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The history of Sleeping Buffalo

Below: maps from 1905 on.

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Sleeping Buffalo, in brief

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Sleeping Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Phillips County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sleeping Buffalo had a population of 12. It is in the eastern part of the county on Secondary Highway 243, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the Sleeping Buffalo Rock historic site on U.S. Route 2. Via US-2, it is a further 10 miles (16 km) east to Saco and 18 miles (29 km) southwest to Malta, the Phillips county seat. The Sleeping Buffalo CDP is on high ground between Nelson Reservoir to the north and the valley of Beaver Creek to the south. The location was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

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Sleeping Buffalo on the map, 1905 to 1984

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

Sleeping Buffalo on the 1905 USGS mapSleeping Buffalo on the 1984 USGS map1905Bowdoin 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 Sleeping Buffalo.

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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.