In 2014, 30% of the population was irreligious, and in 2020's separate study, 34% of the population were irreligious. Daniels County - Scobey. The Worker's Compensation Court has statewide jurisdiction and holds trials in Billings, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula. In 1855, Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens negotiated the Hellgate Treaty between the United States government and the Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and Kootenai people of western Montana, which established boundaries for the tribal nations. [212] Each Indian reservation in the state has a fully accredited tribal college. [needs update], Montana is a relative hub of beer microbrewing, ranking third in the nation in number of craft breweries per capita in 2011. From 1889 to 1909, elections for judicial office in Montana were partisan. [53] Significant drops occurred following the drought in 1919. Then part of it was added to Gallatin County, and the rest of it to Park County . The capital moved to Virginia City in 1865 and to Helena in 1875. There have also been long-term shifts in party control. It is one of five states to have no sales tax.[324]. [59] Overall, anti-German and antilabor sentiment increased and created a movement that led to the passage of the Montana Sedition Act the following February. Montana has two consolidated city-counties Anaconda with Deer Lodge County and Butte with Silver Bow County. Many people left, and half the banks in the state went bankrupt as a result of providing mortgages that could not be repaid. The District Courts suffer from excessive workload, and the legislature has struggled to find a solution to the problem. The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management controls 8,100,000 acres (33,000km2) of federal land. In the reapportionment following the 1990 census, Montana lost one of its House seats. The court employs 12 permanent special masters. Although the percentage of people who live in frontier is small, only about 3% of the US population, the area on which they live is large. High plains, rolling hills, mountain ranges, and basins . The U.S. Constitution provides each state with two senators. [250] The C. M. Russell Museum Complex in Great Falls, Montana, houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. [60] Montana's Remount station in Miles City provided 10,000 cavalry horses for the war, more than any other Army post in the country. [54] In addition, small homesteads of fewer than 320 acres (130ha) were unsuited to the environment. GENERAL PROVISIONS Part 5. [320], The 1972 constitution requires that voters determine every 20 years whether to hold a new constitutional convention. [212] South Dakota passed similar legislation in 2007, and Wisconsin was working to strengthen its own program based on this modeland the current practices of Montana's schools. [178] The combination of warmer weather, attack by beetles, and mismanagement has led to a substantial increase in the severity of forest fires in Montana. About 2,0003,000 Chinese miners were in the mining areas of Montana by 1870, and 2,500 in 1890. Senators serve four-year terms, while Representatives serve two-year terms. Its decisions may be appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Montana's municipalities cover only 1.2% of the state's land mass but are home to 53.8% of its population. 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Alaska accounts for one-fifth of the US's total land area. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service administers 16,800,000 acres (68,000km2) of forest land in ten National Forests. A random draw grants a limited number of permits for moose, mountain goats and bighorn sheep. [200] Of Montana's 20 largest cities, Polson (15.7%), Havre (13.0%), Great Falls (5.0%), Billings (4.4%), and Anaconda (3.1%) had the greatest percentages of Native American residents in 2010. [49] Homesteaders arriving in this period were known as "honyockers", or "scissorbills". 7-1-4112", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_municipalities_in_Montana&oldid=1152207088, Lists of cities in the United States by state, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, Largest cities and towns in Montana by population, This page was last edited on 28 April 2023, at 21:00. Since the time that the last census was taken in 2010, Yellowstone County has seen an increase in the total population of 7.92%. [260], A variety of sports are offered at Montana high schools. There are 56 counties in the state. [130] Nearly one-third of the Missouri River in Montana lies behind 10 dams: Toston, Canyon Ferry, Hauser, Holter, Black Eagle, Rainbow, Cochrane, Ryan, Morony, and Fort Peck. Chouteau County - Fort Benton. [205] Today, the Missoula area has a large Hmong population[206] and the nearly 3,000 Montanans who claim Filipino ancestry are the largest Asian American group in the state. Alaska and Hawaii have both had nuclear submarines named after them. Montana's only northsouth Interstate Highway is Interstate 15. This caused great hardship for farmers, ranchers, and miners. Fun Facts about Wyoming Counties Counties by Year. ; Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi) is the smallest county in Wyoming. All eyes will be on Pickens, South Carolina, as thousands drive into the small downtown for former President Donald Trump 's downtown rally on Saturday, July 1. Jay Cooke, the NPR president, launched major surveys into the Yellowstone valley in 1871, 1872, and 1873, which were challenged forcefully by the Sioux under chief Sitting Bull. The first operational missiles were in place and ready in early 1962. He lived in Minnesota or Wisconsin, Massachusetts or Maine. As of August2021[update], the state's unemployment rate is 3.5%.[242]. For the song by Chris Whitley, see, Map of the United States with Montana highlighted, Reporting statehood from Helena: Full article text is. Many Native Americans were among those who served, including soldiers from the Crow Nation who became Code Talkers. [299][300], During the age of the Copper Kings, each Montana copper company had its own newspaper. [208] The Blackfeet nation is headquartered on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation (1851) in Browning, Crow on the Crow Indian Reservation (1868)[209] in Crow Agency, Confederated Salish and Kootenai and Pend d'Oreille on the Flathead Indian Reservation (1855) in Pablo, Northern Cheyenne on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (1884) at Lame Deer, Assiniboine and Gros Ventre on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (1888) in Fort Belknap Agency, Assiniboine and Sioux on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (1888) at Poplar, and Chippewa-Cree on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation (1916) near Box Elder. network. [297] There are 25 television stations in Montana, representing each major U.S. The treaty was ratified in 1859. The Montana Worker's Compensation Court was established by the Montana Workers' Compensation Act in 1975. The Water Court adjudicates water rights claims under the Montana Water Use Act of 1973 and has statewide jurisdiction. The population of Montana in 2020 was 1,087,075, a 1.58% increase from 2019. The taxable value is then multiplied by the mill levy established by various taxing jurisdictionscity and county government, school districts, and others. The health care, service, and government sectors are also significant to the state's economy. Montana's grand vistas are befitting for one of the USA's largest states. Flowers native to Montana include asters, bitterroots, daisies, lupins, poppies, primroses, columbine, lilies, orchids, and dryads. Around 1,500 Montanans died as a result of the war and 2,437 were wounded, also higher than any other state on a per capita basis. With the help of an assistant teacher, Mrs. Farley,[248] Raymond was responsible for teaching 50 to 60 students each day out of the 81 students enrolled at the school. The nearby city of Helena, also founded as a mining camp, had a similar mix in addition to a small Chinatown. In Montana, municipalities are divided into four classes by state statute based on their population. Heron, in the west, receives the most precipitation, 34.70 inches (881mm). [237], Tourism is also important to the economy, with more than ten million visitors a year to Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake, the Missouri River headwaters, the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn, and three of the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park. Location map of Montana in the US. [202] The state's seven reservations include more than 12 distinct Native American ethnolinguistic groups. The largest Christian denominations in Montana as of 2010 were the Catholic Church with 127,612 adherents, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with 46,484 adherents, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with 38,665 adherents, and non-denominational evangelical Protestants with 27,370 adherents. [325] Republicans Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke are the current officeholders. All members are limited to serving no more than eight years in a single 16-year period. [189] The 2020 census put Montana's population at 1,084,225. The Montana Code 7-1-4124 gives municipal governments in Montana powers to enact ordinances, borrow money, and enact eminent domain . [48] This combination of advertising and changes in the Homestead Act drew tens of thousands of homesteaders, lured by free land, with World War I bringing particularly high wheat prices. Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is the busiest airport in the state of Montana, surpassing Billings Logan International Airport in the spring of 2013. Historically, the state was traversed by the main lines of three eastwest transcontinental routes: the Milwaukee Road, the Great Northern, and the Northern Pacific. [207], About 66,000 people of Native American heritage live in Montana. It is the fourth-largest state by area, the eighth-least populous state, and the third-least densely populated state. The 1889 constitution mimicked the structure of the United States Constitution, as well as outlining almost the same civil and political rights for citizens. He gave some speeches with inflammatory antiwar rhetoric. It is the fourth largest state in terms of land area, covering an area of 147,040 square miles. [11], The name was changed by representatives Henry Wilson (Massachusetts) and Benjamin F. Harding (Oregon), who complained that Montana had "no meaning". Montana is a state located in the western region of the United States. The base also hosted the 29th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Air Defense Command from 1953 to 1968. Railroads have been an important method of transportation in Montana since the 1880s. Hiking, fishing, hunting, watercraft recreation, camping, golf, cycling, horseback riding, and skiing are popular activities. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation manages 5,200,000 acres (21,000km2) of School Trust Land ceded by the federal government under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to the state in 1889 when Montana was granted statehood. There are 56 counties in Montana. Hers was the only vote against the war, and in the wake of public outcry over her vote, Rankin required police protection for a time. [117] Paleontologist Jack Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman brought this formation to the world's attention with several major finds.[118]. In 1985, the Montana Legislature passed a law allowing towns with fewer than 5,500 residents and unincorporated communities with fewer than 2,500 to levy a resort tax if more than half the community's income came from tourism. There are 56 counties in Montana. Census 2020 Population Resources. [12] Cox complained that the name was a misnomer given that most of the territory was not mountainous and thought a Native American name would be more appropriate than a Spanish one. [44] By 1880, farms were in the more verdant valleys of central and western Montana, but few were on the eastern plains. The constitution was narrowly approved, 116,415 to 113,883, and declared ratified on June 20, 1972. [278] Robert Redford's 1992 film of Norman Mclean's novel, A River Runs Through It, was filmed in Montana and brought national attention to fly fishing and the state. Robinson. [25], The first U.S. Army post established in Montana was Camp Cooke in 1866, on the Missouri River, to protect steamboat traffic to Fort Benton. Higher education is overseen by a governor-appointed Board of Regents, which in turn appoints a commissioner of higher education. [243] Schools started forming in the area before it was officially a territory as families started settling into the area. Current law allows both hunters and trappers specified numbers ("limits") of wolves and mountain lions. They are not term-limited. There are 56 counties in Montana. The counties contain 63,000 people over about 26,000 square miles, an area about the same size as Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Montana's land area is 145,545 square miles. These steady 2550mph (4080km/h) (or more) winds can suddenly warm parts of Montana, especially areas just to the east of the mountains, where temperatures sometimes rise up to 5060F (10.015.6C) for 10 days or longer. [29], Cattle ranching has been central to Montana's history and economy since Johnny Grant began wintering cattle in the Deer Lodge Valley in the 1850s and traded cattle fattened in fertile Montana valleys with emigrants on the Oregon Trail. [33][34] The Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in Deer Lodge is maintained today as a link to the ranching style of the late 19th century. Montana is home to diverse fauna including 14 amphibian,[155] 90 fish,[156] 117 mammal,[157] 20 reptile,[158] and 427 bird[159] species. [176][177] The warmer winters in the region have allowed various species to expand their ranges and proliferate. The Big Hole,[95] Bitterroot,[96] Gallatin,[97] Flathead,[98][99] and Paradise Valleys[100] have extensive agricultural resources and multiple opportunities for tourism and recreation. Of all the Counties of North Dakota the biggest county by area is McKenzie which covers 2,760.32 square miles. In the 2008 presidential election, Montana was considered a swing state and was ultimately won by Republican John McCain by a narrow margin of two percent.[331]. For political reasons, Congress did not approve Montana statehood until February 1889 and President Grover Cleveland signed an omnibus bill granting statehood to Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington once the appropriate state constitutions were crafted. Broadwater County - Townsend. Sidney Edgerton served as the first territorial governor. The table below lists average temperatures for the warmest and coldest month for Montana's seven largest cities. 1. The extraordinary discoveries and reports from these expeditions led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. [245] The Montana Territorial Legislative Assembly had its inaugural meeting in 1864. [286] There are 24 areas where snowmobile trails are maintained, most also offering ungroomed trails. Routes 87, 89, 93, and 191. [224] Spanish is the language next most commonly spoken at home, with about 13,040 Spanish-language speakers in the state (1.4% of the population) in 2011. [77] Most of Montana's hundred or more named mountain ranges are in the state's western half, most of which is geologically and geographically part of the northern Rocky Mountains. This page was last edited on 4 July 2023, at 18:09. Kupfer Club Dillon Montana. The area west of the divide has a modified northern Pacific Coast climate, with milder winters, cooler summers, less wind, and a longer growing season. 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[110] Surface soils in the area are highly diverse, and greatly affected by the local geology, whether glaciated plain, intermountain basin, mountain foothills, or tableland. Many species of mushrooms and lichens[154] are also found in the state. [1] Montana is divided into 56 counties and contains 129 municipalities consisting of cities and towns. Browse by Montana towns. [301][302] Montana's largest circulating daily city newspapers are the Billings Gazette (circulation 39,405), Great Falls Tribune (26,733), and Missoulian (25,439). [76], The state's topography is roughly defined by the Continental Divide, which splits much of the state into distinct eastern and western regions. [199] Other counties with large Native American populations include Blaine, Cascade, Hill, Missoula, and Yellowstone Counties. Most of the larger cities get 30 to 50 inches or 0.76 to 1.27 meters of snow each year. I like my guns and want the government out of my business. [160] Montana hosts five federally endangered speciesblack-footed ferret, whooping crane, least tern, pallid sturgeon, and white sturgeon and seven threatened species including the grizzly bear, Canadian lynx, and bull trout. [225] Other languages spoken in Montana (as of 2013) include Assiniboine (about 150 speakers in Montana and Canada), Blackfoot (about 100 speakers), Cheyenne (about 1,700 speakers), Plains Cree (about 100 speakers), Crow (about 3,000 speakers), Dakota (about 18,800 speakers in Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota), German Hutterite (about 5,600 speakers), Gros Ventre (about 10 speakers), Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille (about 64 speakers), Kutenai (about six speakers), and Lakota (about 6,000 speakers in Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota). Operated by the National Park Service, it is a 1,900-acre (7.7km2) working ranch.[35]. List of lakes of Valley County, Montana (M-Z) List of lakes of Yellowstone County, Montana; Notes. Each court member served a six-year term. The population data are from the 2021 American Community Survey. Montana is the only one of the first 48 states lacking a completed battleship being named for it. U.S. Attorney Burton K. Wheeler and several district court judges who hesitated to prosecute or convict people brought up on charges were strongly criticized. 800x509 / 154 Kb Go to Map. Today, the BNSF Railway is the state's largest railroad, its main transcontinental route incorporating the former Great Northern main line across the state. [298] As of August 2013, there are 527 FCC-licensed FM radio stations broadcast in Montana, with 114 such AM stations. [259] One is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Buy Digital Map. Montana has thousands of named rivers and creeks,[119] 450 miles (720km) of which are known for "blue-ribbon" trout fishing. Cascade County - Great Falls. 132 & 134 South Montana Street , Dillon, MT 59725 (Beaverhead County) Size: 0.5 acres. [44] Some farmers came with the arrival of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads throughout the 1880s and 1890s, though in relatively small numbers. [14][15] The trading post Fort Raymond (18071811) was constructed in Crow Indian country in 1807. In 1941, as she had in 1917, she voted against the United States' declaration of war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The largest reservoir in the state is Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri river, which is contained by the second largest earthen dam and largest hydraulically filled dam in the world. [323] It is an equitable distribution and no-fault divorce state. Pressure over land ownership and control increased due to discoveries of gold in various parts of Montana and surrounding states. Experts estimate that around 13million bison roamed Montana in 1870. Wyoming is south of Montana, while Idaho lies to the west. . The state spans from below the 45th parallel (the line equidistant between the equator and North Pole) to the 49th parallel, and elevations range from under 2,000 feet (610m) to nearly 13,000 feet (4,000m) above sea level. The University of Montana "was the first to establish dual admission agreements with all of the tribal colleges and as such it was the first institution in the nation to actively facilitate student transfer from the tribal colleges."[213]. The first territorial capital was located at Bannack. A part of southeastern Montana was used as a corridor between the Crows and the related Hidatsas in North Dakota. [203] Many of Montana's historic logging communities originally attracted people of Scottish, Scandinavian, Slavic, English, and Scotch-Irish descent. [326] Also notable is Representative (later Senator) Thomas H. Carter, the first Catholic to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (from 1892 to 1896).[327]. [81] About 60 percent of the state is prairie, part of the northern Great Plains. With a sprawling land mass of 145,552.43 square miles, there are only three bigger states in the US. 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