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Azure’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Azure. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Azure is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Azure had a population of 314.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 286 to 314 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1994.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Azure yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Azure, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Azure is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Azure has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kiwanis Meeting Hall in Parker School, 6.6 miles away.

Azure and the nearest listed places

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Kiwanis Meeting HallFort Assinniboine (Boundary Increase)Northern Montana College Girls Residence HallHavre Residential Historic DistrictH. Earl Clack HouseCarnegie Public Library

Closest to Azure

Kiwanis Meeting HallParker School · Building6.6miFort Assinniboine (Boundary Increase)Herron · Built 187913.3miNorthern Montana College Girls Residence HallHavre · Building17.3miHavre Residential Historic DistrictHavre · District17.7miH. Earl Clack HouseHavre · Building17.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Kiwanis Meeting Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Azure?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Azure’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/19 · 2025-01-01
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