The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBelfry is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is an unincorporated town, and is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 193 at the 2020 census, down from 218 in the 2010 census. It is located approximately 11 miles (18 km) from the Wyoming border, roughly halfway between Billings, Montana and Cody, Wyoming. Belfry is predominantly an agricultural community. The primary crops are sugar beets, alfalfa, and feed corn. Ranchers raise cattle and sheep. Water for agricultural use comes mostly from the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River through several cooperative ditch companies, with water rights dating back 100 y…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 218 to 193 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Belfry 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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Belfry, decade by decade
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CommonsKose Hall2019
CommonsBelfry Depot2019
CommonsBelfry Aerial Photo2016
CommonsBelfry (Montana) Clark Fork Yelowstone River 12-9-2014 9-06…2014
CommonsBelfry (Montana) 12-9-2014 9-05-092014
CommonsBelfry (Montana) 12-9-2014 9-04-392014
CommonsBelfry (Montana) 12-9-2014 9-03-092014
CommonsBelfry (Montana) 12-9-2014 8-59-212014
CommonsBelfry (Montana) 12-9-2014 8-58-202014
CommonsBelfry (Montana) 12-9-2014 8-58-102014
CommonsBelfry MT Aerial2007
CommonsMTMap-doton-Belfry20052 historic places in Belfry
2 places in Belfry are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.