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Carter County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1917formed

1,415pop. 2020

9cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 2015. Most listings are in or near Ekalaka.

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 Carter titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
First National Bank of Ekalaka and Rickard Hardware Store Building	Ekalaka	Building	2015
Medicine Rocks State Park	Ekalaka	District	2017

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carter was formed in 1917 (1917-02-22) from Fallon.

CARTER created from FALLON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,972	3,280	2,798	2,493	1,799	1,360	1,415

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

9 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alzada Cemetery	45.03415	-104.41884
Boyes Cemetery	45.30696	-105.00327
Capitol Cemetery	45.42944	-104.05188
Capitol Church Cemetery	45.41864	-104.08303
Elgin Cemetery	45.56745	-104.53906
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	45.88472	-104.55273
Pioneer Cemetery	45.58582	-104.14854
Ridge Cemetery	45.02627	-105.03615
Russell Cemetery	45.82916	-104.46855

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Beaver Flats	45.845	-104.70135
Chalk Buttes	45.66027	-104.74218
Chausse	46.06167	-104.74913
Elgin	45.75222	-104.42356
Midland	45.67639	-104.05744
Pershing	45.75527	-104.54912
Prairie Dale	45.69722	-104.50328

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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