The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWhitetail is a small, unincorporated village in northern Daniels County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Whitetail had a population of 9. The area was first used as a camp along a cattle-driving route in the 1880s. The town grew with the arrival of the Soo Line Railroad in 1914. The line was planned for extension all the way to Glacier National Park, but work was stopped during World War I and the line never went any farther than Whitetail. At its peak the town had more than 500 residents, declining to 248 in 1940 and 125 in 1970. The town's chief industry was the manufacture of silo blowers from 1940, but the plant closed, followed by Whitetail High School in 1940 and the gr…
Half of its homes were built before 1954.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Whitetail 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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2000
Nothing in Whitetail is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Whitetail has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Daniels County Courthouse in Scobey, 13.9 miles away.
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