Hill County Montana
(Including: Box Elder, Havre) February 28, 1912 Established.
ParentCounty: Chouteau
County Seat: Havre
Agency, Azure, Beaver Creek,
Gildford, Havre, Havre, North, Herron,
Hingham, Inverness, Kremlin, Rudyard,
Saddle Butte, Sangrey, St. Pierre,
West Havre.
History
The first non-Native American settlement was
FortAssinniboine in 1875. Fifteen of the original
104 structures from the fort are still standing.
The county is named after James J. Hill.
Population: 16376 Area: 2,896 square miles
County Seat: Havre
Area Code(s): 406
Time Zone: MST
HillCounty is on the "Hi-Line" in North-Central Montana.
It county seat is Havre. It borders Blaine County to the
East, Liberty County to the West, Chouteau County to the
South, and Canada to the North. Highway 2 runs through Hill County.
Hill County contains Beaver Creek park, which is the largest
county park in the Nation.
The Hi-Line is a geographical term referring to the portion of the northern United States
south of the Canadian border along which runs the main line of the BNSF Railway and U.S.
Highway 2. Specifically, the term most commonly refers to northern Montana, but can also
mean the entire region between Spokane,Washington and Minnesota, or even the entire Seattle to Minneapolis route of the BNSF railway.
Havre, Montana is generally considered the central town along the Hi-Line, and the Hi-Line name has its origins in the railroad line bein
g the northernmost railway line in the region.
315 4th Street County Courthouse
Havre, MT 59501-3923
Phone: (406) 265-5481
Fax: (406) 265-5487 2005: 16304
2000: 16673
1990: 17654
1980: 17931
Havre-Hill County Library
402 3rd Street
Havre, MT 59501
Phone: 406-265-2123
Fax: 406-262-1091 County Library
List of “Hi-Line volunteers for look ups.
HILL COUNTY, MONTANA
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