Counties in Montana that I have Visited

There are 56 Counties in Montana – “Big Sky Country“

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.  Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Montana

Markers designate the Montana locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in Montana

Below are the 56 counties in Montana. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it.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 Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Beaverhead: Largest county in Montana (5,542 square miles).
2. Big Horn: Where Custer Fell; Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States
3. Blaine: Throw the Dart
4. Broadwater
5. Carbon: Boomerang
6. Carter: Big Sky
7. Cascade: The Roe River (world’s shortest?)
8. Chouteau
9. Custer: Joe Montana; King of Portmanteau
10. Daniels: Least Visited U.S. Counties; What Crosses an Airport Runway?
11. Dawson: Room to Grow
12. Deer Lodge
13. Fallon
14. Fergus
15. Flathead: Hydrological Apex of North America; Sundog
16. Gallatin
17. Garfield: Last Presidential Counties
18. Glacier: Hydrological Apex of North America
19. Golden Valley
20. Granite
21. Hill
22. Jefferson
23. Judith Basin
24. Lake
25. Lewis and Clark: Rogers Pass
26. Liberty: Infrequent Crossings
27. Lincoln: Ted’s Last Stand
28. Madison: Earthquake Lake; Virginia Silver and Gold
29. McCone: Going in Circles; Beery Places
30. Meagher
31. Mineral: King of Portmanteau; Digging for Minerals
32. Missoula: Streets Named After…
33. Musselshell
34. Park: Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States
35. Petroleum: Smallest county population in Montana (493 people in 2000 Census); Not Quite Obscure Enough.
36. Phillips
37. Pondera
38. Powder River
39. Powell
40. Prairie
41. Ravalli
42. Richland
43. Roosevelt: Last Presidential Counties
44. Rosebud: Colstrip
45. Sanders
46. Sheridan: Extreme Differences of Extremes; County Divided
47. Silver Bow: Smallest county in Montana (718 square miles); Ghost Signs
48. Stillwater
49. Sweet Grass
50. Teton
51. Toole: What Crosses an Airport Runway?
52. Treasure
53. Valley: No Names and Nameless; Remote Chinese Restaurants
54. Wheatland
55. Wibaux
56. Yellowstone: Largest county population in Montana (129,352 people in 2000 Census).

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Quick Facts About Montana

• Location: Mountain West United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 145,546 square miles. Montana is the 4th largest state. The next larger state is California and the next smaller state is New Mexico.
• Population⁽²⁾: 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.
• Population Density: 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.
• Bordering States: Montana shares a border with 4 states: Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota.
• Admission to the Union: November 8, 1889. Montana was the 41st state admitted to the Union, after South Dakota and before Washington.
• Capital: Helena.
• Highest Point: 12,799 feet at Granite Peak. See SummitPost’s Granite Peak page.
• Lowest Point: 1,800 feet at the Kootenai River, Lincoln County.
• Government website: mt.gov – Montana’s Official State Website.
• Official Tourism website: Montana – Big Sky Country.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Montana page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.