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Broadwater County, Montana

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

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11historic places

—earliest paper

1897formed

6,774pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Townsend, East Helena, Avalanche Gulch.

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 Broadwater titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Crow Creek Water Ditch	Townsend	Structure	2001
Eagle Guard Station	Townsend	Building	2001
McCormick's Livery and Feed Stable Sign	Townsend	Site	1981
McMaster Ranch Historic District	East Helena	District	2021
Rankin Ranch NHL	Avalanche Gulch	Building	1976
Spokane Hill Airway Beacon	Winston	Structure	2021
St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church	Townsend	Building	1998
State Bank of Townsend	Townsend	Building	1992
Stone Hill Springs Prehistoric District	Townsend	District	2017
Toston Bridge	Toston	Structure	2005
Valley Masonic Lodge No. 21	Townsend	Building	2019

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Broadwater was formed in 1897 (1897-03-01) from Jefferson, Meagher.

BROADWATER created from JEFFERSON and MEAGHER. Act passed 9 February 1897; took effect 1 March 1897.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Broadwater County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,641	3,239	3,451	2,922	2,804	3,267	4,385	6,774

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Beaver Creek Cemetery (historical)	46.51521	-111.59525
Centerville Cemetery	46.33854	-111.51301
Deep Creek Cemetery	46.28187	-111.46523
Diamond City Cemetery	46.58854	-111.43356
Fairview Cemetery	46.45576	-111.50357
Holy Cross Cemetery	46.31826	-111.48384
Radersburg Cemetery	46.17603	-111.61329
Winston Cemetery	46.50159	-111.67219

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Canton	46.41382	-111.5033
Crow Creek City	46.18048	-111.60775
Deep Creek	46.32215	-111.42302

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

Historical markers

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