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Phillips County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- February 5, 1915
- Seat
- Malta
- Largest city
- Malta
- Total
- 5,212 sq mi (13,500 km )
- Land
- 5,140 sq mi (13,300 km )
- Water
- 72 sq mi (190 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,203
- Density
- 0.8/sq mi (0.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Malta
- Capital
- Malta
- Population
- 4217
- Area
- 13499
- Shares border with
- Fergus County
- Official website
- www.phillipscounty.mt.gov
- Image
- Phillips County Courthouse Malta.JPG
- Households
- 1756
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- topic's main category
- Category:Phillips County, Montana
- Commons category
- Phillips County, Montana
- inception
- 1915-00-00
- different from
- Phillips County
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Phillips County
- per capita income
- 26825
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Encyclopedic overview
Phillips County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,217. Its county seat is Malta. Before February 5, 1915, Phillips County was part of Blaine County, and before 1912 both were part of Chouteau County. It was named for rancher and state senator Benjamin D. Phillips.
Its northern boundary is the Canada–United States border with Saskatchewan. The Missouri River defines its southern boundary.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phillips County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.