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History · Santa Rita

Santa Rita’s post office opened in 1937

Below: maps from 1909 on.

1937first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Santa Rita began

When was Santa Rita founded?

1937

The Santa Rita post office opened in 1937, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 10789 years
Founding year: the first Santa Rita post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Santa Rita’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 Santa Rita are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19094 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1984. Watch Santa Rita change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Santa Rita’s history is told.

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On the map

Santa Rita on the map, 1909 to 1984

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

Santa Rita on the 1909 USGS mapSanta Rita on the 1912 USGS mapSanta Rita on the 1966 USGS mapSanta Rita on the 1984 USGS map1909Cut Bank sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Santa Rita.

The story so far

Santa Rita, in brief

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

Santa Rita is a census-designated place (CDP) in Glacier County, Montana, United States. The population was 107 at the 2020 census. It is located along Montana Secondary Highway 213, 5 miles north of Cut Bank.

Its first post office opened in 1937. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 113 to 107 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Santa Rita, 1909 to 1984

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1937Post officeThe Santa Rita post office opens
  4. 1984Post officeThe Santa Rita post office closes
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Santa Rita had its own post office from 1937 to 1984.

Santa Rita
1937–1984
19301980today
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Santa Rita Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Santa Rita’s history

What year was Santa Rita founded?

The Santa Rita post office opened in 1937, 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.