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Welcome to Top O'Deep ...

Top O'Deep is primarily located in Granite County<1>. A portion of Top O'Deep extends into Powell County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Top O'Deep, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Top O'Deep is 6,650 feet [2,027 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Top O'Deep is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Top O'Deep lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Top O'Deep: 406

Communities near Top O'Deep ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Top O'Deep.

  • Drummond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Beartown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Beartown is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
  • Stump Town ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Stump Town is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
  • Bearmouth ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bearmouth is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearmouth
  • Greenough
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Helmville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • New Chicago
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Chicago is located in Granite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
  • Ovando
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jens is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jens

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Top O'Deep ...

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

Adding Top O'Deep to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Top O'Deep post office opened in 1893. The Top O'Deep post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Top O'Deep.

Footnotes ...

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