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History · Montaqua

Half of Montaqua’s homes were built after 1979

Most of Montaqua was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1956 on.

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What stands out about Montaqua’s past

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

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The story so far

Montaqua, in brief

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

Montaqua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Montaqua had a population of 120. It is in the northern part of the county, along U.S. Route 212, which leads northeast 15 miles (24 km) to Laurel and southwest 30 miles (48 km) to Red Lodge. Montaqua is on the north side of Rock Creek, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River. The community is bordered to the northeast by Rockvale. Montaqua was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

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On the map

Montaqua on the map, 1956 to 1989

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

Montaqua on the 1956 USGS mapMontaqua on the 1989 USGS map1956Montaqua 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 Montaqua.

Famous people

Famous people close to Montaqua

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

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Bud LuckeyAmerican animator · b. 1934
Stanley AndersonAmerican actor · b. 1939
Jeff KoberAmerican actor · b. 1953
John DahlAmerican film and television director and writer · b. 1956
Cody MillerAmerican swimmer · b. 1992
Denny RehbergAmerican politician · b. 1955
Places that used to be

Places now gone

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Four Buttes Schoolschool

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.