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Montana Counties
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Montana Counties
There are 56 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.
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Fergus County, Montana
Fergus County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lewistown
Year Organized: 1885
Square Miles: 4,339
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Court House: 712 West Main Street
County Courthouse
Lewistown, MT 59457-2562
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The father of Andrew Fergus, one of the first settlers
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Fergus County was created 12 March 1885 from Meagher and Chouteau Counties by an act of the Fourteenth Legislative Assembly, Montana Territory, in early
1885. The Bill was sponsored by James Fergus, a delegate from Meagher County. In November of 1886 the county became
officially operative.
The new county of Fergus covered approximately 130 miles west to east and 90 miles from north to south. It
contained approximately 209 townships, over 7,524 square miles and 4,814,000 acres. The original Fergus County was
divided into Petroleum County and parts of Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and all of present day Fergus
County.
The original Meagher County, before it was divided took in all of Meagher County and parts of what is now Fergus,
Judith Basin, Wheatland, Cascade, Golden Valley, Broadwater and Lewis & Clark Counties.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,350 square miles (11,267 kmē), of which,
4,339 square miles (11,238 kmē) of it is land and 11 square miles (29 kmē) of it (0.26%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Chouteau County, Montana - northwest
- Blaine County, Montana - north
- Phillips County, Montana - northeast
- Petroleum County, Montana - east
- Musselshell County, Montana - southeast
- Golden Valley County, Montana - south
- Wheatland County, Montana - southwest
- Judith Basin County, Montana - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Denton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grass Range |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lewistown
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Moore |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Winifred |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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