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History · Flaxville

Flaxville dates to 1913, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1973 on and the census since 1930.

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How Flaxville began, and where its name came from

When was Flaxville founded?

1913

Flaxville dates its founding to 1913 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 515 in 19302020 census: 63113 years

How did Flaxville get its name?

Flaxville was named after "the Henry Boyer family at whose home the early railroad construction workers were fed."

Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1913. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Flaxville’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 Flaxville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Flaxville’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flaxville’s history is told.

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The story

How Flaxville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Flaxville.

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"Flaxville was originally founded as Boyer, about 2.5 miles southwest of where the town is now." It was named after "the Henry Boyer family at whose home the early railroad construction workers were fed." The current town was founded in 1913 following the arrival of a Great Northern Railway branch line that eventually ran from Bainville to Opheim. "The first post office was established in 1914 with Martha Bledsoe as postmaster."

The name refers to the abundance of flax grown in the area. There are grain elevators beside the railroad tracks running through town.

The town was incorporated in 1955. It is home to the Daniels County Chapter of Pheasants Forever, The Barn Theater, Country Roads Mini Horses, and the R-Y Trail Bar.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Flaxville, 1913 to 1973

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913
    FoundingFlaxville is established
  3. 1913Post officeThe Carl post office opens
  4. 1914Post officeThe Carl post office closes
  5. 1914Post officeThe Flaxville post office opens
  6. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Flaxville, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Daniels 2013 (5)2013Daniels 2013 (5)RY Trail Bar Flaxville MT 0262010RY Trail Bar Flaxville MT 026
On the map

Flaxville on the map, 1973 to 1983

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

Flaxville on the 1973 USGS mapFlaxville on the 1983 USGS map1973Flaxville 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 Flaxville.

People over time

Flaxville, census by census

010020030040050019401960198020002020Peak: 515

Between 63 and 515 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Flaxville’s post office has been open since 1914. Another post office, Carl, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Carl
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Flaxville
1914–today
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Farmers Co-Op ElevatorlocaleFarmers Union Grain Terminal Association ElevatorlocaleFlaxville Methodist Churchchurch

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

Questions about Flaxville’s history

What year was Flaxville founded?

In 1913, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Flaxville’s post office opened in 1913, and the census of 1930 counted 515 people here.

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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 (2), Wikipedia, 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.