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Yellowstone County, Montana

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
50historic places
—earliest paper
1883formed
164,731pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 50 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Billings, Laurel, Broadview.

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 Yellowstone titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

23 of 50 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

50 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Acme BuildingBillingsBuilding2005
Antelope Stage StationBroadviewBuilding1983
Armour Cold StorageBillingsBuilding2004
Babcock Theatre BuildingBillingsBuilding2013
Billings Chamber of Commerce BuildingBillingsBuilding1972
Billings Communal MausoleumBillingsBuilding2021
Billings First Congregational ChurchBillingsBuilding2025
Billings Historic DistrictBillingsDistrict1979
Billings Old Town Historic DistrictBillingsDistrict2010
Billings Townsite Historic District (Boundary Increase)BillingsDistrict2006
Billings West Side SchoolBillingsBuilding2002
Black Otter TrailBillingsDistrict2007
Boothill CemeteryBillingsSite1979
Carpenter Paper CompanyBillingsBuilding2025
Crystal Ice & Fuel CompanyBillingsBuilding2024
Dude Rancher LodgeBillingsBuilding2010
Electric BuildingBillingsBuilding2002
Erb, Abraham and Carrie, HouseLaurelBuilding2005
Fire House No. 2BillingsBuilding1980
Fratt-Link HouseBillingsBuilding2020
Garfield SchoolBillingsBuilding2012
Graf, Arnold, HouseBillingsBuilding2015
Hoskins Basin Archeological DistrictBillingsDistrict1974
Huntley BridgeHuntleyStructure2012
Huntley Project OfficeBallantineBuilding2017
James F. Battin Federal Building (Courthouse & Federal Office Building)BillingsBuilding2023
Kate Fratt Memorial Parochial SchoolBillingsBuilding2020
L and L BuildingBillingsBuilding2008
Laurel Downtown Historic DistrictLaurelDistrict2010
Masonic TempleBillingsBuilding1986
McKinley Elementary SchoolBillingsBuilding2021
McMullen HallBillingsBuilding2015
Montana National BankBillingsBuilding2022
Moss, Preston B., HouseBillingsBuilding1982
Mossman OverpassLaurelStructure2012
North Elevation Historic DistrictBillingsDistrict2016
North, Austin, HouseBillingsBuilding1977
Northern HotelBillingsBuilding2013
O'Donnell, I. D., HouseBillingsBuilding1977
Oliver BuildingBillingsBuilding2008
Parmly Billings Memorial LibraryBillingsBuilding1972
Pictograph Cave NHLBillingsSite1966
Pioneer ParkBillingsDistrict2021
Pompey's Pillar NHLPompey's PillarSite1966
Prescott CommonsBillingsBuilding1982
Riverside Park, LaurelLaurelDistrict2024
Ruth, Harold and Marion, HouseBillingsBuilding2007
US Post Office and Courthouse-BillingsBillingsBuilding1986
Yegen, Christian, HouseBillingsBuilding1979
Yegen, Peter, HouseBillingsBuilding1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Yellowstone was formed in 1883 (1883-02-26) from Custer, Gallatin.

YELLOWSTONE created by Montana Territory from CUSTER and GALLATIN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Yellowstone County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

165k83k2,06518901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
2,0656,21229,60041,18255,87579,016108,035129,352164,731

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

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Beth Aaron Cemetery45.77731-108.5588
Boothill Cemetery45.80245-108.48068
Calvary Cemetery45.77807-108.55948
Castle Butte Cemetery46.17219-107.92481
Comanche Cemetery45.98883-108.77569
Holy Cross Cemetery45.73966-108.55544
Hoskin Basin Cemetery46.07321-108.54695
Huntley Cemetery45.89884-108.27873
Laurel Cemetery45.69439-108.76987
Mountview Cemetery45.76661-108.55957
Riverside Cemetery45.82204-108.44585
Scandia Cemetery45.97217-108.34178
Sunset Memorial Cemetery45.77118-108.56222
Yellowstone National Cemetery45.69638-108.77241

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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