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Beaverhead County, MontanaBeaverhead County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe Beaverhead Rock in the Jefferson River, which is shaped like a beaver's head
Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts HistoryBeaverhead County was created 2 February 1865 as an original county. County seat: Dillon
Beaverhead County, in the Southwestern corner of the state, was organized as one of the original territorial counties on February 2, 1865. It was named for the rock which Sacajawea pointed out to Lewis and Clark explaining that her people had called it that because it resembled a beaver's head . It was one of the smallest of the original counties, but is now one of the largest. Beaverhead County maintained its original area throughout all the county dividing and the only change in its borders was made by an annexation of a part of Madison County in 1911. It contains Montana's oldest town, Bannack City, where a post office was established in November 1863. Dillon is the county seat.
GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,572 square miles (14,432 kmē), of which,
5,542 square miles (14,355 kmē) of it is land and 30 square miles (77 kmē) of it (0.53%) is water. Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Montana, located in the southwest corner of Montana and surrounded on three sides by the Continental Divide, is the largest county in Montana. It's land area consists of deep basins separated by towering mountain ranges. Neighboring Counties:
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