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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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Wibaux County, Montana
Wibaux County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Wibaux
Year Organized: 1914
Square Miles: 889 |
Court House: 200 South Wibaux
County Courthouse
Wibaux, MT 59353-0199
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Pierre Wibaux, a pioneer and cattleman
Demographics:
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History
Wibaux County was created 17 August 1914 from Dawson County. County seat: Wibaux
Wibaux County and the town of Wibaux are name after the late 19th century cattle baron, Pierre Wibaux, a friend of
Theodore Roosevelt, who was ranching just over the border in Dakota Territory. According to legend, Pierre Wibaux's
cowboys surrounded the town of Mingusville, and wouldn't let anyone enter or leave town unless they signed a petition
changing the name of the town to Wibaux. Upon his death, his ashes were spread over a hill west of Wibaux. Today, a
statue of Pierre Wibaux stands on that hill. St Peter's Catholic Church, in Wibaux is named after him.
Neighboring Counties:
- Richland County, Montana - north
- Dawson County, Montana - west
- Prairie County, Montana - west
- Fallon County, Montana - south
- Golden Valley County, North Dakota - east
- McKenzie County, North Dakota - northeast
Cities and Towns:
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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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