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History · Warm Spring Creek

The history of Warm Spring Creek

Below: maps from 1941 on.

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What stands out about Warm Spring Creek’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Warm Spring Creek, in brief

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

Warm Spring Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is near the geographic center of the county, on the west side of the Judith Mountains, in the valley of Warm Spring Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Judith River. The community sits along Maiden Road, 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Lewistown, the county seat. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Warm Spring Creek had a population of 18.

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

Timeline

Warm Spring Creek, 1881 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Andersonville post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Andersonville post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Warm Spring Creek on the map, 1941 to 1985

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

Warm Spring Creek on the 1941 USGS mapWarm Spring Creek on the 1985 USGS map1941Lewistown 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 Warm Spring Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Warm Spring Creek

Nobody well known was born in Warm Spring Creek 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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Don KoehlerAmerican 'giant' · b. 1925
Alma Smith JacobsAmerican librarian · b. 1916
Albert BauerAmerican politician · b. 1928
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Andersonville
Gone or out of use
Andersonville 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.