The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGildford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gildford had a population of 141. The town was named for Guildford, England. A flour mill, which milled Golden Grain Flour, operated from 1915 to 1951.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 179 to 141 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1944.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gildford 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 Gildford’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gildford’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gildford, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Gildford is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gildford has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Assinniboine (Boundary Increase) in Herron, 24 miles away.
Gildford and the nearest listed places
Closest to Gildford
How a place gets 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 (9). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.