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Welcome to Sloan ...

Sloan is located in Sanders County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sloan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Sloan is 2,580 feet [786 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sloan is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Sloan: 406

Communities Also Named Sloan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Sloan - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Sloan ...

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

  • Polson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ronan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Ignatius
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Charlo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Moiese
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Agency
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Agency is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
  • Old Agency
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Old Agency is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Agency
  • Dixon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Kicking Horse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sloan ...

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

Adding Sloan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sloan post office opened in 1910. The Sloan post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sloan.

Footnotes ...

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