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History · Hall

Hall’s post office opened in 1896, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1958 on.

1896first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Hall’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Hall began

When was Hall founded?

1896

The Hall post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 51130 years
Founding year: the first Hall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hall’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Hall’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hall’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.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSunrise Mine: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Hall, in brief

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

Hall is an unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana, United States. Hall is located on Montana Highway 1, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) west-southwest of Drummond. The community has a post office with ZIP code 59837. As of the 2020 census, Hall had a population of 51. Originally called Hall's Crossing, the Northern Pacific Railroad constructed a branch line across this land in 1877.

Its first post office opened in 1896.

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

By decade

Hall, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Sunrise MineDate?Sunrise MineEmmetsburg Cemetery MonumentDate?Emmetsburg Cemetery Monument
On the map

Hall on the map, 1958 to 1996

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

Hall on the 1958 USGS mapHall on the 1989 USGS mapHall on the 1996 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 Hall.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Sunrise Mine
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hall’s page.

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Questions about Hall’s history

What year was Hall founded?

The Hall post office opened in 1896, 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 the Library of Congress (2), 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.