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History · Blackfoot

Blackfoot’s post office opened in 1908, and 57% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1911 on.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
57%homes built before 1940
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How Blackfoot began

When was Blackfoot founded?

1908

The Blackfoot post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Kipp (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 109118 years
Founding year: the first Blackfoot post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blackfoot’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 Blackfoot are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Blackfoot’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19113 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1984. Watch Blackfoot change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blackfoot’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Blackfoot, in brief

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

Blackfoot is a census-designated place along the Flatiron and Willow creeks on the Blackfeet Nation in Glacier County, Montana, United States, about 26 miles (42 km) west of Cut Bank. As of the 2020 census, Blackfoot had a population of 109. U.S. Route 2 passes by the southeast edge of the community.

Its first post office opened in 1908.

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

On the map

Blackfoot on the map, 1911 to 1984

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

Blackfoot on the 1911 USGS mapBlackfoot on the 1968 USGS mapBlackfoot 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 Blackfoot.

Timeline

Blackfoot, 1892 to 1982

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Kipp post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Kipp post office closes
  5. 1908Post officeThe Blackfoot post office opens
  6. 1911On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1982Post officeThe Blackfoot post office closes
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Blackfoot had its own post office from 1908 to 1982. Another post office, Kipp, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Kipp
1892–1905
Blackfoot
1908–1982
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Blackfoot Post Officepost officeBlackfoot SchoolschoolKipp Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Blackfoot’s history

What year was Blackfoot founded?

The Blackfoot post office opened in 1908, 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.