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History · Stryker

Stryker’s post office opened in 1902

Below: maps from 1963 on.

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Quick answers

How Stryker began

When was Stryker founded?

1902

The Stryker post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Leona (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 25124 years
Founding year: the first Stryker post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stryker’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 Stryker are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stryker’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stryker, in brief

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

Stryker is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stryker had a population of 25. Stryker has the 59933 ZIP code. Named for local homesteaders, Stryker served as a stage station on the Kalispell–Fort Steele (British Columbia) trail. A forest fire swept through the town in 1926. Stryker’s railroad depot closed with the construction of Libby Dam.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 26 to 25 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Stryker, 1896 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Leona post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Leona post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Stryker post office opens
  6. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Stryker, decade by decade

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Stryker Montana building2013Stryker Montana buildingStryker Montana Railroad Crossing2013Stryker Montana Railroad CrossingStryker Montana Post Office2013Stryker Montana Post Office
On the map

Stryker on the map, 1963 to 1997

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

Stryker on the 1963 USGS mapStryker on the 1983 USGS mapStryker on the 1997 USGS map1963Stryker 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 Stryker.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Stryker’s post office has been open since 1902. Another post office, Leona, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Leona
1896–1899
Stryker
1902–today
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Leona Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Stryker’s history

What year was Stryker founded?

The Stryker post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (3), 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.