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History · Plevna

Plevna’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Plevna. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1909established
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Plevna is a town in Fallon County, Montana, United States. The population was 179 at the 2020 census. Plevna was founded in 1909 along the Milwaukee Road transcontinental rail line known as the Pacific Extension. Bulgarian railroad workers named the town after the city of Pleven in Bulgaria.

Plevna was established in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 162 to 179 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1990.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Plevna 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.

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Plevna, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Plevna is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Plevna has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Baker Hotel in Baker, 12.3 miles away.

Plevna and the nearest listed places

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Baker HotelFallon County JailCottonwood Creek BridgeIsmay Jail

Closest to Plevna

Baker HotelBaker · Building12.3miFallon County JailBaker · Building12.4miCottonwood Creek BridgeIsmay · Structure13miIsmay JailIsmay · Building14mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Baker Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Plevna?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Plevna’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Baker📜 Ismay📜 Bucklin📜 Marmarth
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