List of municipalities in Montana

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Map of the United States with Montana highlighted
Map of the United States with Montana highlighted

Montana is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, Montana is the 7th least populous state with 989,417 inhabitants but the 4th largest by land area spanning 145,545.80 square miles (376,961.9 km2) of land.[1] Montana is divided into 56 counties and contains 129 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities and towns.[2] Montana's incorporated municipalities cover only 1.2% of the state's land mass but are home to 53.8% of its population.[1] The Montana Code 7-1-4124 gives municipal governments in Montana powers to enact ordinances, borrow money, and enact eminent domain among other legal powers.[3]

In Montana, municipalities are divided into four classes by state statute based on their population.[4] Members of the three largest classes are deemed cities, while the members of the fourth class are called towns. Cities and towns are classified at the time of their organization, and are reorganized when they change classification due to an increase or decrease in population. A place may incorporate as a town with the support of 300 electors or two-thirds of the registered electors.[5] A municipality with a population between 1,000 and 5,000 people is a Third Class city. A municipality with a population between 5,000 and 10,000 people is a Second Class city. And a municipality with a population over 10,000 people is a First Class city. Under certain exceptions municipalities with a population of between 9,000 and 10,000 may elect by resolution to be either a First or Second Class city. Under similar exceptions municipalities with a population of between 5,000 and 7,500 may elect by resolution to be either a Second or Third Class city. Municipalities with a population of between 1,000 and 2,500 may by resolution be classified as either a town or Third Class city.[6] Unincorporated places such as census-designated places fall outside of this scheme, and are subject to county governance, and thus are not towns or cities.

The largest municipality by population in Montana is Billings with 104,170 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Ismay with 19 residents.[1] The largest municipality by land area is Anaconda, a consolidated city-county, which spans 736.53 sq mi (1,907.6 km2), while Rexford and Flaxville are the smallest at 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2).[1]

Incorporated cities and towns

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Name Type[1] County[1] Population
(2010)[1] 		Population
(2000)[1] 		Change Land area
(2010)[1] 		Population density
sq mi km2
Alberton Town Mineral 420 374 +12.3% 0.57 1.5 736.8/sq mi (284.5/km2)
Anaconda† Consolidated city-county Deer Lodge 9,298 9,417 −1.3% 736.53 1,907.6 12.6/sq mi (4.9/km2)
Bainville Town Roosevelt 208 153 +35.9% 1.02 2.6 203.9/sq mi (78.7/km2)
Baker† City Fallon 1,741 1,695 +2.7% 0.97 2.5 1,794.8/sq mi (693.0/km2)
Bearcreek Town Carbon 79 83 −4.8% 0.12 0.31 658.3/sq mi (254.2/km2)
Belgrade City Gallatin 7,389 5,728 +29.0% 3.25 8.4 2,273.5/sq mi (877.8/km2)
Belt Town Cascade 597 633 −5.7% 0.35 0.91 1,705.7/sq mi (658.6/km2)
Big Sandy Town Chouteau 598 703 −14.9% 0.44 1.1 1,359.1/sq mi (524.7/km2)
Big Timber† City Sweet Grass 1,641 1,650 −0.5% 0.92 2.4 1,783.7/sq mi (688.7/km2)
Billings† City Yellowstone 104,170 89,847 +15.9% 43.41 112.4 2,399.7/sq mi (926.5/km2)
Boulder† Town Jefferson 1,183 1,300 −9.0% 1.13 2.9 1,046.9/sq mi (404.2/km2)
Bozeman† City Gallatin 37,280 27,509 +35.5% 19.12 49.5 1,949.8/sq mi (752.8/km2)
Bridger Town Carbon 708 745 −5.0% 0.80 2.1 885.0/sq mi (341.7/km2)
Broadus† Town Powder River 468 451 +3.8% 0.34 0.88 1,376.5/sq mi (531.5/km2)
Broadview Town Yellowstone 192 150 +28.0% 0.26 0.67 738.5/sq mi (285.1/km2)
Brockton Town Roosevelt 255 245 +4.1% 0.23 0.60 1,108.7/sq mi (428.1/km2)
Browning Town Glacier 1,016 1,065 −4.6% 0.27 0.70 3,763.0/sq mi (1,452.9/km2)
Butte† Consolidated city-county Silver Bow 33,525 33,892 −1.1% 716.25 1,855.1 46.8/sq mi (18.1/km2)
Cascade Town Cascade 685 819 −16.4% 0.52 1.3 1,317.3/sq mi (508.6/km2)
Chester† Town Liberty 847 871 −2.8% 0.48 1.2 1,764.6/sq mi (681.3/km2)
Chinook† City Blaine 1,203 1,386 −13.2% 0.51 1.3 2,358.8/sq mi (910.7/km2)
Choteau† City Teton 1,684 1,781 −5.4% 1.83 4.7 920.2/sq mi (355.3/km2)
Circle† Town McCone 615 644 −4.5% 0.78 2.0 788.5/sq mi (304.4/km2)
Clyde Park Town Park 288 310 −7.1% 0.32 0.83 900.0/sq mi (347.5/km2)
Colstrip City Rosebud 2,214 2,346 −5.6% 4.47 11.6 495.3/sq mi (191.2/km2)
Columbia Falls City Flathead 4,688 3,645 +28.6% 2.05 5.3 2,286.8/sq mi (882.9/km2)
Columbus† Town Stillwater 1,893 1,748 +8.3% 1.32 3.4 1,434.1/sq mi (553.7/km2)
Conrad† City Pondera 2,570 2,753 −6.6% 1.25 3.2 2,056.0/sq mi (793.8/km2)
Culbertson Town Roosevelt 714 716 −0.3% 0.60 1.6 1,190.0/sq mi (459.5/km2)
Cut Bank† City Glacier 2,869 3,105 −7.6% 0.99 2.6 2,898.0/sq mi (1,118.9/km2)
Darby Town Ravalli 720 710 +1.4% 0.58 1.5 1,241.4/sq mi (479.3/km2)
Deer Lodge† City Powell 3,111 3,421 −9.1% 1.44 3.7 2,160.4/sq mi (834.1/km2)
Denton Town Fergus 255 301 −15.3% 0.76 2.0 335.5/sq mi (129.5/km2)
Dillon† City Beaverhead 4,134 3,752 +10.2% 1.76 4.6 2,348.9/sq mi (906.9/km2)
Dodson Town Phillips 124 122 +1.6% 0.19 0.49 652.6/sq mi (252.0/km2)
Drummond Town Granite 309 318 −2.8% 0.53 1.4 583.0/sq mi (225.1/km2)
Dutton Town Teton 316 389 −18.8% 0.31 0.80 1,019.4/sq mi (393.6/km2)
East Helena City Lewis and Clark 1,984 1,642 +20.8% 1.73 4.5 1,146.8/sq mi (442.8/km2)
Ekalaka† Town Carter 332 410 −19.0% 1.04 2.7 319.2/sq mi (123.3/km2)
Ennis Town Madison 838 840 −0.2% 0.77 2.0 1,088.3/sq mi (420.2/km2)
Eureka Town Lincoln 1,037 1,017 +2.0% 1.01 2.6 1,026.7/sq mi (396.4/km2)
Fairfield Town Teton 708 659 +7.4% 0.31 0.80 2,283.9/sq mi (881.8/km2)
Fairview Town Richland 840 709 +18.5% 0.97 2.5 866.0/sq mi (334.4/km2)
Flaxville Town Daniels 71 87 −18.4% 0.10 0.26 710.0/sq mi (274.1/km2)
Forsyth† City Rosebud 1,777 1,944 −8.6% 0.99 2.6 1,794.9/sq mi (693.0/km2)
Fort Benton† City Chouteau 1,464 1,594 −8.2% 2.07 5.4 707.2/sq mi (273.1/km2)
Fort Peck Town Valley 233 240 −2.9% 0.86 2.2 270.9/sq mi (104.6/km2)
Froid Town Roosevelt 185 195 −5.1% 0.28 0.73 660.7/sq mi (255.1/km2)
Fromberg Town Carbon 438 486 −9.9% 0.48 1.2 912.5/sq mi (352.3/km2)
Geraldine Town Chouteau 261 284 −8.1% 0.52 1.3 501.9/sq mi (193.8/km2)
Glasgow† City Valley 3,250 3,253 −0.1% 1.43 3.7 2,272.7/sq mi (877.5/km2)
Glendive† City Dawson 4,935 4,729 +4.4% 3.32 8.6 1,486.4/sq mi (573.9/km2)
Grass Range Town Fergus 110 149 −26.2% 0.15 0.39 733.3/sq mi (283.1/km2)
Great Falls† City Cascade 58,505 56,690 +3.2% 21.79 56.4 2,684.9/sq mi (1,036.7/km2)
Hamilton† City Ravalli 4,348 3,705 +17.4% 2.53 6.6 1,718.6/sq mi (663.5/km2)
Hardin† City Big Horn 3,505 3,384 +3.6% 2.57 6.7 1,363.8/sq mi (526.6/km2)
Harlem City Blaine 808 848 −4.7% 0.43 1.1 1,879.1/sq mi (725.5/km2)
Harlowton† City Wheatland 997 1,062 −6.1% 0.58 1.5 1,719.0/sq mi (663.7/km2)
Havre† City Hill 9,310 9,621 −3.2% 3.28 8.5 2,838.4/sq mi (1,095.9/km2)
Helena‡ City Lewis and Clark 28,190 25,780 +9.3% 16.35 42.3 1,724.2/sq mi (665.7/km2)
Hingham Town Hill 118 157 −24.8% 0.17 0.44 694.1/sq mi (268.0/km2)
Hobson City Judith Basin 215 244 −11.9% 0.24 0.62 895.8/sq mi (345.9/km2)
Hot Springs Town Sanders 544 531 +2.4% 0.38 0.98 1,431.6/sq mi (552.7/km2)
Hysham† Town Treasure 312 330 −5.5% 0.21 0.54 1,485.7/sq mi (573.6/km2)
Ismay Town Custer 19 26 −26.9% 0.42 1.1 45.2/sq mi (17.5/km2)
Joliet Town Carbon 595 575 +3.5% 0.30 0.78 1,983.3/sq mi (765.8/km2)
Jordan† Town Garfield 343 364 −5.8% 0.34 0.88 1,008.8/sq mi (389.5/km2)
Judith Gap City Wheatland 126 164 −23.2% 0.38 0.98 331.6/sq mi (128.0/km2)
Kalispell† City Flathead 19,927 14,223 +40.1% 11.64 30.1 1,711.9/sq mi (661.0/km2)
Kevin Town Toole 154 178 −13.5% 0.34 0.88 452.9/sq mi (174.9/km2)
Laurel City Yellowstone 6,718 6,255 +7.4% 2.14 5.5 3,139.3/sq mi (1,212.1/km2)
Lavina Town Golden Valley 187 209 −10.5% 1.00 2.6 187.0/sq mi (72.2/km2)
Lewistown† City Fergus 5,901 5,813 +1.5% 5.32 13.8 1,109.2/sq mi (428.3/km2)
Libby† City Lincoln 2,628 2,626 +0.1% 1.91 4.9 1,375.9/sq mi (531.2/km2)
Lima Town Beaverhead 221 242 −8.7% 0.53 1.4 417.0/sq mi (161.0/km2)
Livingston† City Park 7,044 6,851 +2.8% 6.02 15.6 1,170.1/sq mi (451.8/km2)
Lodge Grass Town Big Horn 428 510 −16.1% 0.24 0.62 1,783.3/sq mi (688.5/km2)
Malta† City Phillips 1,997 2,120 −5.8% 1.06 2.7 1,884.0/sq mi (727.4/km2)
Manhattan Town Gallatin 1,520 1,396 +8.9% 1.93 5.0 787.6/sq mi (304.1/km2)
Medicine Lake Town Sheridan 225 269 −16.4% 0.40 1.0 562.5/sq mi (217.2/km2)
Melstone Town Musselshell 96 136 −29.4% 0.69 1.8 139.1/sq mi (53.7/km2)
Miles City† City Custer 8,410 8,487 −0.9% 3.34 8.7 2,518.0/sq mi (972.2/km2)
Missoula† City Missoula 66,788 57,053 +17.1% 27.51 71.3 2,427.8/sq mi (937.4/km2)
Moore Town Fergus 193 186 +3.8% 0.24 0.62 804.2/sq mi (310.5/km2)
Nashua Town Valley 290 325 −10.8% 0.66 1.7 439.4/sq mi (169.7/km2)
Neihart Town Cascade 51 91 −44.0% 1.99 5.2 25.6/sq mi (9.9/km2)
Opheim Town Valley 85 111 −23.4% 0.21 0.54 404.8/sq mi (156.3/km2)
Outlook Town Sheridan 47 82 −42.7% 1.30 3.4 36.2/sq mi (14.0/km2)
Philipsburg† Town Granite 820 914 −10.3% 0.80 2.1 1,025.0/sq mi (395.8/km2)
Pinesdale Town Ravalli 917 742 +23.6% 1.29 3.3 710.9/sq mi (274.5/km2)
Plains Town Sanders 1,048 1,126 −6.9% 0.59 1.5 1,776.3/sq mi (685.8/km2)
Plentywood† City Sheridan 1,734 2,061 −15.9% 1.17 3.0 1,482.1/sq mi (572.2/km2)
Plevna Town Fallon 162 138 +17.4% 0.59 1.5 274.6/sq mi (106.0/km2)
Polson† City Lake 4,488 4,041 +11.1% 4.14 10.7 1,084.1/sq mi (418.6/km2)
Poplar City Roosevelt 810 911 −11.1% 0.28 0.73 2,892.9/sq mi (1,116.9/km2)
Red Lodge† City Carbon 2,125 2,177 −2.4% 2.80 7.3 758.9/sq mi (293.0/km2)
Rexford Town Lincoln 105 151 −30.5% 0.10 0.26 1,050.0/sq mi (405.4/km2)
Richey Town Dawson 177 189 −6.3% 0.24 0.62 737.5/sq mi (284.8/km2)
Ronan City Lake 1,871 1,812 +3.3% 1.19 3.1 1,572.3/sq mi (607.1/km2)
Roundup† City Musselshell 1,788 1,931 −7.4% 1.34 3.5 1,334.3/sq mi (515.2/km2)
Ryegate† Town Golden Valley 245 268 −8.6% 0.69 1.8 355.1/sq mi (137.1/km2)
Saco Town Phillips 197 224 −12.1% 0.33 0.85 597.0/sq mi (230.5/km2)
Scobey† City Daniels 1,017 1,082 −6.0% 0.76 2.0 1,338.2/sq mi (516.7/km2)
Shelby† City Toole 3,376 3,216 +5.0% 6.03 15.6 559.9/sq mi (216.2/km2)
Sheridan Town Madison 642 659 −2.6% 1.02 2.6 629.4/sq mi (243.0/km2)
Sidney† City Richland 5,191 4,774 +8.7% 2.66 6.9 1,951.5/sq mi (753.5/km2)
St. Ignatius Town Lake 842 788 +6.9% 0.56 1.5 1,503.6/sq mi (580.5/km2)
Stanford† Town Judith Basin 401 454 −11.7% 0.44 1.1 911.4/sq mi (351.9/km2)
Stevensville Town Ravalli 1,809 1,553 +16.5% 0.98 2.5 1,845.9/sq mi (712.7/km2)
Sunburst Town Toole 375 415 −9.6% 0.24 0.62 1,562.5/sq mi (603.3/km2)
Superior† Town Mineral 812 893 −9.1% 1.04 2.7 780.8/sq mi (301.5/km2)
Terry† Town Prairie 605 611 −1.0% 0.71 1.8 852.1/sq mi (329.0/km2)
Thompson Falls† City Sanders 1,313 1,321 −0.6% 1.73 4.5 759.0/sq mi (293.0/km2)
Three Forks City Gallatin 1,869 1,728 +8.2% 1.44 3.7 1,297.9/sq mi (501.1/km2)
Townsend† City Broadwater 1,878 1,867 +0.6% 1.58 4.1 1,188.6/sq mi (458.9/km2)
Troy City Lincoln 938 957 −2.0% 0.76 2.0 1,234.2/sq mi (476.5/km2)
Twin Bridges Town Madison 375 400 −6.2% 0.96 2.5 390.6/sq mi (150.8/km2)
Valier Town Pondera 509 498 +2.2% 0.92 2.4 553.3/sq mi (213.6/km2)
Virginia City† Town Madison 190 130 +46.2% 0.95 2.5 200.0/sq mi (77.2/km2)
Walkerville Town Silver Bow 675 714 −5.5% 2.23 5.8 302.7/sq mi (116.9/km2)
West Yellowstone Town Gallatin 1,271 1,177 +8.0% 0.80 2.1 1,588.8/sq mi (613.4/km2)
Westby Town Sheridan 168 172 −2.3% 0.54 1.4 311.1/sq mi (120.1/km2)
White Sulphur Springs† City Meagher 939 984 −4.6% 1.01 2.6 929.7/sq mi (359.0/km2)
Whitefish City Flathead 6,357 5,032 +26.3% 6.43 16.7 988.6/sq mi (381.7/km2)
Whitehall Town Jefferson 1,038 1,044 −0.6% 0.67 1.7 1,549.3/sq mi (598.2/km2)
Wibaux† Town Wibaux 589 567 +3.9% 1.08 2.8 545.4/sq mi (210.6/km2)
Winifred Town Fergus 208 156 +33.3% 0.50 1.3 416.0/sq mi (160.6/km2)
Winnett† Town Petroleum 182 185 −1.6% 0.98 2.5 185.7/sq mi (71.7/km2)
Wolf Point† City Roosevelt 2,621 2,663 −1.6% 0.87 2.3 3,012.6/sq mi (1,163.2/km2)
Total Towns — — 37,333 37,812 −1.3% 49.01 126.9 761.7/sq mi (294.1/km2)
Total Cities — — 494,659 446,572 +10.8% 1,685.57 4,365.6 293.5/sq mi (113.3/km2)
Total — — 531,992 484,384 +9.8% 1,734.58 4,492.5 306.7/sq mi (118.4/km2)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Montana: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-2. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. ^ Montana Legislature. "Classification of municipalities, Montana Code Annotated, (M.C.A.) 7-1-4124". Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Montana Legislature. "Classification of municipalities, Montana Code Annotated, (M.C.A.) 7-1-4111". Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  5. ^ Montana Legislature. "Classification of municipalities, Montana Code Annotated, (M.C.A.) 7-2-4101". Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Montana Legislature. "Exceptions from classification system, M.C.A. 7-1-4112". Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016.

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