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History · Wilsall

Wilsall’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Wilsall. 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

Wilsall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wilsall had a population of 197.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 178 to 197 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wilsall 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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By decade

Wilsall, 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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Today3 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Wilsall is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wilsall has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sedan School in Sedan, 9.4 miles away.

Wilsall and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Wilsall. Tap a dot.
Sedan SchoolChicken Creek Farmstead Historic DistrictBonnell, Oliver and Lucy, Gothic Arch Roofed BarnFlaming Arrow Ranch House and OfficeFlaming Arrow LodgeConvict Grade Historic District

Closest to Wilsall

Sedan SchoolSedan · Building9.4miChicken Creek Farmstead Historic DistrictClyde Park · District12.6miBonnell, Oliver and Lucy, Gothic Arch Roofed BarnClyde Park · Building15.4miFlaming Arrow Ranch House and OfficeBridger · Building16.2miFlaming Arrow LodgeBridger · Built 193416.2mi

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. Sedan School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Wilsall?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Wilsall’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
📜 Clyde Park📜 Livingston📜 Bozeman📜 Belgrade

From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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