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History · Rocky Boy's Agency

Half of Rocky Boy's Agency’s homes were built after 1966

Most of Rocky Boy's Agency was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1959 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Rocky Boy's Agency’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Rocky Boy's Agency’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rocky Boy's Agency’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewA framed flour sack with an image of Ch…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Rocky Boy's Agency, in brief

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

Rocky Boy's Agency is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rocky Boy's Agency had a population of 404. The settlement developed around the US Indian agency for the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 355 to 404 (+14%).

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

By decade

Rocky Boy's Agency, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s1 item
A framed flour sack with an image of Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy hold by Pearl Whitford and Arthur Raining Bird1968A framed flour sack with an image of Chippewa Chief R…
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

Rocky Boy's Agency on the map, 1959 to 1984

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

Rocky Boy's Agency on the 1959 USGS mapRocky Boy's Agency on the 1984 USGS map1959Laredo 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 Rocky Boy's Agency.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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A framed flour sack with an image of Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy hold by Pearl Whitford and Arthur Raining Bird
Retake this viewA framed flour sack with an image of Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy hold by Pearl Whitford and Arthur Raining Bird, 1968

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Rocky Boy's Agency’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Rocky Boy's Agency

Nobody well known was born in Rocky Boy's Agency itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jon TesterAmerican politician and farmer · b. 1956
Jeff AmentAmerican bassist · b. 1963
Brian SchweitzerU.S. politician; Governor of Montana · b. 1955
Karan ArmstrongOperatic soprano · b. 1941
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Philip AabergPianist · b. 1949
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Kim EltonAmerican government official, journalist and po… · b. 1948
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Parker SchoolIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. PierreIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSangreyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.