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Granite County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- March 2, 1893
- Seat
- Philipsburg
- Largest town
- Philipsburg
- Total
- 1,733 sq mi (4,490 km )
- Land
- 1,727 sq mi (4,470 km )
- Water
- 5.6 sq mi (15 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,658
- Density
- 1.916/sq mi (0.7398/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .granitecountymt .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- granite
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Philipsburg
- Capital
- Philipsburg
- Population
- 3309
- Area
- 4489
- Shares border with
- Ravalli County
- Official website
- www.granitecountymt.us
- Image
- Granite County Jail.jpg
- Households
- 1355
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- inception
- 1893-02-03
- Commons category
- Granite County, Montana
- topic's main category
- Category:Granite County, Montana
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Granite County
- per capita income
- 32401
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Encyclopedic overview
Granite County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,309. Its county seat is Philipsburg. The county was founded in 1893, and was named for a mountain which contains the Granite Mountain silver mine.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Granite County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.