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Granite County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
12historic places
—earliest paper
1893formed
3,309pop. 2020
2cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Philipsburg, Garnet, Phillipsburg.

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 Granite titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Anderson Lumber CompanyPhilipsburgBuilding1986
Doe, M. E., HousePhilipsburgBuilding1986
Garnet Historic DistrictGarnetDistrict2010
Granite County JailPhilipsburgBuilding1980
Miners Union HallPhilipsburgBuilding1974
Moose Lake Camp Historic DistrictPhilipsburgDistrict2017
Morgan-Case HomesteadPhillipsburgDistrict2005
Philipsburg Grade SchoolPhilipsburgBuilding1986
Philipsburg Historic DistrictPhilipsburgDistrict1986
Ringeling HousePhilipsburgBuilding1986
Rock Creek Guard Station (24GN165)PhilipsburgBuilding1982
Superintendent's HousePhilipsburgBuilding1974

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Granite was formed in 1893 (1893-03-02) from Deer Lodge, Missoula, Silver Bow.

GRANITE created from DEER LODGE, MISSOULA, and SILVER BOW.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

4,3283,4382,54819001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
4,3284,1673,4012,7733,0142,7002,8303,309

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.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic SitePark unit52.8 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

2 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 2 of 2 listed
NameLatLon
Philipsburg Cemetery46.34103-113.29783
Valley Cemetery46.62853-113.13699
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Baird46.71659-113.51759
Clark46.31854-113.28756
Echo Lake46.23326-113.26756
Haskell46.61299-113.04422
Stump Town46.82827-113.34674

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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