History · Chinook

Chinook’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Chinook. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
1historic places
3recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Chinook is a city in and the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2020 census. Points of interest are the Blaine County Museum, Blaine County Wildlife Museum, both located in the town's center, and the Bear Paw Battlefield, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Chinook.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,203 people in 2010, 1,185 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1957.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chinook 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.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1987Barber pole, Main StreetCommons
1990–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chinook’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBarber pole, Main Street, 1987: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Chinook

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By decade

Chinook, decade by decade

1990s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Barber pole, Main Street (1987) and it appears here side by side.

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Historic places

National Register · via Wikidata

From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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