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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 Valier (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 Valier. 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 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.

Valier is located in Pondera 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 Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).

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

  • Pondera County     (The home county of Valier)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valier, with the one closest to Valier listed first.
    • Dupuyer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gallup City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallup City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup City
      • Gallup City is located in Pondera County
    • Conrad
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conrad have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
      • Conrad is located in Pondera County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conrad <1>
    • Ledger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Brady
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heart Butte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Glacier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valier, with the one closest to Valier listed first.
    • Cut Bank
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Santa Rita
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valier, with the one closest to Valier listed first.
    • Pendroy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bynum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Toole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valier, with the one closest to Valier listed first.
    • Ethridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Shelby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Valier ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valier.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Valier. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Valier and those printed in the larger area surrounding Valier.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Valier.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Valier:

Cemeteries Near Valier ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valier.

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

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
  • New Miami Colony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pondera Colony Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Birch Creek Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Robare Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robare Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robare Cemetery
  • Dupuyer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dupuyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dupuyer Cemetery
  • Pondera Valley Lutheran Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Rockport Colony Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Midway Hutterite Colony Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelby Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelby Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Toole County Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toole County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toole County Cemetery
    • Valley View Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Four Horns Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Four Horns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Four Horns Cemetery

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 Valier in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valier.

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

  • Dupuyer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Conrad
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conrad have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
    • Conrad is located in Pondera County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conrad <1>
  • Bynum
    (22 miles [35.4 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 Valier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valier.

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

The official website for Pondera County: www.ponderacountymontana.org/

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valier) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3025, Longitude: -112.2524       In this case, the coordinates for Valier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Valier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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