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
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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.