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History · Tracy

21% of Tracy’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Tracy’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 Tracy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Tracy, in brief

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

Tracy is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is in the east-central part of the county, in the valley of Sand Coulee Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Missouri River. Tracy is bordered to the west by the community of Sand Coulee, and it is 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Great Falls. Tracy was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Tracy had a population of 196.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Tracy on the map, 1955 to 1975

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

Tracy on the 1955 USGS mapTracy on the 1965 USGS mapTracy on the 1975 USGS map1955Stockett 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 Tracy.

Famous people

Famous people close to Tracy

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

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Gerald R. MolenAmerican film producer · b. 1935
William RothAmerican politician · b. 1921
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R. Gordon WassonAmerican ethnobiologist · b. 1898
Ian MacDonaldAmerican actor · b. 1914
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Clarence Sinclair BullAmerican photographer · b. 1895
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Emma L. BrockAmerican writer and artist · b. 1886
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Number Seven
Gone or out of use
LavinlocaleTracylocale

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sand CouleeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Tracy’s history

Memory lane

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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 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.