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Big Horn County, Montana

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

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39historic places

—earliest paper

1913formed

13,124pop. 2020

11cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 39 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Hardin, Lodge Grass, Fort Smith.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Montana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Big Horn titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

27 of 39 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

39 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Annashisee Iisaxpuatahcheeaashisee-Medicine Wheel on Bighorn River	Fort Smith	Site	1999
Baldwin House	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Bighorn Ditch Headgate	Fort Smith	Structure	1976
Boyum, John, House	Hardin	Building	1991
Burke, Thomas H., House	Hardin	Building	1991
Cammock's Hotel	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Camp Four	Fort Smith	Building	1992
Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) House NHL	Pryor	Site	1970
Chivers Memorial Church	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Commercial District	Hardin	District	1985
Drew, J. W., Grain Elevator	Lodge Grass	Structure	1987
Ebeling, William, House	Hardin	Building	1991
Eder, Charles S., House	Hardin	Building	1991
First Baptist Church	Hardin	Building	1991
Fort C. F. Smith Historic District	Fort Smith	District	1975
Haverfield Hospital	Hardin	Building	1991
Kopriva, Francis, House	Hardin	Building	1991
Lee Homestead	Decker	Building	1981
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Hardin	District	1966
Lodge Grass City Jail	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Lodge Grass Merchandise Company Store	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Moncure Tipi	Busby	Building	2002
OW Ranch	Birney	District	1992
Pease's, George, Second Store	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Ping, J. J., House	Hardin	Building	1991
Reno Apartments	Hardin	Building	1991
Residential District	Hardin	District	1985
Rosebud Battlefield-Where the Girl Saved Her Brother NHL	Kirby	Site	1972
Ryan's, John, House	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Sharp's, Jay, Store	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Simmonsen's House	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
St. Joseph Catholic Church	Hardin	Building	1991
St. Xavier Mission Church and Rectory	St. Xavier	Building	1990
Stevens, Dominic, House	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Sullivan Rooming House	Hardin	Building	1991
Sullivan, James J., House	Hardin	Building	1991
Trytten, J. M., House	Lodge Grass	Building	1987
Tupper, J. S., House	Hardin	Building	1991
Young, Alvin, Barn and Cabin Historic District	Busby	District	2011

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Big Horn was formed in 1913 (1913-01-13) from Rosebud, Yellowstone.

BIG HORN created by petition and election from ROSEBUD and YELLOWSTONE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Big Horn County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,015	10,419	9,824	10,007	11,096	12,671	13,124

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Park unit	18.3 km
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Park unit	58.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Big Day Cemetery	45.41686	-108.56652
Brightwing Cemetery	45.11996	-107.43897
Busby Cemetery	45.536	-106.95098
Crow Agency Cemetery	45.60442	-107.47366
Custer National Cemetery	45.56997	-107.43202
Hardin Cemetery	45.74001	-107.64282
Lodge Grass Cemetery	45.32283	-107.37806
Muddy Creek Cemetery	45.57415	-106.74114
Pryor Cemetery	45.41934	-108.51234
Saint Xavier Catholic Mission Cemetery	45.46357	-107.73092
Singgood Cemetery	45.40772	-108.52901

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Carperville	45.8547	-107.61175
McRae	45.87832	-107.12005
Sarpy	45.79582	-106.95282

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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