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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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Phillips County, Montana
Phillips County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Malta
Year Organized: 1915
Square Miles: 5,140
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Court House: 314 S 2nd Avenue West
County Courthouse
Malta, MT 59538-0360
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
B.D. Phillips, a leading sheepman, rancher, and pioneer in the county
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Phillips County was created 5 February 1915 from Valley County. County seat: Malta
Before February 5, 1915 Phillips County was part of Blaine County, Montana and before 1912 both were part of Chouteau
County, Montana. It was named in honor of rancher and state senator Benjamin D. Phillips.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,212 square miles (13,499 kmē), of which,
5,140 square miles (13,311 kmē) of it is land and 73 square miles (188 kmē) of it (1.39%) is water.
The Missouri River defines its southern boundary.
Neighboring Counties:
- Blaine County, Montana - west
- Fergus County, Montana - southwest
- Petroleum County, Montana - south
- Garfield County, Montana - southeast
- Valley County, Montana - east
- Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan - north
- Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan - north
Cities and Towns:
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- Dodson |
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- Malta
(County Seat) |
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- Saco |
town |
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County Resources:
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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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