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 Click Image to Enlarge Montana CountiesThere are56 Counties in Montana. Montana has two consolidated city-counties—Anaconda with Deer Lodge County and Butte with Silver Bow County. The portion of Yellowstone National Park that lies within Montana was not part of any county until 1997, when part of it was nominally added to Gallatin County, and the rest of it to Park County. |
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MontanaAnaconda-Deer Lodge County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameDeer Lodge Valley, which in turn was either named for the Native American name "Lodge of the White-tailed Deer" or a salt lick where deer came in droves Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryDeer Lodge was created 2 February 1865 as an original county. The county seat is Anaconda. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 741 square miles (1,920 kmē), of which, 737
square miles (1,909 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (11 kmē) of it (0.57%) is water Located in western Montana, the city of Anaconda is the county seat of Deer Lodge County. In the late nineteenth century, Anaconda was a thriving mining metropolis. The county area is 741 square miles, characterized by densely timbered forest lands, lakes and recreation
grounds. The county has common borders with Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson and Powell counties. Neighboring Counties:
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the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
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