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History · Whitlash

Whitlash’s post office opened in 1892

Below: maps from 1962 on.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Whitlash began

When was Whitlash founded?

1892

The Whitlash post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 4134 years
Founding year: the first Whitlash post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Whitlash’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Whitlash are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Whitlash, in brief

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

Whitlash is an unincorporated community in northwestern Liberty County, Montana, United States, about five miles south of the province of Alberta across the Canada–US border. Whitlash has a post office and an elementary school that provides educational services in grades prekindergarten through 8. The community is accessible only by unpaved road. The Whitlash–Aden Border Crossing is about five miles to the north. As of the 2020 census, Whitlash had a population of 4. Whitlash is located near the East Butte of the Sweet Grass Hills which are major historic and physical landmarks of the Great Plains. Sacred to the American Indians, "The Hills" served as hunting grounds, battlegrounds, spiritu…

Its first post office opened in 1892.

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

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On the map

Whitlash on the map, 1962 to 1984

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

Whitlash on the 1962 USGS mapWhitlash on the 1984 USGS map1962Whitlash 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 Whitlash.

Famous people

Famous people close to Whitlash

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

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Allen KolstadAmerican politician · b. 1931
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Bruce GillespieAmerican politician · b. 1946
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Whitlash’s post office has been open since 1892.

Gone or out of use
Camp Morrismilitary

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

Questions about Whitlash’s history

What year was Whitlash founded?

The Whitlash post office opened in 1892, 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 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.