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History · Rader Creek

Half of Rader Creek’s homes were built after 1998

Most of Rader Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rader Creek’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 Rader Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Rader Creek, in brief

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

Rader Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rader Creek had a population of 341.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 363 to 341 (-6%).

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

By decade

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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

Rader Creek on the map, 1963 to 1996

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

Rader Creek on the 1963 USGS mapRader Creek on the 1978 USGS mapRader Creek on the 1996 USGS map1963Grace 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 Rader Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Rader Creek

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

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Chet HuntleyAmerican broadcaster · b. 1911
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David Frederick CunninghamBishop of Syracuse · b. 1900
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Art LundAmerican politician · b. 1920
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Tom L. BurnettAmerican politician · b. 1954
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Virginia CourtMember of the Montana House of Representatives
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Rader Creek’s history

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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.