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Heart Butte’s post office opened in 1915

Most of Heart Butte was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991.

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How Heart Butte began

When was Heart Butte founded?

1915

The Heart Butte post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 621111 years
Founding year: the first Heart Butte post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Heart Butte, in brief

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Heart Butte (Blackfeet: Moskizipahpi-istaki / Moskitsipahpiistaki) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pondera County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Heart Butte had a population of 621. The town is on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The town takes its name from the small heart-shaped peak southwest of town.

Its first post office opened in 1915. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 582 to 621 (+7%).

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

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Questions about Heart Butte’s history

What year was Heart Butte founded?

The Heart Butte post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.