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Welcome to Warland ...

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

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

Warland would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Warland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Warland is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Warland is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Warland was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Warland (for example, toward Bonners Ferry (ID)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The Area Code where Warland was located: 406

Communities near Warland ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Warland.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Warland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Warland.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Warland. See our Newspapers Page for Warland.

Adding Warland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Warland 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 for Warland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Warland post office opened in 1907.

We also found Warland on a map titled Shell Oil Map of Montana (1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Warland.

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 Warland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Warland - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/