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Big Timber
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city in and county seat of Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- County
- Sweet Grass
- Type
- Mayor Council
- Mayor
- Justin Ferguson
- Total
- 0.98 sq mi (2.53 km )
- Land
- 0.98 sq mi (2.53 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 4,095 ft (1,248 m)
- Density
- 1,688.3/sq mi (651.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 30-06475
- Website
- www .cityofbigtimber .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Big Timber
- Population
- 1650
- Area
- 2.462692
- Elevation
- 1247
- Official website
- cityofbigtimber.com
- Image
- GRAND HOTEL.jpg
- Households
- 706
- Dialing code
- 406
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- Commons category
- Big Timber, Montana
- postal code
- 59011
- water as percent of area
- 3.2989
- per capita income
- 25185
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Big Timber is a city in and the county seat of Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2020 census.
Big Timber takes its name from Big Timber Creek, which was named by William Clark because of the large cottonwood trees. The post office was established in 1880, closed, then reopened in 1882 with Ella Burns as postmaster. In 1881 Charles McDonnell became the first person to drive sheep into Sweet Grass County and Big Timber. As a stop on the Northern Pacific Railroad, Big Timber became a major wool-shipping depot. It became the county seat in 1895. A fire in 1908 destroyed half the commercial buildings and a third of the residential homes.