Richland County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- May 27, 1914
- Seat
- Sidney
- Largest city
- Sidney
- Total
- 2,103 sq mi (5,450 km )
- Land
- 2,084 sq mi (5,400 km )
- Water
- 19 sq mi (49 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,377
- Density
- 5.514/sq mi (2.129/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .richland .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Sidney
- Capital
- Sidney
- Population
- 11491
- Area
- 5447
- Shares border with
- McCone County
- Official website
- www.richland.org
- Image
- Richland county courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4408
Show 8 more facts
- different from
- Richland Parish
- topic's main category
- Category:Richland County, Montana
- Commons category
- Richland County, Montana
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Richland County
- inception
- 1914-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Richland County, Montana
- per capita income
- 30330
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Encyclopedic overview
Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,491. Its county seat is Sidney.
Richland County was created by the Montana Legislature in 1914 from part of Dawson County. An early proposed name for the county was Gate, but Richland was decided upon instead as a way to entice new settlers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.