Granite County, Montana Genealogy, Geography & History

Neighboring Counties

Deer Lodge

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Drummond

Garnet - Ghost Town

Granite - Ghost Town

Hall

Maxville

New Chicago

Philipsburg

Site Contents

Bibliography - Suggested reading

People-Genealogy - List of Early Residents of Granite County

Links - Miscellaneous links

Named places in Granite County

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Known Deaths in Granite County

Pictures - If you have any Granite County photos to share, let me know.

People Pictures
Place Pictures

List of Surnames in Granite County - Please email the County Coordinator with any surnames you are researching in Granite County that you wish to post.

Voter Registration Lists

Research Resources

Granite County Clerk & Recorders Office

Birth/Death/Marriage Records
Other Granite County Resources

Cemeteries

Contains transcriptions of Philipsburg, Emmetsburg/Henderson and
Garnet/Sand Park Cemeteries.

Funeral Homes

Funeral home in located in the surrounding counties. The only known funeral home in Granite County is in Philipsburg.

Query Boards

Post/View queries, obits, wills, etc

Volunteers & Lookups

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Welcome to

Granite County, Montana
Genealogy Website
Updated June 15, 2025

Suzanne Andrews,
County Coordinator

Karen De Groote
MTGenWeb State Coordinator

History of Granite County

Granite county was created in March 1893, and was named for a mountain which contains the Granite Mountain Silver Mine. It has an area of 1,728 square miles and is located north and west of the Continental Continental Divide. The area was originally called Flint Creek Valley. The county seat is Philipsburg.

The officers appointed to conduct the county business were:

Sheriff: John H. Cole
Treasurer: Arthur A Fairbairn
Clerk and Recorder: George A. Reck
Assessor: William Albright
County Attorney: Wingfield Brown
Clerk of District Court: Josiah Shul
Superintendent of Schools: Mrs. Abbie W. Wilkinson
Coroner: Dr. William Ray
Public Administrator: R.M. Ferguson
County Surveyor: George Wilson
County Commissioners: George B. Cain, E.C.
Freyschlag, and George W. Morse

Only months after Granite County's formation, silver mining came to an end when the price of silver plummeted in the panic of 1893. All but one of the major silver mines closed, banks failed, homes and businesses were abandoned in a major depression that hit the whole country but hit Granite County particularly hard. Within a decade, mining and Granite County would make a comeback.

The early records of Granite County were copied from the records of Missoula and Deer Lodge County in 1893. The earliest records from Deer Lodge County were filed at Silver Bow, the county seat from 1865 to 1867. In 1867, the county seat was moved to Deer Lodge. Anaconda became the next county seat and records were moved again. Some records pertaining to Granite County are still in either Anaconda, Deer Lodge or otherwise missing.

Suzanne Andrews
suzanneboggsandrews@outlook.com
MtGenWeb County Coordinator

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