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History · Springhill

1 of Springhill’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Reese Creek School. Most of Springhill was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1950 on.

1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Springhill’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 Springhill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Springhill, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Springhill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Courts
1890–1901
Sexton
1902–1904
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Reese Creek
Gone or out of use
Courts Post Officepost officeReese Creek SchoolschoolSexton Post Officepost office

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

The story so far

Springhill, in brief

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

Springhill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Springhill had a population of 120. It is 14 miles north of Bozeman .

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 130 to 120 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Springhill, 1890 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Courts post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Courts post office closes
  5. 1902Post officeThe Sexton post office opens
  6. 1904Post officeThe Sexton post office closes
  7. 1906BuiltReese Creek School is built
  8. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Springhill, decade by decade

Today2 recent
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On the map

Springhill on the map, 1950 to 2000

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

Springhill on the 1950 USGS mapSpringhill on the 1987 USGS mapSpringhill on the 2000 USGS map1950Belgrade 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 Springhill.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Springhill

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1981
Reese Creek School
Reese Creek School, built 1906
Buildings
Reese Creek SchoolBuilt 1906

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Springhill’s history

What is on the National Register in Springhill?

One place: the Reese Creek School (listed 1981).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.