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Lewis and Clark County, Montana

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—newspaper titles
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83historic places
—earliest paper
1865formed
70,973pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 83 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Helena, Wolf Creek, Lincoln.

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 Lewis and Clark titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

42 of 83 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

83 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Algeria Shrine TempleHelenaBuilding1988
Alice Creek Historic DistrictLincolnDistrict2007
Appleton House No. 13HelenaBuilding1982
Appleton House No. 9HelenaBuilding1995
Armitage, Joshua and Martha, HouseHelenaBuilding2005
Benton Avenue CemeteryHelenaSite2003
Broadwater, Charles A., HouseHelenaBuilding2008
Cathedral of Saint HelenaHelenaBuilding1980
Childs Carriage HouseHelenaBuilding1995
Crum, William C., HouseHelenaBuilding1997
Crump-Howard HouseHelenaBuilding2017
Cuthbert, D. H., HouseHelenaBuilding1995
Dearborn River High BridgeAugustaStructure2003
Donovan-Mayer HouseHelenaBuilding2005
Dorsey Grocery and ResidenceHelenaBuilding2017
Eagle's SiteHelenaSite1993
Evans, Christmas Gift, HouseHelenaBuilding1980
F.M. Mack General StoreAugustaBuilding2021
Fisk, Robert and Elizabeth, HouseHelenaBuilding2007
Forestvale CemeteryHelenaDistrict1990
Former Montana Executive MansionHelenaBuilding1970
Fort Harrison Veterans' Hospital Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict2016
Gehring RanchHelenaDistrict2017
Gilman State BankGilmanBuilding1983
Gilpatrick-Root HouseHelenaBuilding2005
Haight-Bridgwater HouseHelenaBuilding2014
Hauser MansionHelenaBuilding1979
Helena Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1972
Helena Historic District (Boundary Increase II)HelenaDistrict1993
Helena Historic District (Boundary Increase)HelenaDistrict1990
Helena Railroad Depot Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict2004
Helena South-Central Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1986
Helena West Main Street Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1996
Hilger, Joe and Carrie, RanchHelenaDistrict2001
Home of PeaceHelenaDistrict2006
House of the Good Shepherd Historic DistrictHelenaBuilding1993
Huseby, John H,. HouseHelenaBuilding2012
Kemna, Herman, HouseHelenaBuilding1992
Kleinschmidt, T. H., HouseHelenaBuilding1980
Kluge HouseHelenaBuilding1970
Lewis and Clark County Hospital Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict2002
Lewis and Clark County Hospital Historic District (Boundary Increase)HelenaDistrict2024
Lincoln Community HallLincolnBuilding1987
Lincoln LodgeLincolnBuilding1986
Lyman-Neel ResidenceHelenaBuilding2019
Mann Gulch Wildfire Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1999
Methodist-Episcopal Church of MarysvilleMarysvilleBuilding1984
Missouri River BridgeWolf CreekStructure2010
Montana Aeronautics Commission Operations Historic DistrictHelenaBuilding2017
Montana State Arsenal, Armory and Drill HallHelenaBuilding2002
Montana State Capitol BuildingHelenaBuilding1981
Montana State Capitol Campus Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict2016
Montana State Fairgrounds RacetrackHelenaStructure2006
Montana Veterans and Pioneers Memorial BuildingHelenaBuilding2004
Morelli BridgeHelenaStructure2022
Mount Helena Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1997
Murphy, John T., HouseHelenaBuilding1984
Olsen HouseHelenaBuilding1991
Pope, Francis and Hannah, HouseHelenaBuilding2007
Porter Flats ApartmentsHelenaBuilding1993
Power, C. B., BungalowWolf CreekBuilding1995
Quinn's GarageAugustaBuilding2020
Regan, Thomas P., CabinHelenaBuilding2003
Shaw’s Best FactoryHelenaBuilding2021
Sheep Creek BridgeWolf CreekStructure2011
Silver City CemeterySilver CitySite2020
Silver Creek SchoolHelenaBuilding1980
Silver King RanchLincolnBuilding1992
Silverman, Morris, HouseHelenaBuilding1982
Spalding-Gunn HouseHelenaBuilding2006
Stearns HallWolf CreekBuilding1995
Stedman Foundry and Machine CompanyHelenaBuilding1996
Summit LodgeHelenaBuilding1990
Temple Emanu-ElHelenaBuilding2002
Unemployment Compensation Commission BuildingHelenaBuilding2012
Wassweiler Hotel and Bath HousesHelenaBuilding1978
Western Clay Manufacturing CompanyHelenaDistrict1985
Western Life Insurance Company Helena Branch OfficeHelenaBuilding2012
Wetzstein/Tipton RanchRiminiDistrict2025
Wick-Seiler HouseHelenaBuilding2000
Williams Street BridgeHelenaStructure2006
Wolf Creek HotelWolf CreekBuilding1997
Young Women's Christian Association (Independent)HelenaBuilding1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lewis And Clark was formed in 1865 (1865-02-02) from Choteau, Jefferson.

EDGERTON (now LEWIS AND CLARK, renamed 1 Mar 1868) created by Montana Territory from CHOTEAU (now CHOUTEAU) and JEFFERSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lewis and Clark County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

71k38k5,0401870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,0406,52119,17118,66022,13124,54028,00643,03955,71670,973

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

26 cemeteries and 17 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
NameLatLon
Augusta Cemetery47.4959-112.4034
Benton Avenue Cemetery46.60493-112.04249
Calvary Cemetery46.59966-112.07222
Carterville / Wolf Creek Cemetery47.00682-112.08548
Cemetery Island / Canyon Ferry Cemetery46.63465-111.7058
Craig Cemetery47.07772-111.96887
Dearborn Cemetery47.16438-112.23111
Dearborn Crossing Cemetery47.21188-112.11166
East Helena Cemetery46.59437-111.91526
Forest Vale Cemetery46.65632-112.03693
Hardgrove and Merritt Cemetery46.65371-111.89432
Home of Peace Cemetery46.61521-112.05082
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery46.65376-112.0312
Lewis and Clark County Cemetery46.65632-112.03082
Lewis and Clark County Poor Farm Cemetery46.62354-112.03832
Lincoln Gulch Cemetery46.98243-112.76975
Marysville Cemetery46.7566-112.29111
Montana State Veterans Cemetery46.61438-112.09911
Moore Graves47.09688-112.05304
Resurrection Cemetery46.62739-112.01942
Saint Anns Cemetery46.58595-111.90222
Serbian Cemetery46.58672-111.90205
Silver City Cemetery46.73604-112.18083
Sunset Memorial Cemetery46.69076-112.02165
Tuck Cemetery46.99493-112.67253
York Cemetery46.72271-111.75358
Historical populated places — 17 of 17
NameLatLon
Atlantic City46.78549-112.41752
Belmont46.66244-112.31557
Blue Cloud46.5916-112.15917
Clemons47.30689-112.41058
Copper Camp47.07022-112.7931
Daytown46.66105-111.6972
Dearborn47.19856-112.09112
Dennison46.96383-111.9425
Dotsonville46.59993-112.09528
Ferris46.69105-112.38891
Frost47.29161-112.5842
Kenwood46.60688-112.07028
Mike Horse47.02633-112.36058
Racine Ford47.47911-112.58698
Seven Mile46.63327-112.08417
Silver King47.09772-112.48142
Trinity46.76938-112.21751

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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