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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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Ravalli County, Montana
Ravalli County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hamilton
Year Organized: 1893
Square Miles: 2,394
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Court House: 215 S. 4th Street, Suite A
County Courthouse
Hamilton, MT 59840-2703
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Anthony Ravalli, a Jesuit missionary who came to the area in 1845
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Ravalli County was once home to the Bitterroot Salish Indian Tribe. The tribe was first encountered in 1805 by the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which noted the friendly nature of the tribe. The Roman Catholic Church took interest in
creating a mission in the area, and in 1841, Stevensville was founded. In 1891, the Salish tribe was relocated to the
current Flathead reservation under the Treaty of Hellgate.
In 1877, Chief Joseph and his tribe of Nez Perce passed through Ravalli county on their way to Canada in order to escape
confinement to a reservation.
Ravalli County was created by the Montana Legislature on March 3, 1893 from Missoula County. It is named after the Italian Jesuit priest
Father Antony Ravalli, who came to the Bitterroot valley in 1845.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,400 square miles (6,217 kmē), of which,
2,394 square miles (6,201 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (16 kmē) of it (0.25%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Missoula County, Montana - north
- Granite County, Montana - east
- Beaverhead County, Montana - southeast
- Lemhi County, Idaho - south
- Idaho County, Idaho - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Darby |
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- Hamilton
(County Seat) |
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Incorporated Area |
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- Pinesdale |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stevensville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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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