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Vida’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Vida was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1955. Below: maps from 1954 on.

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How Vida began

When was Vida founded?

1911

The Vida post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 24115 years
Founding year: the first Vida post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Vida’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 Vida are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Vida’s homes were built before 1955.
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How Vida came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Vida.

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At this location, Vida was known as "Presserville" until 1951, when the post office from a previous incarnation of Vida was moved to that town, and Presserville's citizens agreed to change the town name to conform with the name under which the post office was registered.

Over the intervening decades, the population has dwindled significantly. At the 2000 census, the Vida area had a population of approximately 70 people.

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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

Vida on the map, 1954 to 1983

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

Vida on the 1954 USGS mapVida on the 1983 USGS map1954Glendive sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Vida.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Vida’s post office has been open since 1911.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Presserville

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

Questions about Vida’s history

What year was Vida founded?

The Vida post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, 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.