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Yellowstone County, Montana

Yellowstone County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Billings
Year Organized: 1893
Square Miles: 2,635
Court House:

217 N. 27th Street
County Courthouse
Billings, MT 59101-1939

Etymology - Origin of County Name

According to the Montana Almanac, by authors Andrea Merrill and Judy Jacobson. The Yellowstone River, the authors say, was called by early French trappers, Roche Jaune for "yellow rock."

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Yellowstone County was created 26 February 1883 from Gallatin, Meagher, Custer, and Carbon Counties. County seat: Billings

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,649 square miles (6,861 kmē), of which, 2,635 square miles (6,825 kmē) of it is land and 14 square miles (36 kmē) of it (0.52%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

  • Musselshell County, Montana - north
  • Rosebud County, Montana - northeast
  • Treasure County, Montana - east
  • Big Horn County, Montana - south & southeast
  • Carbon County, Montana - southwest
  • Stillwater County, Montana - west
  • Golden Valley County, Montana - northwest

Cities and Towns:

- Billings (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Broadview town Incorporated Area
- Laurel city Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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, act locally."
 
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