Welcome to Gateway ...
So far, we found very little information about Gateway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gateway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gateway, please Contact Us.
Gateway would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.
The location of Gateway has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Gateway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Gateway is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Gateway is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Gateway was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Gateway, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
If Gateway still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code.
Communities Also Named Gateway ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Gateway - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (3), Florida (2), Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Ontario, Oregon and Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gateway.
Communities near Gateway ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gateway.
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <5>
- Rexford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexford
- Rexford is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rexford <5>
- Roosville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Grasmere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Kragmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragmont
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Baynes Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baynes Lake
- Elko
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elko came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <5>
- Fortine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortine
- Fortine is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fortine <5>
- Galloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Adding Gateway to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Gateway 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 Gateway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
From that list, the Gateway post office opened in 1902.
We also found Gateway on a map titled Gulf Oil Map of British Columbia (1925).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Gateway.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lincoln County: www.lincolncountymt.us/
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
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 Gateway, 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 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gateway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |