The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEdgar is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Edgar had a population of 110. Edgar has a post office with a ZIP code 59026. The post office was established May 28, 1909 with John J. Thornton as its first postmaster. Thornton named the town after his brother. Edgar lies east of the intersection of U.S. Route 310 and Elwell Street. Edgar is south of Rockvale and northeast of Fromberg. Edgar is a small, agricultural community with a number of silos and elevators.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 114 to 110 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Edgar 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.
Start Edgar’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edgar’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Edgar, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Edgar is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Edgar has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fromberg Concrete Arch Bridge in Fromberg, 5 miles away.
Edgar and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.