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Toole County, Montana

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1914formed

4,971pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Shelby, Kevin, Oilmont.

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

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bethany Lutheran Church	Oilmont	Building	1993
Kevin Depot	Kevin	Building	1980
Marias River Bridge	Shelby	Structure	2012
Rainbow Conoco	Shelby	Building	1994
Rocky Springs Segment of the Whoop-Up Trail	Kevin	Site	1993
Shelby Town Hall	Shelby	Building	2006
US Customs Building	Sweetgrass	Building	1991

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Toole was formed in 1914 (1914-05-07) from Hill, Teton.

TOOLE created by petition and election from HILL and TETON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,724	6,769	6,867	7,904	5,559	5,267	4,971

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

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

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Galata Cemetery	48.46553	-111.33581
Gold Butte Cemetery	48.87944	-111.397
Mountain View Cemetery	48.50331	-111.8689
Omholt Cemetery	48.30581	-111.53554
Sunburst Cemetery	48.88471	-111.87363
Valley View Cemetery	48.51859	-111.8864

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Demers	48.88499	-112.16755
McDermott	48.9139	-111.52304

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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