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Gallatin County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
108historic places
—earliest paper
1865formed
118,960pop. 2020
29cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 108 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Bozeman, Gallatin Gateway, Three Forks.

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 Gallatin titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

80 of 108 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

108 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams BlockThree ForksBuilding1999
Airway Radio StationThree ForksBuilding1998
Anderson SchoolGallatin GatewayBuilding1981
B-K RanchBig SkyDistrict2006
Barnett, R. T., and Company BuildingBozemanBuilding1980
Bartlett, Jack, HouseBozemanBuilding2000
Beall Park Community CenterBozemanBuilding1987
Belgrade City Hall and JailBelgradeBuilding1982
Blackmore ApartmentsBozemanBuilding1983
Bohart HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Bon Ton Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
Bozeman ArmoryBozemanBuilding1987
Bozeman Brewery Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
Bozeman Carnegie LibraryBozemanBuilding1979
Bozeman National Fish HatcheryBozemanBuilding1983
Bozeman Sheet Metal WorksBozemanBuilding1987
Bozeman YMCABozemanBuilding1987
Brandenburg HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Bridger Arms ApartmentsBozemanBuilding1987
Busch HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Buttelman RanchWillow CreekBuilding1993
Colburn HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Cooper Park Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
Cottonwood SchoolGallatin GatewayBuilding1981
Crail Ranch BuildingsGallatin GatewayBuilding1982
Dokken-Nelson Funeral HomeBozemanBuilding1987
Dry Creek SchoolManhattanBuilding1981
Eagle's StoreWest YellowstoneBuilding1986
Elkhorn Ranch Historic DistrictGallatin GatewayDistrict2016
Emerson SchoolBozemanBuilding1990
Federal Building and US Post Office-BozemanBozemanBuilding2018
First Baptist ChurchBozemanBuilding1987
First Presbyterian ChurchBozemanBuilding1987
Fisher, Burr, HouseBozemanBuilding1985
Flaming Arrow LodgeBozemanBuilding1994
Flaming Arrow Ranch House and OfficeBozemanBuilding1998
Gallatin County CourthouseBozemanBuilding1987
Gallatin County High SchoolBozemanBuilding1988
Gallatin County JailBozemanBuilding1983
Gallatin Gateway InnGallatin GatewayBuilding1980
Gallatin Valley Seed CompanyBozemanBuilding1987
Gifford HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Graf BuildingBozemanBuilding1987
Green RanchWillow CreekBuilding1993
Green, Jesse R., HomesteadTridentBuilding1992
Hamill ApartmentsBozemanBuilding1987
Hamill HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Harris HouseBozemanBuilding1988
Hines HouseBozemanBuilding1988
Holy Rosary Church RectoryBozemanBuilding1987
Hotel BaxterBozemanBuilding1984
House at 22 West LammeBozemanBuilding1987
House at 714 North TracyBozemanBuilding1988
House at 818 South EighthBozemanBuilding1988
Johnson HouseBozemanBuilding1988
Kennedy BuildingWest YellowstoneBuilding1983
Ketterer, Emil, HouseBozemanBuilding1983
Kolble HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Lewis, Samuel, HouseBozemanBuilding1999
Lindley Place Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
Litening GasBozemanBuilding1987
Little Bear SchoolGallatin GatewayBuilding1982
Lonesomehurst CabinWest YellowstoneBuilding2011
Lower Bridger SchoolBozemanBuilding1981
Lower Willow Creek Rural Historic Landscape DistrictWillow CreekDistrict1993
Lundwall, Charles, BuildingBozemanBuilding2001
MISCO Grain ElevatorBozemanStructure1987
Madison Buffalo Jump State MonumentLoganSite1970
Madison Hotel and CafeWest YellowstoneBuilding1983
Main Street Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
Malmborg SchoolBozemanBuilding1981
Maudlow SchoolBelgradeBuilding1982
Methodist Episcopal ChurchThird ForksBuilding2000
Methodist Episcopal ChurchBozemanBuilding1987
Montana State University Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict2013
Newman HouseBozemanBuilding1987
North Tracy Avenue Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
Northern Pacific-Story Mill Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1996
Panton HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Pass Creek SchoolBelgradeBuilding1981
Peterson HouseBozemanBuilding1988
Peterson PlaceWillow CreekBuilding1993
Pine Butte SchoolBozemanBuilding1981
Quaw, Thomas, HouseBelgradeBuilding1991
Rea SchoolBozemanBuilding1981
Reese Creek SchoolBelgradeBuilding1981
Rouse HouseBozemanBuilding1987
Ruby TheatreThree ForksBuilding1982
Sacajawea HotelThree ForksBuilding1980
Sedan SchoolBelgradeBuilding1981
Shenango Work StationGallatin GatewayDistrict2022
South Tracy Avenue Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
South Tracy-South Black Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1987
South Willson Historic DistrictBozemanDistrict1978
Spanish Creek SchoolGallatin GatewayBuilding1981
Spieth HousesBozemanBuilding1987
Spieth and Krug BreweryBozemanBuilding1984
Springhill SchoolBelgradeBuilding1981
St. James Episcopal Church and RectoryBozemanBuilding1987
Stateler Memorial Methodist ChurchWillow CreekBuilding2008
Story Motor CompanyBozemanBuilding1987
Three Forks of the Missouri NHLThree ForksBuilding1966
Three Valleys State BankThree ForksBuilding2005
Trident SchoolTridentBuilding1981
Upper Madison SchoolThree ForksBuilding1983
Watkins Creek RanchWest YellowstoneDistrict2006
West Yellowstone Oregon Shortline Terminus Historic DistrictWest YellowstoneDistrict1983
Westgate Village Shopping CenterBozemanBuilding2024

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Gallatin was formed in 1865 (1865-02-02) from Jefferson, Madison.

GALLATIN created by Montana Territory from JEFFERSON and MADISON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Gallatin County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

119k60k1,5781870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,5783,6439,55315,86418,26921,90226,04542,86567,831118,960

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

29 cemeteries and 20 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 29 of 29 listed
NameLatLon
Black Cemetery45.64536-111.52066
Brondel Catholic Cemetery45.69951-111.04722
Brondel Catholic Cemetery45.69899-111.04749
Courts Cemetery45.85826-111.148
Dry Creek Cemetery45.8818-111.20796
East Gallatin Cemetery45.84164-111.1329
Edens Cemetery45.47909-111.27161
Fairview Cemetery45.87159-111.53329
Fir Ridge Cemetery44.79546-111.10292
Fly Cemetery45.89386-111.24987
Headwaters Cemetery45.9277-111.4994
Hills Cemetery45.68548-111.3105
Little Holland Cemetery45.68603-111.3105
Logan Cemetery45.88798-111.4719
Meadow View Cemetery45.82412-111.30979
Morgan Cemetery46.00909-111.11105
Mount Green Cemetery45.83033-111.64704
Reese Creek Cemetery45.84992-111.148
Salesville Cemetery45.61353-111.1956
Sappington Cemetery45.79103-111.77025
Sedan Cemetery45.95347-110.8524
Soldiers Chapel Cemetery45.26381-111.25633
Springhill Cemetery45.84049-111.00797
Stateler Cemetery45.81654-111.6383
Sunset Hills Cemetery45.67354-111.02438
Sunset Memorial Gardens45.7327-111.09133
Timberline Cemetery45.64993-110.82576
Walker Cemetery45.76645-111.02876
Willow Creek Cemetery45.83048-111.64663
Historical populated places — 20 of 20
NameLatLon
Dogtown45.70826-111.17301
Eldridge45.10132-111.21884
Gallatin45.92771-111.49802
Gallop45.97632-111.09939
Jefferson45.89993-111.54247
Lay Settlement45.60826-111.15078
Little Bear45.54493-111.16884
Lower Bridger45.70271-110.92883
Lower Madison45.83882-111.47858
Middle Creek45.69993-111.16967
Monforton45.67521-111.17079
Nelsons Crossing45.78743-111.25218
Penwells45.8416-110.99467
Reasville45.67187-111.12412
Reese Creek45.86382-111.08412
Sheds45.67215-111.20412
Storrs45.62965-110.843
Thomasville45.82993-111.04245
Upper Bridger45.73576-110.90383
Walker45.7666-111.02856

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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