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Teton County, Montana

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—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

1historic places

—earliest paper

1893formed

6,226pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2006. Most listings are in or near Choteau.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Teton County Courthouse	Choteau	Building	2006

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Teton was formed in 1893 (1893-03-01) from Choteau, Missoula.

TETON created from CHOTEAU (now CHOUTEAU) and MISSOULA. Act passed 7 February 1893; took effect 1 March 1893.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,080	5,870	6,922	7,232	7,295	6,491	6,445	6,226

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Beck Cemetery	47.78449	-111.81784
Bynum Cemetery	47.97134	-112.30725
Choteau Cemetery	47.81218	-112.16391
Dutton Cemetery	47.85043	-111.70954
Indian Burial Ground	47.97189	-112.65475
Power Community Cemetery	47.7423	-111.69199
Sunset Hills Cemetery	47.59407	-111.98798
Trinity Cemetery	47.8844	-112.07724

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Beck	47.78496	-111.81722
Burton	47.88551	-112.11196
Liberty Center	47.92718	-111.98557

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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