Harlowton
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city in and county seat of Weatland County, Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- County
- Wheatland
- Total
- 0.63 sq mi (1.62 km )
- Land
- 0.63 sq mi (1.62 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 4,219 ft (1,286 m)
- Density
- 1,526/sq mi (589.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 30-34450
- Website
- harlowton .municipalimpact .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Harlowton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wheatland County
- Population
- 955
- Area
- 1.50616
- Elevation
- 1279
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Wheatland County
- Official website
- www.harlowtonchamber.com
- Image
- Harlowton Montana Skyline2.png
- Households
- 447
- Dialing code
- 406
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- Commons category
- Harlowton, Montana
- postal code
- 59036
- inception
- 1900-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 22281
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Encyclopedic overview
Harlowton is a city in and the county seat of Wheatland County, Montana, United States. The population was 955 at the 2020 census.
The city was once the eastern terminus of electric operations (1914–74) for the "Pacific Extension" of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road"). Here, steam or diesel locomotives were changed or hooked up to electric locomotives for 438-mile (705 km) trip through the Rocky Mountains to Avery, Idaho. Harlowton was founded in 1900 as a station stop on the Montana Railroad, a predecessor to the Milwaukee, and was named for Richard A. Harlow, the Montana Railroad's president.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harlowton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.