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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Trinity. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Trinity to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Trinity, please Contact Us.

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 Trinity (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 Trinity. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Trinity is historic, it would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

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

  • Lewis and Clark County     (The home county of Trinity)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
    • Silver City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Canyon Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Birdseye
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
    • Austin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
    • Fort Harrison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Frontier Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
    • Helena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <2>
    • Park City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Wolf Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • East Helena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cascade County
    • Mid Canon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
    • Montana City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Clancy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Alhambra
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
    • Jefferson City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Powell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
    • Blossburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blossburg is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
    • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
    • Elliston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Trinity ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trinity.

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 Trinity - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Silver City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Marysville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. William Henry Harrison Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forestvale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis & Clark County Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Montana State Veterans Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Home of Peace Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewis & Clark County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Benton Ave. Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackfoot Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blackfoot Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Avon.
      • The Blackfoot Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Blackfoot City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2498297 <4>
    • Hardgrove Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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.

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

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

  • Canyon Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marysville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Gloster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
  • Birdseye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Iron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Blossburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Blossburg is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
  • Helena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <2>
  • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
  • Elliston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wolf Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rimini ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
  • East Helena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Trinity ...

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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trinity.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trinity, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trinity.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Trinity:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Trinity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 '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- Trinity) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.