Stockett’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Stockett. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusStockett is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Cascade County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stockett had a population of 157. Stockett has a post office with ZIP code 59480. This company town was named for Cottonwood Coal Company manager Lewis Stockett. The mines stopped operating after diesel for railroad engines and natural gas for home heating were introduced. The town remains a bedroom community for Great Falls and serves area farmers and ranchers.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 169 to 157 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1953.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stockett 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 Stockett’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stockett’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGiffen Mine, 3 Miles Southwest of…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Stockett, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Giffen Mine, 3 Miles Southwest of Stockett (Sec. 14,22,23 T18N R4E) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.