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Powell County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- February 2, 1901
- Named after
- Mount Powell, which was named in turn for John Wesley Powell
- Seat
- Deer Lodge
- Largest city
- Deer Lodge
- Total
- 2,333 sq mi (6,040 km )
- Land
- 2,326 sq mi (6,020 km )
- Water
- 6.3 sq mi (16 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,157
- Density
- 2.986/sq mi (1.153/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .powellcountymt .gov /ez /index .php
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Powell County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,946. Its county seat is Deer Lodge.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Powell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.