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The history of Big Sky Colony

Below: maps from 1911 on.

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Big Sky Colony are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19113 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1984. Watch Big Sky Colony change.
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Big Sky Colony on the map, 1911 to 1984

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

Big Sky Colony on the 1911 USGS mapBig Sky Colony on the 1968 USGS mapBig Sky Colony on the 1984 USGS map1911Blackfoot sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Big Sky Colony, in brief

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

Big Sky Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is in the northeastern part of the county, within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, 36 miles (58 km) by road northwest of Cut Bank and 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Browning. As of the 2020 census, Big Sky Colony had a population of 0. Big Sky Colony was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.