) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Singleshot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2472, Longitude: -113.4807       In this case, the coordinates for Singleshot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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