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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 York (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 York. 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 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.

York is located in 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 York. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to York:

  • Lewis and Clark County     (The home county of York)
    • The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
    • Cavetown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cavetown is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
    • East Helena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <1>
    • Fort Harrison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Birdseye
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
    • Silver City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Park City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Wolf Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Austin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Canyon Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Craig
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Broadwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
    • Whites City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Whites City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
    • Winston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Diamond City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Diamond City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • Townsend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cascade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
    • Millegan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Millegan is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millegan
    • Mid Canon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • 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 York, with the one closest to York listed first.
    • Montana City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clancy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Alhambra
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
    • Jefferson City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Meagher County
    • Fort Logan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Fort Logan is located in Meagher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
  • Powell County
    • Blossburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Blossburg is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg

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

Cemeteries Near York ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of York.

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

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

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

  • York Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cemetery Island / Canyon Ferry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hardgrove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • East Helena Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Serbian Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lewis & Clark County Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Turner Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Forestvale Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • East Helena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clasoil
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Clasoil is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clasoil
  • Iron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Helena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 <1>
  • Montana City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Birdseye
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Clancy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Alhambra
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
  • Canton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Canton is located in Broadwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
  • Wolf Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Canyon Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson City
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Craig
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Blossburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Blossburg is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg

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

Newspapers Published in York ...

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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around York.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of York, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for York.

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 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 York:

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>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 York, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- York) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.