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The history of Spring Creek Colony

Below: maps from 1970 on.

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What stands out about Spring Creek Colony’s past

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The story so far

Spring Creek Colony, in brief

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Spring Creek Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is in the western part of the county, along Big Spring Creek, a northwest-flowing tributary of the Judith River, which in turn flows north to the Missouri River. The colony sits at the western foot of the South Moccasin Mountains and is 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Lewistown, the Fergus county seat. As of the 2020 census, Spring Creek Colony had a population of 33. Spring Creek Colony was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

Timeline

Spring Creek Colony, 1915 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1915Post officeThe Stahlville post office opens
  3. 1918Post officeThe Stahlville post office closes
  4. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Spring Creek Colony on the map in 1970

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Spring Creek Colony.

Spring Creek Colony on the 1970 USGS map1970Spring Creek Junction 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 Spring Creek Colony.

Famous people

Famous people close to Spring Creek Colony

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

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Loren ActonAstronaut · b. 1936
Roy E. AyersAmerican politician · b. 1882
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Art StevensAmerican animator · b. 1915
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Albert Henry OttenwellerCatholic bishop · b. 1916
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Don KoehlerAmerican 'giant' · b. 1925
Alma Smith JacobsAmerican librarian · b. 1916
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Stahlville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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Stahlville Post Officepost office

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

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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.