The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBox Elder is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, Box Elder had a population of 85. Before 2010 the Box Elder CDP was split into the current much-smaller Box Elder CDP, while most of the former CDP area went into the new Rocky Boy West CDP. Box Elder is the headquarters of the Chippewa-Cree tribe. The post office was established in 1889. The town was first called "Bremer", the name of an early homesteader. Eventually it was changed to "Box Elder", for the nearby creek lined with box elder trees.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 87 to 85 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Box Elder 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Box Elder’s history is told.
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Nothing in Box Elder is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Box Elder has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Assinniboine (Boundary Increase) in Herron, 15.8 miles away.
Box Elder and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.