Heron’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Heron. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHeron is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sanders County, Montana, named for the village of Heron which is located within it. The population of the CDP was 173 at the 2020 census. The town was built in 1883 by the Northern Pacific Railroad as a division point.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 282 to 173 (-39%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Heron 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 Heron’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Heron’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewView of Heron, Montana, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Heron
See all 1 →Heron, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Heron is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Heron has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bull River Guard Station in Noxon, 9.8 miles away.
Heron 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 View of Heron, Montana (1910) 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.