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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 University Heights (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 University Heights. 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.

Name Variations for University Heights ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for University Heights: University Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

University Heights is located in Ravalli 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 Ravalli County: Idaho (ID), Lemhi (ID), Beaverhead, Granite & Missoula.

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

  • Ravalli County     (The home county of University Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from University Heights, with the one closest to University Heights listed first.
    • Darby
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gorus
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorus
      • Gorus is located in Ravalli County
    • Conner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grantsdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Leisure Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
      • Leisure Village is located in Ravalli County
    • Hamilton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Medicine Hot Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Hot Springs
      • Medicine Hot Springs is located in Ravalli County
    • Sula
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Corvallis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Pinesdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesdale
      • Pinesdale is located in Ravalli County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinesdale <1>
    • Victor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bing
      • Bing is located in Ravalli County

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

Newspapers Published in University Heights ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around University Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of University Heights, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for University Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 University Heights:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near University Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of University Heights.

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

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

  • Lone Pine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Cemetery
  • Grantsdale Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grantsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grantsdale Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Hamilton.
    • The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hamilton Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21068 <4>
  • Sula Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sula Cemetery
  • Blodgett Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rombo Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rombo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rombo Cemetery
  • Corvallis Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pinesdale Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • The Pinesdale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ted Weidow Sr. Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinesdale Cemetery
  • Victor Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Darby
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Grantsdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hamilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Sula
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Corvallis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Woodside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
    • Woodside is located in Ravalli County
  • Victor
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)

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

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

The official website for Ravalli County: www.co.ravalli.mt.us/

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- University Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in University Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0335, Longitude: -114.2156       In this case, the coordinates for University Heights 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.
<5>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 University Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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