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Ravalli County, Montana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
93historic places
—earliest paper
1893formed
44,174pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 93 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Stevensville, Hamilton, Darby.

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 Ravalli titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

82 of 93 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

93 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allison-Reinkeh HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Alta Ranger StationConnerBuilding1974
Bass MansionStevensvilleBuilding1978
Bean, Daniel V., HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Big Creek Lake SiteStevensvilleSite1976
Bitter Root Cooperative CreameryStevensvilleBuilding1991
Blood, Oliver, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Boulder Point LookoutDarbyBuilding2018
Brooks HotelCorvallisBuilding1980
Buck, Charles Amos, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Buck, Fred, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Canyon Creek Laboratory of the U.S. Public Health ServiceHamiltonBuilding1970
Caple, W. T., HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Clark, Jennie, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Cochran, William, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Como SchoolDarbyBuilding2022
Conway HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Cook, Calvin and Maggie, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Cook, Wilbur, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Cramer, Martin, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1987
Daly, Marcus, Memorial HospitalHamiltonBuilding1978
DeNayer HouseStevensvilleBuilding1994
Drinkenberg's, F. H., First HomeHamiltonBuilding1988
El Capitan LodgeHamiltonBuilding1990
Ellis, E. G., HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Emhoff HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Etna SchoolStevensvilleBuilding1997
First Baptist ChurchStevensvilleBuilding1991
First State Bank, Dowling and Emhoff BuildingsStevensvilleBuilding1991
Fisher, Joseph, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Fort OwenStevensvilleBuilding1970
Foust, Perry, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Foye Rental HousesHamiltonBuilding1988
Fulton, Charles, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Gavin HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Gill, Sherman, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Gird Point LookoutHamiltonBuilding2018
Gleason BuildingStevensvilleBuilding1991
Goff HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Gordon HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Granke, Charles, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Hamilton Commercial Historic DistrictHamiltonDistrict1988
Hamilton Southside Residential Historic DistrictHamiltonDistrict1988
Hamilton Town HallHamiltonBuilding1980
Harrington, Rose, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Hayward LodgeDarbyBuilding2015
Hoffman, Charles, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Howe, John G., HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
IOOF HallStevensvilleBuilding1991
Lagerquist, John, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Lancaster HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Landram, John A., HouseStevensvilleBuilding1996
Lockridge HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Lost Horse Fireman's Cabin (24RA197)DarbyBuilding1989
May, Albert, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
May, Charles, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
May, George, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1982
May, Harry, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
May, Louis, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
McCart Fire LookoutSulaStructure1996
McCrossin, James, CabinHamiltonBuilding2019
McFarlane HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
McGlauflin HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
McLaughlin, John, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Medicine Point LookoutDarbyBuilding2018
Metcalf HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Methodist Episcopal Church SouthCorvallisBuilding1997
Morr, Philip and Ella, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Pine ApartmentsHamiltonBuilding1988
Popham RanchCorvallisBuilding1989
Ravalli County CourthouseHamiltonBuilding1979
RiversideHamiltonBuilding1987
Rocky Mountain Laboratory Historic DistrictHamiltonDistrict1988
Sharp, John, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
St. Mary Peak LookoutStevensvilleBuilding2018
St. Mary's Church and PharmacyStevensvilleBuilding1970
St. Mary's Mission Historic District (Boundary Increase)StevensvilleDistrict2010
Stevensville Feed MillStevensvilleBuilding1991
Stevensville Grade School-United Methodist ChurchStevensvilleBuilding1991
Stevensville Mercantile Company Oil Storage BuildingStevensvilleBuilding1991
Stout, John, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Summers-Quast FarmsteadCorvallisBuilding1997
Thornton HospitalStevensvilleBuilding1991
Trosdahl, Erick, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
University Heights Historic DistrictDarbyDistrict2012
VFW ClubHamiltonBuilding1988
Wallin, Frank, HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
Wamsley, Other C., HouseHamiltonBuilding1988
West Fork Ranger StationDarbyDistrict2023
Whaley HomesteadStevensvilleBuilding1992
Williams HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Williams, John and Ann, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991
Young, Benjamin, HouseStevensvilleBuilding1991

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ravalli was formed in 1893 (1893-04-01) from Missoula.

RAVALLI created from MISSOULA. Acts passed 16 February and 2 March 1893; took effect 1 April 1893.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

44k26k7,82219001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
7,82210,09812,97813,10112,34122,49336,07044,174

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

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

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Blodgett Cemetery46.28826-114.18827
Corvallis Cemetery46.29909-114.10178
Grantsdale Cemetery46.18209-114.14517
Hamilton Riverview Cemetery46.2457-114.18142
Lone Pine Cemetery46.02977-114.17637
Maplewood Cemetery46.50434-114.09748
Pinesdale Cemetery46.32936-114.21675
Riverside Cemetery46.49853-114.09926
Rombo Cemetery45.76463-114.27868
Saint Joseph Cemetery46.62936-114.08704
Saint Marys Cemetery46.50941-114.0994
Sula Cemetery45.85864-113.97874
Sunnyside Cemetery46.56575-113.99259
Victor Cemetery46.42686-114.15675
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Bitter Root46.57298-114.04677
Burnt Fork46.46048-113.9426
Dutch Hill46.31659-114.1926
Eight Mile46.64103-113.95233
Etna46.43603-114.08427
Sweeney Creek46.61103-114.08983

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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