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History · Almont

Almont’s post office opened in 1906, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1980 on and the census since 1940.

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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Almont began

When was Almont founded?

1906

The Almont post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 232 in 19402020 census: 100120 years
Founding year: the first Almont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Almont’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 Almont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Almont’s homes were built before 1947.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Almont’s history is told.

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The story

How Almont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Almont.

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Almont was founded in 1906, incorporated in 1936, and reached a peak population of 232 in 1940. The Northern Pacific Railroad tracks were removed in 1947 when the mainline was rerouted, and the city has since withered to just above 100 residents.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Almont, decade by decade

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On the map

Almont on the map in 1980

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Almont.

Almont on the 1980 USGS map1980Almont West 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 Almont.

People over time

Almont, census by census

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Between 89 and 232 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Almont’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Almont’s history

What year was Almont founded?

The Almont post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.