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Wheatland County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- February 22, 1917
- Named after
- wheat growing
- Seat
- Harlowton
- Largest city
- Harlowton
- Total
- 1,428 sq mi (3,700 km )
- Land
- 1,423 sq mi (3,690 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,100
- Density
- 1.5/sq mi (0.58/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .harlowtonchamber .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- wheat
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Harlowton
- Capital
- Harlowton
- Population
- 2069
- Area
- 3699
- Shares border with
- Golden Valley County
- Official website
- www.harlowtonchamber.com
- Image
- Wheatland County Courthouse July 2020.jpg
- Households
- 897
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- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Wheatland County
- Commons category
- Wheatland County, Montana
- topic's main category
- Category:Wheatland County, Montana
- inception
- 1917-02-22
- per capita income
- 21409
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Wheatland County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,069. Its county seat is Harlowton. Wheatland County was established on February 22, 1917, with areas partitioned from Meagher and Sweet Grass counties. It was named for the abundant wheat-growing areas across the center portion of the new county's area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wheatland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.