Dewey’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Dewey. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDewey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. It is in the northeast part of the county, on the south side of the Big Hole River, and bordered to the north, across the river, by Silver Bow County. Montana Highway 43 passes through Dewey, leading east 7 miles (11 km) to Interstate 15 at Divide, and west up the Big Hole River valley 5.5 miles (8.9 km) to Wise River and 44 miles (71 km) to Wisdom. As of the 2020 census, Dewey had a population of 25. Dewey was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dewey 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 belowStart Dewey’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dewey’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDewey, Montana, 1942: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Dewey, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Dewey is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dewey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Big Hole Pumpstation in Butte-Silver Bow, 3.2 miles away.
Dewey and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dewey, Montana (1942) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.