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Prairie County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

3historic places

—earliest paper

1915formed

1,088pop. 2020

3cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Terry, Fallon.

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 Prairie titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Grandey Elementary School	Terry	Building	1978
Powder River Bridge	Terry	Structure	2010
Yellowstone River Bridge	Fallon	Structure	2010

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Prairie was formed in 1915 (1915-02-05) from Custer, Dawson, Fallon.

PRAIRIE created by petition and election from CUSTER, DAWSON, and FALLON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Prairie County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,684	2,410	2,377	2,318	1,836	1,199	1,088

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

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

Cemeteries — 3 of 3 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Fallon Cemetery	46.81694	-105.1333
Prairie County Cemetery	46.78806	-105.34498
Watkins Cemetery	47.18083	-105.98168

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Olanda	47.12223	-105.60806
Sutherland	46.57806	-105.34499

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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