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History · Gallatin River Ranch

Half of Gallatin River Ranch’s homes were built after 2008

Most of Gallatin River Ranch was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2008. Below: maps from 1949 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Gallatin River Ranch’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 Gallatin River Ranch are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Gallatin River Ranch, in brief

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

Gallatin River Ranch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gallatin River Ranch had a population of 117.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 69 to 117 (+70%).

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

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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

Gallatin River Ranch on the map, 1949 to 1987

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

Gallatin River Ranch on the 1949 USGS mapGallatin River Ranch on the 1987 USGS map1949Manhattan 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 Gallatin River Ranch.

Famous people

Famous people close to Gallatin River Ranch

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

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Patrick DuffyAmerican actor · b. 1949
Ryan Zinke52nd United States Secretary of the Interior an… · b. 1961
Brannon BragaTelevision producer · b. 1965
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Philip WinchesterAmerican stage actor, television actor and film… · b. 1981
Chet HuntleyAmerican broadcaster · b. 1911
Dale W. JorgensonAmerican economist · b. 1933
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Barton Bridgebridge

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.