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Treasure County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

3historic places

—earliest paper

1919formed

762pop. 2020

2cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1994. Most listings are in or near Custer, Sanders, Hysham.

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 Treasure titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Big Horn River Bridge	Custer	Structure	2010
Sanders Gynmasium and Community Hall	Sanders	Building	1997
Yucca Theatre	Hysham	Building	1994

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Treasure was formed in 1919 (1919-04-01) from Rosebud.

TREASURE created from ROSEBUD. Act passed 7 February 1919; took effect 1 April 1919.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,990	1,499	1,402	1,345	981	861	762

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

2 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 2 of 2 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Memorial Vale Cemetery	46.25567	-107.23077
Rancher Cemetery	46.25804	-107.42035

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Burnt Creek	46.0211	-107.22839
Etchetah	46.2036	-107.4409
Kurtzville	46.16165	-107.44868
Rancher	46.26388	-107.40285

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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