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History · Drummond

Drummond’s post office opened in 1884, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1950.

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46%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Drummond began

When was Drummond founded?

1884

The Drummond post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 531 in 19502020 census: 272142 years
Founding year: the first Drummond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Drummond’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 Drummond are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Drummond’s homes were built before 1942.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Drummond’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Drummond came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Drummond.

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The Northern Pacific Railroad arrived in 1883. They changed the town name from Edwardsville to Drummond, after either a Northern Pacific engineer or Hugh Drummond, a local trapper.

Mayor Gail Leeper is known for her long tenure. First elected to the office in 1993, Leeper won election to her 8th term in 2021.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Drummond, 1884 to 1987

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Drummond post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1987Born hereChase Reynolds is born here
By decade

Drummond, decade by decade

Today7 recent
On Gold creek near2013On Gold creek nearDrummond MT2012Drummond MTRhino in steel2009Rhino in steelMontana Meth Project mural2008Montana Meth Project muralPalace Hotel2007Palace HotelBusiness District2007Business DistrictMTMap-doton-Drummond2005MTMap-doton-Drummond
On the map

Drummond on the map, 1958 to 1989

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

Drummond on the 1958 USGS mapDrummond on the 1989 USGS map1958Drummond 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 Drummond.

People over time

Drummond, census by census

01002003004005006001960198020002020Peak: 577

Between 264 and 577 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Drummond’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Drummond’s history

What year was Drummond founded?

The Drummond post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.