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

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Rhodes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead County, Montana, United States. It is in the western part of the county, in the valley of Big Lost Creek where it emerges from Rhodes Draw. It is 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Kalispell, the county seat. As of the 2020 census, Rhodes had a population of 146. Rhodes was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Half of its homes were built before 1984.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rhodes 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rhodes’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Rhodes

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Michelle WilliamsMichelle WilliamsKalispell · 8 miMQMargaret QualleyKalispell · 8 miBBBrad BirdKalispell · 8 miLily GladstoneLily GladstoneKalispell · 8 miConstance TowersConstance TowersWhitefish · 12 miMUMisty UphamKalispell · 8 mi
By decade

Rhodes, 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 Rhodes is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rhodes has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bruyer Granary in Kalispell, 8.4 miles away.

Rhodes and the nearest listed places

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Bruyer GranaryCharles Boles HouseRussell SchoolJohnson-Lee HouseFerguson HouseHodgson House

Closest to Rhodes

Bruyer GranaryKalispell · Building8.4miCharles Boles HouseKalispell · Tudor Revival · Built 19328.5miRussell SchoolKalispell · Building8.6miJohnson-Lee HouseKalispell · Building8.7miFerguson HouseKalispell · Building8.8mi

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. Bruyer Granary’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rhodes?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rhodes’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Kalispell📜 Whitefish📜 Columbia Falls📜 Polson
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