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Stillwater County, Montana

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15historic places

—earliest paper

1913formed

8,963pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 15 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Columbus, Dean, Absarokee.

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 Stillwater titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

11 of 15 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

15 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
4K Ranch	Dean	District	2002
Atlas Block	Columbus	Building	2011
Dean School	Dean	Building	2019
Halfway House	Columbus	Building	2002
Hovda, Oliver H., House	Absarokee	Building	1984
Jacobs, Michael, House	Columbus	Building	1987
Meyers Creek Work Center	Nye	District	2023
Mountain View Cemetery	Columbus	Site	1987
Norton, W. H., House	Columbus	Building	1982
Pelton, Charles and Gladys, House	Fishtail	Building	2017
Sandstone and Cobblestone Schools	Absarokee	Building	1987
Stillwater County Courthouse	Columbus	Building	2019
Stoltz House	Park City	Building	1991
Torgrimson Place	Fishtail	Building	2001
United Methodist Episcopal Church	Park City	Building	2010

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Stillwater was formed in 1913 (1913-03-24) from Carbon, Sweet Grass, Yellowstone.

STILLWATER created by petition and election from CARBON, SWEET GRASS, and YELLOWSTONE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,630	5,694	5,416	5,526	5,598	8,195	8,963

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

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

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Assumption Catholic Church Cemetery	46.08439	-109.02932
Holland Settlement Cemetery	45.82799	-109.23376
Mountain View Cemetery	45.64217	-109.27311
Nye Cemetery	45.42687	-109.76469
Park City Cemetery	45.6243	-108.91677
Pioneer Cemetery	45.65744	-108.89514
Rapelje Cemetery	45.95523	-109.25554

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Mouat	45.34994	-109.9174
Shorey	46.08051	-109.10072

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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