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History · Muddy

Muddy’s post office opened in 1884, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Muddy began

When was Muddy founded?

1884

The Muddy post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 646142 years
Founding year: the first Muddy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Muddy’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 Muddy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Muddy’s history is told.

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The story so far

Muddy, in brief

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

Muddy or Heóvonėheo'hé'e (Muddy Creek. Lit: yellow-paint-creek) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Montana, United States and home to the Heóvonėheo'hé'etaneo'o or Heóvonêheo'he'é-taneno (″Muddy Creek people″) Cheyenne people. As of the 2020 census, Muddy had a population of 646.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 617 to 646 (+5%).

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

Timeline

Muddy, 1884 to 1958

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Muddy post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Muddy post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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.

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On the map

Muddy on the map, 1958 to 1980

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

Muddy on the 1958 USGS mapMuddy on the 1980 USGS map1958Painted Hill 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 Muddy.

Famous people

Famous people close to Muddy

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

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White Man Runs HimCrow scout · b. 1858
Thomas YellowtailChief of the Crow tribe · b. 1903
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Jade BahrAmerican educator and politician · b. 1988
Pretty EagleNative American leader · b. 1846
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Sharon Stewart-PeregoyMontana legislator · b. 1953
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Joseph Fire CrowAmerican musician · b. 1959
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Muddy had its own post office from 1884 to 1901.

Muddy
1884–1901
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Muddy Creek SchoolschoolMuddy Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Muddy
Muddy Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Muddy’s history

What year was Muddy founded?

The Muddy post office opened in 1884, 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 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.