Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to New Rockport Colony

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 · New Rockport Colony

The history of New Rockport Colony

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about New Rockport Colony’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 New Rockport Colony are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start New Rockport Colony’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Rockport Colony’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

New Rockport Colony, in brief

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

New Rockport Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Montana, United States. It is in the east-central part of the county, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Choteau, the county seat, and 16 miles (26 km) west of Dutton. The colony sits on a bluff overlooking the Teton River to the southeast and Spring Coulee to the northeast. As of the 2020 census, New Rockport Colony had a population of 194. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

New Rockport Colony on the map, 1960 to 1987

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

New Rockport Colony on the 1960 USGS mapNew Rockport Colony on the 1987 USGS map1960Choteau 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 New Rockport Colony.

Famous people

Famous people close to New Rockport Colony

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

See all →
George MontgomeryAmerican actor · b. 1916
J. Frank GlendonAmerican actor · b. 1885
C
Clarence Sinclair BullAmerican photographer · b. 1895
Kristen JurasAmerican politician · b. 1955
E
Emma L. BrockAmerican writer and artist · b. 1886
Johnny CouchAmerican baseball player · b. 1891

Questions about New Rockport Colony’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 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.