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Missoula County, Montana

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91historic places

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1860formed

117,922pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 91 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Missoula, Seeley Lake, Huson.

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 Missoula titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

68 of 91 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

91 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Apartment Building at 116 Spruce Street	Missoula	Building	1990
Atlantic Hotel	Missoula	Building	1990
Bellows House	Missoula	Building	1996
Belmont Hotel	Missoula	Building	1983
Bluebird Building	Missoula	Building	1996
Brunswick Hotel	Missoula	Building	1990
Camp Paxson Boy Scout Camp (24MO77)	Lolo National Forest	Building	1986
Carlton Community Church	Florence	Building	2011
Carnegie Public Library	Missoula	Building	1982
Christie, Thomas J., House	Missoula	Building	1995
Cook Farm	Missoula	Building	1996
DeSmet Schoolhouse	Missoula	Building	1991
Dixon-Duncan Block	Missoula	Building	1997
Double Arrow Lodge	Seeley Lake	Building	2014
Double Arrow Lookout	Seeley Lake	Building	2018
East Pine Street Historic District	Missoula	District	1989
Evaro School	Evaro	Building	2003
Florence Hotel	Missoula	Building	1992
Flynn Farm	Missoula	Building	1980
Forkenbrock Funeral Home	Missoula	Building	1984
Fort Fizzle Site	Lolo	Site	1977
Fort Missoula Historic District	Missoula	District	1987
Fort Missoula Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Missoula	District	2012
Garden City Drug	Missoula	Building	1990
Gibson, A. J., House	Missoula	Building	1980
Gleim Building	Missoula	Building	1990
Gleim Building II	Missoula	Building	1995
Grand Pacific Hotel	Missoula	Building	1983
Hammond Arcade	Missoula	Building	1990
Headquarters Building and Daily Company Annex	Missoula	Building	1996
Hellgate Lodge 383 BPOE	Missoula	Building	1990
Herzog, J. M., House	Missoula	Building	1985
Higgins Block	Missoula	Building	1979
Independent Telephone Company Building	Missoula	Building	1990
Johnston, John S., House	Missoula	Building	1984
Keith, John M., House	Missoula	Building	1983
Knowles Building	Missoula	Building	1987
Labor Temple	Missoula	Building	1990
Laird's Lodge Historic District	Seeley Lake	District	1990
Lenox Flats	Missoula	Building	2000
Lincoln School	Missoula	Building	1997
Lower Rattlesnake Historic District	Missoula	District	1999
Lucy Building	Missoula	Building	1990
Maclay Bridge	Missoula	Structure	2016
Marsh and Powell Funeral Home	Missoula	Building	1990
Masonic Lodge	Missoula	Building	1990
McCormick Neighborhood Historic District	Missoula	District	2004
Milwaukee Depot	Missoula	Building	1982
Milwaukee Road Railroad Substation No. 10	Missoula	Building	2014
Mineral Peak Lookout	Missoula	Building	2018
Missoula County Courthouse	Missoula	Building	1976
Missoula County Fairgrounds Historic District	Missoula	District	2010
Missoula Downtown Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Missoula	District	2009
Missoula Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Missoula	District	2011
Missoula Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase-Decrease)	Missoula	Site	2011
Missoula Laundry Company	Missoula	Building	1990
Missoula Mercantile	Missoula	Building	1990
Missoula Mercantile Warehouse	Missoula	Building	2004
Missoula Southside Historic District	Missoula	District	1991
Model Laundry and Apartments	Missoula	Building	1990
Montgomery Ward	Missoula	Building	1990
Moon-Randolph Ranch	Missoula	District	2010
Mrs. Lydia McCaffery's Furnished Rooms	Missoula	Building	2000
Northern Pacific Railroad Depot	Missoula	Building	1985
Northside Missoula Railroad Historic District	Missoula	District	1995
Orange Street Tunnel	Missoula	Structure	2012
Palace Hotel	Missoula	Building	1982
Paxson, Edgar, House	Missoula	Building	1986
Potomac School	Potomac	Building	1992
Prescott, Clarence R., House	Missoula	Building	1985
Reid House	Missoula	Building	2003
Ressler, Guy, Homestead House	Huson	Building	2012
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church	Frenchtown	Building	1986
Simons Block	Missoula	Building	2000
St. Francis Xavier Church	Missoula	Building	1982
Stark House	Condon	Building	2020
Stark School	Huson	Building	1995
Sterling, Fred T., House	Missoula	Building	1983
Studebaker Building	Missoula	Building	1997
Target Range Elementary School	Missoula	Building	2011
Toole, John R., House	Missoula	Building	1983
Traveler's Rest NHL	Lolo	Site	1966
U.S. Forest Service Remount Depot	Huson	Building	1980
U.S. Post Office	Missoula	Building	1979
University Apartments	Missoula	Building	1985
University Area Historic District	Missoula	District	2000
University of Montana Historic District	Missoula	District	1992
University of Montana Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Missoula	District	2011
West Fork Butte Lookout	Missoula	Building	2018
Wilma Theatre	Missoula	Building	1979
Zip Auto	Missoula	Building	1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Missoula was formed in 1860 (1860-12-14) from SPOKANE (Wash.

MISSOULA created by Washington Territory from SPOKANE (Wash. Terr., original, extinct); included parts of present Idaho and Montana.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,554	2,537	13,964	24,041	29,038	35,493	44,663	76,016	95,802	117,922

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

8 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Coloma Cemetery	46.83404	-113.383
Florence - Carlton Cemetery	46.67858	-114.07958
Fort Missoula Post Cemetery	46.84686	-114.0576
Missoula Cemetery	46.89297	-114.02093
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery	47.01547	-114.21476
Saint Mary Cemetery	46.88715	-113.99885
Saint Mary Cemetery	46.88742	-113.99817
Sunset Memorial Gardens	46.89047	-114.10149

Historical populated places — 6 of 6

Name	Lat	Lon
Ardrum	46.99492	-114.12539
Grant Creek	46.95826	-114.00928
Hell Gate	46.88326	-114.08706
Shangville	46.98464	-114.40651
Six Mile	47.03326	-114.35234
Stovepipe	47.0277	-114.32317

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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