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Carbon County, Montana

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71historic places

—earliest paper

1895formed

10,473pop. 2020

32cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 71 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Fromberg, Bridger, Red Lodge.

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 Carbon titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

51 of 71 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

71 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bad Pass Trail	Warren	Site	1975
Baker and Lovering Store	Joliet	Building	1986
Baldwin Building	Fromberg	Building	1993
Bearcreek Bank	Beacreek	Building	2004
Bearcreek Cemetery	Bearcreek	Site	2011
Benson, Dr. Theodore J., House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Blewett, John, House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Bluewater Creek Bridge	Fromberg	Structure	2011
Bridger Coal Company House	Bridger	Building	1987
Bridger Opera House	Bridger	Building	1987
Brooder, Frank, House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Calvary Episcopal Church	Red Lodge	Building	1986
Camp Senia Historic District	Red Lodge	District	1988
Camp Senia Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Data)	Red Lodge	District	2015
Cedarvale	Hillsboro	District	1975
Corey House	Bridger	Building	1987
Demijohn Flat Archeological District	Bridger	District	1974
Ewing-Snell Ranch	Dryhead	Building	1977
Farmers Trading Company	Bridger	Building	2025
Fire Hall	Joliet	Building	1986
Forsman House	Bridger	Building	1987
Fromberg Concrete Arch Bridge	Fromberg	Structure	1993
Fromberg High School	Fromberg	Building	1993
Fromberg Methodist-Episcopal Church	Fromberg	Building	1993
Fromberg Opera House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Gebo Barn	Fromberg	Building	2005
Gebo Cemetery	Fromberg	Site	1993
Gebo, Henry, House	Bridger	Building	1987
Gibson, John, House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Glidden House	Bridger	Building	1987
Glidden Mercantile	Bridger	Building	1987
Greenblatt, Samuel, House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Heatherington Boarding House	Bridger	Building	1987
Hi Bug Historic District	Red Lodge	District	1986
Hough, Raymond, House	Bridger	Building	1987
House on Railroad Avenue	Joliet	Building	1986
IOOF Hall and Fromberg Co-operative Mercantile Building	Fromberg	Building	1993
Joliet Bridge	Joliet	Structure	1986
Joliet High School	Joliet	Building	1986
Joliet Residential Historic District	Joliet	District	1986
Kent Dairy Round Barn	Red Lodge	Building	1995
Kero Farmstead Historic District	Roberts	District	2007
Kose Hall	Belfry	Building	2013
Lockhart, Caroline, Ranch	Dead Hill	Building	1989
Marcus, Dr. Carl, House	Bridger	Building	1987
McCall, Tracy, House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage	Bridger	Building	1987
Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad Depot	Belfry	Building	2012
Northern Pacific Railroad Depot-Fromberg	Fromberg	Building	1993
Nutting Rental	Bridger	Building	1987
Petroglyph Canyon	Warren	District	1975
Pretty Creek Archeological Site	Hardin	Site	1975
Rahrer, Francis, House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Red Lodge Brewing Company-Red Lodge Canning Company	Red Lodge	District	2007
Red Lodge Commercial Historic District	Red Lodge	District	1983
Red Lodge Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Red Lodge	District	1984
Red Lodge Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Red Lodge	District	1986
Red Lodge Communal Mausoleum	Red Lodge	Building	2011
Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic District	Red Lodge	District	2014
Regis Grocery	Red Lodge	Building	2024
Rock Creek Ranger Station Historic District	Red Lodge	District	2016
Rock Creek State Bank	Joliet	Building	1986
Sage Creek Ranger Station	Bridger	Building	2020
Smith Mine Historic District	Bearcreek	District	2009
Smith, T. W., House	Joliet	Building	1986
Southern Hotel	Joliet	Building	1986
Suydam, Hester E., Boarding House	Fromberg	Building	1993
Warila Boarding House and Sauna	Red Lodge	Building	1985
Wool Warehouse	Bridger	Building	1987
Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association Camp	Red Lodge	District	2022
Yodeler Motel	Red Lodge	Building	2014

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carbon was formed in 1895 (1895-05-01) from Park, Yellowstone.

CARBON created from PARK and YELLOWSTONE. Act passed 4 March 1895; took effect 1 May 1895.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,533	15,279	11,865	10,241	8,317	8,099	9,552	10,473

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

32 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 32 of 32 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Annherer Spring Grave	45.15634	-108.21427
Bearcreek Cemetery	45.15772	-109.13875
Belfry Cemetery	45.12025	-109.00995
Beltz Cemetery	45.40494	-109.07125
Bodair Grave	45.31904	-109.14283
Bowler Cemetery	45.14911	-108.70262
Bridger Cemetery	45.28244	-108.92513
Burnett Ranch Cemetery	45.29355	-109.44571
Carbonado Cemetery	45.45851	-109.01512
Castagne Cemetery	45.33799	-109.31043
Chance Mountain View Cemetery	45.04466	-109.08624
Clear Creek Cemetery	45.2417	-109.19416
Cow Creek Cemetery	45.57188	-109.05681
Deadman Creek Grave	45.17912	-108.26872
Elessens Ranch Grave	45.28938	-109.42015
Gebo Cemetery	45.40376	-108.92396
Howell Grave	45.52772	-108.83624
John Henry Cemetery	45.25799	-109.30376
Joliet Cemetery	45.47994	-108.9993
Luoma Ranch Cemetery	45.27271	-109.47237
Mountain View Cemetery	45.25892	-108.89257
Red Lodge Cemetery	45.19461	-109.26177
Roberts Cemetery	45.36049	-109.15431
Rockvale Cemetery	45.48873	-108.86184
Roscoe Cemetery	45.34921	-109.50512
Saint Olaf Cemetery	45.4066	-109.33432
Sunrise Cemetery	45.31105	-109.29459
Teeples Ranch Cemetery	45.32383	-108.77568
Thiel Homestead Cemetery	45.28049	-109.34654
Tolman Cemetery	45.06105	-109.15541
Tony Cemetery	45.30188	-109.38209
Wrangler Ditch Cemetery	45.39494	-108.87985

Historical populated places — 9 of 9

Name	Lat	Lon
Caledonia	45.16383	-109.21321
Cherry Springs	45.30522	-108.98987
Coalville	45.39995	-108.92292
Dryhead	45.17634	-108.27345
Eagle	45.1255	-109.16321
George Place	45.35911	-109.51683
Golden	45.21884	-108.96598
Linley	45.28467	-109.42433
Scotch Coulee	45.16383	-109.21321

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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