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Lewistown
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city in and county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- County
- Fergus
- Total
- 5.72 sq mi (14.82 km )
- Land
- 5.72 sq mi (14.82 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 4,121 ft (1,256 m)
- Density
- 1,040/sq mi (401.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-06:00 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 30-43375
- Website
- http://www.cityoflewistown.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Lewistown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fergus County
- Population
- 5952
- Area
- 13.77536
- Elevation
- 1204
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Fergus County
- Official website
- www.cityoflewistown.com
- Image
- LewistownMontana.jpg
- Households
- 2860
- Dialing code
- 406
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- Commons category
- Lewistown, Montana
- postal code
- 59457
- inception
- 1882-01-01
- P8168
- Moira Kelly
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Lewistown
- per capita income
- 23715
- exact match
- id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81021980-781
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,952 at the 2020 census. Lewistown is located in the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls and northwest of Billings. First planned in 1882, it was the site of an 1880s gold rush, and served as an important railway destination, supplying surrounding communities with bricks via rail.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewistown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.