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Meagher County, Montana

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6historic places

—earliest paper

1866formed

1,927pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near White Sulphur Springs, Martinsdale.

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 Meagher titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Fort Logan and Blockhouse	White Sulphur Springs	Site	1970
Parberry Block East	White Sulphur Springs	Building	2009
Sherman, Byron R., House	White Sulphur Springs	Building	1977
Stockmen's Bank of Martinsdale	Martinsdale	Building	2013
Union League of America Hall	White Sulphur Springs	Building	1998
Wellman Block	White Sulphur Springs	Building	1994

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Meagher was formed in 1866 (1866-03-26) from Gallatin.

MEAGHER created by Montana Territory from GALLATIN. Acts of the 2d and 3d legislatures were declared null and void by the United States Congress, 2 March 1867.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,387	2,743	2,526	2,622	2,237	2,079	2,616	2,154	1,932	1,927

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

5 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Castle Cemetery	46.43771	-110.66185
Kinyon Cemetery	46.68411	-111.16744
Lebo Cemetery	46.32938	-110.38629
Lennup Cemetery	46.41105	-110.53407
Mayn Cemetery	46.53424	-110.90216

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Calkins	46.44161	-110.92105
Findon	46.60745	-110.34936
Gauglersville	46.49162	-110.27574
Langford City	46.54827	-111.03216

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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