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History · Montreal

Montreal’s post office opened in 1861

Most of Montreal was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1933 on.

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How Montreal began

When was Montreal founded?

1861

The Montreal post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 119165 years
Founding year: the first Montreal post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Montreal’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Montreal are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montreal’s history is told.

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The story so far

Montreal, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Montreal yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Montreal is an unincorporated community in southeast Camden County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately eight miles (13 km) east-southeast of Camdenton and 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Richland on Route 7. A post office called Montreal has been in operation since 1861. The community was named after Montreal, in Quebec, Canada, the native home of a share of the first settlers.

Its first post office opened in 1861.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the map

Montreal on the map, 1933 to 1976

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Montreal. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Montreal on the 1933 USGS mapMontreal on the 1976 USGS map1933Stoutland sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Montreal.

Questions about Montreal’s history

What year was Montreal founded?

The Montreal post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.