Maxville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Maxville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMaxville is a census-designated place in Granite County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maxville had a population of 138. Montana Highway 1 passes through the community. It is 11 miles from Philipsburg.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 130 to 138 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 2012.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maxville 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 Maxville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maxville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMoonlight Mining Camp: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Maxville
See all 1 →Maxville, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Maxville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maxville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Granite County Jail in Philipsburg, 10.2 miles away.
Maxville 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 Moonlight Mining Camp and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.