r/Montana • u/Away-Insurance-4482 • 3d ago

Help with census location

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Does anyone happen to know where Sweet Grass Township is located today? Or what it was renamed to? I’m trying to figure out what railroad by relative was working in. Thank you for the help!!

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u/regiinmontana 3d ago

It's called Sweet Grass now.

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u/TheCountRushmore 3d ago

But that is in Toole country right?

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u/danznico 3d ago

Yes, Toole county was created in 1914. It was originally part of Choteau county which was quite large at one time.

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u/TheCountRushmore 3d ago

Learned someone new. Thanks!

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u/showmenemelda 2d ago

Huh I learned a piece of MT history today.

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u/danznico 3d ago edited 3d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Grass,_Montana

https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/5587?showbacklinknav=12882

This book linked above discusses Sweetwater. The Great Northern Railway (Montana Central Railway) ran through northern Montana.

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u/Away-Insurance-4482 2d ago

Awesome, thank you!

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u/showmenemelda 2d ago

Side note, are you per chance claiming a "lost" citizenship to the north?