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Cascade County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
50historic places
—earliest paper
1887formed
84,414pop. 2020
34cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 50 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Great Falls, Belt, Cascade.

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 Cascade titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 50 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

50 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adam's, J. C., Stone BarnSun RiverBuilding1979
Albright Historic DistrictBeltDistrict2025
Arvon BlockGreat FallsBuilding1991
Baatz BlockGreat FallsBuilding2024
Belt Commercial Historic DistrictBeltDistrict2004
Belt JailBeltBuilding1980
Burlingame SchoolBeltBuilding1992
Cascade County CourthouseGreat FallsBuilding1980
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Passenger DepotGreat FallsBuilding1988
Collins, Timothy Edwards, MansionGreat FallsBuilding1980
Crocker-Jarvi HomesteadBeltDistrict1992
East Side Neighborhood Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict2016
First Peoples Buffalo Jump NHLUlm2015
First United Methodist Church ParsonageGreat FallsBuilding2003
Ford, Lee M., HouseGreat FallsBuilding1990
Fort Shaw Historic District and CemeteryFort ShawDistrict1985
Franklin SchoolGreat FallsBuilding2025
Great Falls Central Business Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict2004
Great Falls Central High SchoolGreat FallsBuilding1976
Great Falls High School Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict2013
Great Falls Northside Residential Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict1991
Great Falls Portage NHLGreat FallsDistrict1966
Great Falls Railroad Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict1993
Great Falls West Bank Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict2010
Hardy BridgeCascadeStructure2010
Heikkila-Mattila HomesteadBeltDistrict1992
Kraftenberg HomesteadBeltDistrict1992
Lewis-Nevala HomesteadBeltDistrict1992
Margaret BlockGreat FallsBuilding1984
Masonic TempleGreat FallsBuilding2000
Monarch Depot Historic DistrictMonarchDistrict2020
Mullan RoadGreat FallsSite1975
Neihart SchoolNeihartBuilding2003
Northern Montana State Fairground Historic DistrictGreat FallsDistrict1989
Old U.S. Highway 91 Historic DistrictWolf CreekDistrict2013
Randall, Harry E., HouseGreat FallsBuilding1986
Roberts BuildingGreat FallsBuilding1985
Russell, Charles M., House and Studio NHLGreat FallsBuilding1966
Russell, Charlie and Nancy, Honeymoon CabinCascadeBuilding2005
St. Peter's Mission Church and CemeteryCascadeBuilding1984
Stone HomesteadBeltDistrict1992
Tenth Street BridgeGreat FallsStructure1996
Tower RockCascadeSite2002
US Post Office and Courthouse-Great FallsGreat FallsBuilding1986
Ulm PishkunUlmSite1974
Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchGreat FallsBuilding2003
Ursuline AcademyGreat FallsBuilding1991
Vaughn, Robert, HomesteadVaughnDistrict1982
Warden, O.S., BridgeGreat FallsStructure2012
Wargelin-Warila HomesteadBeltDistrict1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cascade was formed in 1887 (1887-12-19) from Choteau, Fergus, Lewis, Clark, Meagher.

CASCADE created by Montana Territory from CHOTEAU (now CHOUTEAU), FERGUS, LEWIS AND CLARK, and MEAGHER. Act passed 12 September 1887; took effect 19 December 1887.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cascade County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

84k47k8,75518901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
8,75525,77738,83641,99953,02773,41880,69680,35784,414

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).

SiteTypeDist.
Big Hole National BattlefieldPark unit19.8 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

34 cemeteries and 15 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 34 of 34 listed
NameLatLon
Barker Cemetery47.05218-110.64576
Belt Park Cemetery47.25839-111.41643
Big Willow Cemetery47.41644-110.74491
Big Willow Cemetery47.41663-110.74521
Calvary Cemetery47.4589-111.2723
Cameron Hill CemeteryNoneNone
Castner Falls Cemetery47.31367-111.51734
Chesnut Valley Cemetery47.24828-111.64608
Cottonwood Bench Cemetery47.31259-111.12555
Dry Fork Road Cemetery47.0944-110.75354
Fort Shaw Cemetery47.50689-111.83553
Fort Shaw Soldiers Cemetery (historical)47.50884-111.82082
Goodman Cemetery47.25551-110.90355
Graveyard Gulch Cemetery46.94329-110.77715
Hebrew Cemetery47.46548-111.2513
Highland Cemetery47.46626-111.27085
Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Association Columbarium47.48937-111.28616
Hillside Cemetery47.28706-111.70217
Hinderager Ranch CemeteryNoneNone
Lower Belt Cemetery47.49718-110.898
Manchester Cemetery47.53078-111.4544
Miners Union Cemetery46.94329-110.77743
Monarch Cemetery47.12634-110.79104
Mount Olivet Cemetery47.4806-111.26015
Neihart Cemetery46.97278-110.75909
Pleasant View Cemetery47.37261-110.90877
Raunig CemeteryNoneNone
Red Butte Cemetery47.30523-111.25078
Saint Peters Mission Cemetery47.3005-111.92082
Sand Coulee Cemetery47.4219-111.17523
Sun River Cemetery47.52427-111.71786
Tiger Butte Cemetery47.25968-111.01161
Ulm Cemetery47.44065-111.52389
Vaughn Cemetery47.56051-111.54579
Historical populated places — 15 of 15
NameLatLon
Albright47.14774-110.95023
Belton47.37552-110.92635
Benton Lake47.69163-111.29247
Boston Heights47.50551-111.25025
Box Elder47.4583-111.08969
Centerville47.05969-110.64577
Donovan Park47.41662-111.26747
Flood47.44912-111.34247
Garrison47.38051-111.55914
Johnstown47.50274-111.31747
Little Chicago47.52718-111.27581
Michigan Settlement47.13941-110.83633
North Great Falls47.53329-111.26136
Saint Clair47.28078-111.68137
Watson47.57496-111.27164

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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