Sweet Grass’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Sweet Grass. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSweet Grass is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Toole County, Montana, United States, on the Canada–United States border. It is the northern terminus of Interstate 15, an important route connecting western Canada, the western United States, and Mexico. The population was 65 according to the 2020 census. In 2004, a joint border facility opened at the Sweetgrass port of entry and Coutts, Alberta, housing both Canadian and American federal authorities. Fire service is provided through the volunteer fire department in Coutts. It is 34 miles (55 km) to Shelby, 108 miles (174 km) to Havre and 174 miles (280 km) to Missoula.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 58 to 65 (+12%). Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sweet Grass 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 Sweet Grass’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sweet Grass’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSweetgrass, 1986: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sweet Grass, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Sweet Grass is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sweet Grass has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Customs Building in Sweet Grass, 0.5 miles away.
Sweet Grass and the nearest listed places
Closest to Sweet Grass
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sweetgrass (1986) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.