Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Little Bitterroot Lake

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Little Bitterroot Lake

Half of Little Bitterroot Lake’s homes were built after 2003

Most of Little Bitterroot Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Little Bitterroot Lake’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 Little Bitterroot Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Little Bitterroot Lake’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Little Bitterroot Lake’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Little Bitterroot Lake, in brief

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

Little Bitterroot Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Little Bitterroot Lake had a population of 154. The town is next to Little Bitterroot Lake.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 194 to 154 (-21%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

Little Bitterroot Lake on the map, 1964 to 1994

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

Little Bitterroot Lake on the 1964 USGS mapLittle Bitterroot Lake on the 1982 USGS mapLittle Bitterroot Lake on the 1994 USGS map1964Pleasant Valley Mountain 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 Little Bitterroot Lake.

Famous people

Famous people close to Little Bitterroot Lake

Nobody well known was born in Little Bitterroot Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
M
Margaret QualleyAmerican actress and model · b. 1994
B
Brad BirdAmerican film director, animator, screenwriter … · b. 1957
M
Misty UphamAmerican actress · b. 1982
M
Maggie VoisinFreestyle skier · b. 1998
K
Katarina TarrAssociation football player · b. 1987
D
Dennis CrossAmerican actor · b. 1924
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

MarionIts storyC−

Questions about Little Bitterroot Lake’s history

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.