{"id":23200,"date":"2020-04-11T07:45:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23200"},"modified":"2022-08-01T06:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:25:05","slug":"montana-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/montana-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Montana that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 56 Counties in Montana &#8211; &#8220;<em>Big Sky Country<\/em>&#8220;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/montana.png\" alt=\"Montana Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4 Counties<\/span> = 7.1% of Counties in Montana<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Montana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=17T2q3esKN3Hq26igdLfaQb-l2zsdbUys\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Montana locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in Montana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/21386190482\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5695\/21386190482_ffd6393067_o.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing into Montana from Wyoming on the road to Alzada\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Montana State Line near Alzada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 56 counties in Montana. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Beaverhead: Largest county in Montana (5,542 square miles).<\/li><li>Big Horn: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16939\">Where Custer Fell<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4134\">Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States<\/a><\/li><li>Blaine: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2214\">Throw the Dart<\/a><\/li><li>Broadwater<\/li><li>Carbon: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14500\">Boomerang<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carter<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16298\">Big Sky<\/a><\/li><li>Cascade: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3143\">The Roe River (world&#8217;s shortest?)<\/a><\/li><li>Chouteau<\/li><li>Custer: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12059\">Joe Montana<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12081\">King of Portmanteau<\/a><\/li><li>Daniels: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=8710\">Least Visited U.S. Counties<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4188\">What Crosses an Airport Runway?<\/a><\/li><li>Dawson: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12116\">Room to Grow<\/a><\/li><li>Deer Lodge<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fallon<\/b><\/span><\/li><li>Fergus<\/li><li>Flathead: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=1286\">Hydrological Apex of North America<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9495\">Sundog<\/a><\/li><li>Gallatin<\/li><li>Garfield: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16063\">Last Presidential Counties<\/a><\/li><li>Glacier: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=1286\">Hydrological Apex of North America<\/a><\/li><li>Golden Valley<\/li><li>Granite<\/li><li>Hill<\/li><li>Jefferson<\/li><li>Judith Basin<\/li><li>Lake<\/li><li>Lewis and Clark: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14197\">Rogers Pass<\/a><\/li><li>Liberty: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11092\">Infrequent Crossings<\/a><\/li><li>Lincoln: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16957\">Ted&#8217;s Last Stand<\/a><\/li><li>Madison: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17109\">Earthquake Lake<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16113\">Virginia Silver and Gold<\/a><\/li><li>McCone: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16999\">Going in Circles<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14825\">Beery Places<\/a><\/li><li>Meagher<\/li><li>Mineral: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12081\">King of Portmanteau<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17116\">Digging for Minerals<\/a><\/li><li>Missoula: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15508\">Streets Named After&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li>Musselshell<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Park<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4134\">Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States<\/a><\/li><li>Petroleum: Smallest county population in Montana (493 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9874\">Not Quite Obscure Enough<\/a>.<\/li><li>Phillips<\/li><li>Pondera<\/li><li>Powder River<\/li><li>Powell<\/li><li>Prairie<\/li><li>Ravalli<\/li><li>Richland<\/li><li>Roosevelt: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16063\">Last Presidential Counties<\/a><\/li><li>Rosebud: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17690\">Colstrip<\/a><\/li><li>Sanders<\/li><li>Sheridan: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14197\">Extreme Differences of Extremes<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15748\">County Divided<\/a><\/li><li>Silver Bow: Smallest county in Montana (718 square miles); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17461\">Ghost Signs<\/a><\/li><li>Stillwater<\/li><li>Sweet Grass<\/li><li>Teton<\/li><li>Toole: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4188\">What Crosses an Airport Runway?<\/a><\/li><li>Treasure<\/li><li>Valley: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13103\">No Names and Nameless<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13030\">Remote Chinese Restaurants<\/a><\/li><li>Wheatland<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wibaux<\/b><\/span><\/li><li>Yellowstone: Largest county population in Montana (129,352 people in 2000 Census).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts About Montana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>Location:<\/b> Mountain West United States. See map above.<\/li><li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 145,546 square miles. Montana is the 4th largest state. The next larger state is California and the next smaller state is New Mexico.<\/li><li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 1.074,406 people. Montana is the 43rd most populous state. The next more populous state is Maine and the next less populous state is Rhode Island.<\/li><li><b>Population Density:<\/b> 7.4 people per square mile. Montana is the 48th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is North Dakota and the next less densely populated state is Wyoming.<\/li><li><b>Bordering States:<\/b> Montana shares a border with 4 states: Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota.<\/li><li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b> November 8, 1889. Montana was the 41st state admitted to the Union, after South Dakota and before Washington.<\/li><li><b>Capital:<\/b> Helena.<\/li><li><b>Highest Point:<\/b> 12,799 feet at Granite Peak. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/granite-peak\/150239\">SummitPost&#8217;s Granite Peak page<\/a>.<\/li><li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b> 1,800 feet at the Kootenai River, Lincoln County.<\/li><li><b>Government website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/mt.gov\/\">mt.gov &#8211; Montana&#8217;s Official State Website<\/a>.<\/li><li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmt.com\/\">Montana &#8211; Big Sky Country<\/a>.<\/li><li><b>Still not enough?<\/b> See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montana\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Montana page<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area&quot;,&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a><\/span>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population&quot;,&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a><\/span>. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 56 Counties in Montana &#8211; &#8220;Big Sky Country&#8220; Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 4 Counties = 7.1% of Counties in Montana Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using Mob Rule. 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