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History · York

York’s post office opened in 1887

Most of York was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1972 on.

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How York began

When was York founded?

1887

The York post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 94139 years
Founding year: the first York post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about York’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

York, in brief

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

York is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. It is in the southeastern part of the county, 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Helena, the state capital. It sits at the southwestern base of the Big Belt Mountains, in the valley of Trout Creek, which flows southwest to the Missouri River in Hauser Lake. York was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, York had a population of 94.

Its first post office opened in 1887.

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

Timeline

York, 1887 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe York post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917Post officeThe York post office closes
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

York on the map, 1972 to 2001

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

York on the 1972 USGS mapYork on the 2001 USGS map1972Hauser Lake 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 York.

Famous people

Famous people close to York

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

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Gary CooperAmerican actor · b. 1901
Myrna LoyAmerican actress · b. 1905
Patrick DuffyAmerican actor · b. 1949
Dirk BenedictAmerican actor (b. 1945) · b. 1945
Max BaucusAmerican politician · b. 1941
Sean O'MalleyAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1994
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

York had its own post office from 1887 to 1917.

York
1887–1917
18801950today
Gone or out of use
BrooklynlocaleTrout CreeklocaleYork Post Officepost officeYork Schoolschool

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

Questions about York’s history

What year was York founded?

The York post office opened in 1887, 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.