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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Trident (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 Trident. 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 and doctors 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.

Trident is located in Gallatin County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gallatin County: Fremont (ID), Broadwater, Jefferson, Madison, Meagher, Park, Park (WY) & Teton (WY).

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

  • Gallatin County     (The home county of Trident)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • Three Forks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Manhattan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hillman is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
    • Amsterdam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Churchill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Churchill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
    • Amsterdam - Churchill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Amsterdam - Churchill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam - Churchill
    • Arnold
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Arnold is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Gallop ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
    • Belgrade
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wisner Crossing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Crossing
    • Francis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Francis is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
    • Four Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Four Corners is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Broadwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • Copper City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Copper City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Toston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Crow Creek City ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Crow Creek City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek City
    • Radersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Townsend
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • Cardwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Whitehall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • Harrison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson Island is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Island
    • Red Bluff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Red Bluff is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
    • Norris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Pony ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawberry ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Strawberry is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry

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

Cemeteries Near Trident ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trident.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Trident - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trident covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Headwaters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Logan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Green Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Green Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Green Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Willow Creek.
    • The Mt. Green Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Willow Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21006 <2>
  • Stateler Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadowview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Manhattan.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20989 <2>
  • Fly Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Churchill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shull Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • The Shull Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shull Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2384725 <2>
  • Courts Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sappington Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Parker Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Radersburg Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Gallatin Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 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.<4>

While we didn't find Trident in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trident.

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

  • Gallatin ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gallatin is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Logan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Logan is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Three Forks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Manhattan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Toston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Belgrade
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gallop ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
  • Harrison
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Springhill
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Springhill is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
  • Jefferson Island
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson Island is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Island
  • Story
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Story is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Townsend
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Red Bluff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Red Bluff is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
    • Norris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Trident ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trident.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Trident:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trident) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Trident, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.