Editing Lockwood, Montana (section)

==History==
Lockwood bordered the [[Crow Indian Reservation]], which was created in the 1800s. The community was named after Captain Lockwood, reputed to have many victories fighting Native Americans and to have been a surveyor for the government who camped in the foothills in the late 1800s. In 1907, settlers opened a public road through Lockwood Flats of heavy loam to the second crossing of Dry Creek, to the Dry Creek Road traversing to the Reservation. The old Native American supply road is still etched into the side of the hill at the south end of Exxon Road which was later called Peter Hoe Road.

Lockwood Flats was home of the Johnson Ranch. Just to the southeast of the ranch, one can find reminisces of Cavalry camps as they stay in the area for a whole winter surveying the land for the federal government. The area known as Lockwood Flats was also originally the site of a stop called Hirsch, between Johnson Lane and old [[Coulson, Montana|Coulson]] Road. A community began to develop around it and the name Lockwood stuck, while the name Hirsch was eventually forgotten. On June 16, 1965, an [[Fujita scale|F3]] [[tornado]] touched down near Lockwood.  It was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Yellowstone County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19650616.30.2 |title=Tornado History Project: 19650616.30.2 |website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520074915/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19650616.30.2 |archive-date=May 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Montana/Yellowstone |title=Tornado History Project: Yellowstone County, Montana |website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128201530/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Montana/Yellowstone |archive-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref>

Lockwood later grew to become the largest unincorporated community in the state of Montana and the 16th largest population center in the state. Lockwood is also one of the fastest-growing communities in Montana, with an estimated 58% increase between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.{{cn|date=April 2025}} In 2010, Lockwood became a [[census-designated place]].{{cn|date=April 2025}}