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History · Brandon

33% of Brandon’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Brandon’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 Brandon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Brandon, in brief

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

Brandon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Montana, United States. It is in the northwestern part of the county, at the western base of the Tobacco Root Mountains, in the valley of Mill Creek. Via Mill Creek Road it is 3 miles (5 km) southwest to Sheridan in the Ruby Valley. Brandon was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census, when it had a population of 46.

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

By decade

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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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On the map

Brandon on the map, 1963 to 1997

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

Brandon on the 1963 USGS mapBrandon on the 1988 USGS mapBrandon on the 1997 USGS map1963Sheridan sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Brandon

Nobody well known was born in Brandon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chet HuntleyAmerican broadcaster · b. 1911
William Boyce ThompsonAmerican engineer · b. 1869
Angela McLeanAmerican politician · b. 1970
Lloyd MeedsAmerican politician · b. 1927
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Troy AndersenAmerican football player · b. 1999
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Ed BarkerAmerican football player · b. 1931
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Brandon MinemineBrandon SchoolschoolFort Knox MinemineNW NW Section 29 MinemineSW NW Section 20 Minemine

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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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 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.