Montana County Resources
Revision as of 17:30, 26 April 2010 by 66.43.16.199 (talk)
This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
County seats in Montana are the location of the county clerk and recorder (vital records and deeds) and the clerk of the district court (probate and court records). The latter includes civil and criminal files and naturalizations. The Montana Association of Counties website has links to each county with updated contact information.
Starting dates of records and dates for the formation of counties were taken from Dennis Lee Richards' work (see Background Sources for Montana).
Map | County | County Address | Date Formed | Parent County(ies) | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | Court |
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B6 | Beaverhead | 2 S. Pacific, Dillon 59725-2799 | 1865 | original | 1901 | 1877 | 1901 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
Land was added from Madison County in 1907, and again in 1911. | ||||||||||
Big Horn | 1865 (Split into Dawson, 1869 and Custer, 1877) | |||||||||
G6 | Big Horn (modern) | 121 Third St./P.O. Box 908, Hardin 59034-0908 | 1913 | Rosebud/Yellowstone | 1909 | 1913 | 1909 | 1913 | 1913 | 1913 |
F2 | Blaine | 400 Ohio/Box 278, Chinook 59523-0278 | 1912 | Chouteau | 1907 | 1912 | 1907 | 1912 | 1912 | 1912 |
Land was added from Phillips County in 1915. | ||||||||||
D5 | Broadwater | 515 Broadway St., Townsend 59644-2397 | 1897 | Jefferson/Meagher | 1894 | 1897 | 1903 | 1897 | 1897 | 1897 |
F6 | Carbon | 17 W. Eleventh/P.O. Box 887, Red Lodge 59068-0887 | 1895 | Park/Yellowstone | 1904 | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 |
K6 | Carter | 214 Park St., P.O. Box 315, Ekalaka 59324-0315 | 1917 | Fallon | 1915 | 1917 | 1915 | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 |
D4 | Cascade | 415 Second Ave. N., Great Falls 59401 | 1887 | Chouteau/Meagher/Lewis and Clark | 1892 | 1888 | 1893 | 1887 | 1887 | 1887 |
E2 | Chouteau | 1308 Franklin, Box 459 , Fort Benton 59442-0459 | 1865 | original | 1895 | 1882 | 1895 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
J5 | Custer | 1010 Main St., Miles City 59301-3419 | 1877 | Big Horn | 1895 | 1877 | 1896 | 1877 | 1877 | 1877 |
J1 | Daniels | 213 Main St./P.O. Box 247, Scobey 59263-0247 | 1920 | Sheridan/Valley | 1913 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 |
K3 | Dawson | 207 W. Bell, Glendive 59330-1694 | 1869 | Big Horn | 1895 | 1882 | 1895 | 1869 | 1869 | 1869 |
B5 | Deer Lodge | 800 S. Main, Anaconda 59711-2999 | 1865 | original | 1903 | 1865 | 1895 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
K5 | Fallon | 10 W. Fallon, P.O. Box 846, Baker 59313-0846 | 1913 | Custer | 1908 | 1912 | 1918 | 1913 | 1913 | 1913 |
F3 | Fergus | 712 Main St., Lewistown 59457-2562 | 1885 | Meagher | 1904 | 1885 | 1904 | 1885 | 1885 | 1885 |
Land was added from Chouteau County in 1907. | ||||||||||
A2 | Flathead | 800 S. Main St., Kalispell 59901-5400 | 1893 | Missoula | 1896 | 1892 | 1907 | 1893 | 1893 | 1893 |
D6 | Gallatin | 311 W. Main St., Bozeman 59715-4576 | 1865 | original | 1895 | 1865 | 1895 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
H3 | Garfield | Leavit St./P.O. Box 7, Jordan 59337-0007 | 1919 | Dawson | 1911 | 1919 | 1917 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
B1 | Glacier | 512 E. Main St., Cut Bank 59427-3016 | 1919 | Teton | 1919 | 1910 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
F5 | Golden Valley | P.O. Box 10, Ryegate 59074-0010 | 1920 | Musselshell/Sweet Grass | 1919 | 1892 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 |
B4 | Granite | 220 N. Sansome/P.O. Box 925, Philipsburg 59858-0925 | 1893 | Deer Lodge | 1895 | 1892 | 1895 | 1893 | 1893 | 1893 |
Land was added from Missoula County in 1943. | ||||||||||
E1 | Hill | 315 Fourth St., Havre 5950-3999 | 1912 | Chouteau | 1898 | 1912 | 1897 | 1912 | 1912 | 1912 |
C5 | Jefferson | 201 Centennial/Box H, Boulder 59632-0249 | 1865 | original | 1895 | 1866 | 1895 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
E4 | Judith Basin | 31 First Ave./Box 427, Stanford 59479-0427 | 1920 | Cascade/Fergus | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 |
A3 | Lake | 106 Fourth Ave. East, Polson 59860-2125 | 1923 | Flathead/Missoula | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 |
C4 | Lewis and Clark | 316 N. Park/P.O. Box 1724 , Helena 59624-1724 | 1865 | (as Edgerton; renamed 1867)original | 1895 | 1865 | 1895 | 1867 | 1867 | 1867 |
D2 | Liberty | 111 First St. E./Box 459, Chester 59522-0459 | 1920 | Chouteau/Hill | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 | 1920 |
A1 | Lincoln | 512 California Ave., Libby 59923-1942 | 1909 | Flathead | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 |
3 | McCone | 1004 Ave. C/P.O. Box 199, Circle 59215-0199 | 1919 | Dawson/Richland | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
C6 | Madison | 110 W. Wallace/Box 278, Virginia City 59755-0278 | 1865 | original | 1903 | 1864 | 1903 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
D4 | Meagher | P.O. Box 309, White Sulphur Springs 59645-0309 | 1867 | Gallatin | 1895 | 1866 | 1895 | 1867 | 1867 | 1867 |
B4 | Missoula | 200 W. Broadway, Missoula 59802-4292 | 1865 | original; added Powell, 1915 | 1895 | 1865 | 1895 | 1865 | 1865 | 1865 |
Land was added from Powell County in 1915. | ||||||||||
G5 | Musselshell | 506 Main St., Roundup 59072-2498 | 1911 | Fergus/Yellowstone | 1911 | 1895 | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 | 1911 |
E6 | Park | 414 E. Callender, Livingston 59047-2799 | 1887 | Gallatin | 1889 | 1887 | 1892 | 1887 | 1887 | 1887 |
G4 | Petroleum | 201 E. Main/P.O. Box 226, Winnett 59087-0226 | 1925 | Fergus | 1916 | 1925 | 1915 | 1925 | 1925 | 1925 |
G2 | Phillips | 314 2nd Ave. W./P.O. Box 360, Malta 59538-0360 | 1915 | Blaine/Valley | 1914 | 1915 | 1917 | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 |
C2 | Pondera | 20 Fourth Ave., S.W., Conrad 59425-2340 | 1919 | Chouteau/Teton | 1910 | 1919 | 1913 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
J6 | Powder River | P.O. Box 270, Broadus 59317-0270 | 1919 | Custer | 1919 | 1915 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
C5 | Powell | 409 Missouri Ave., Deer Lodge 59722-1084 | 1901 | Deer Lodge | 1907 | 1901 | 1907 | 1901 | 1901 | 1901 |
Land was added from counties Deer Lodge in 1903 and Missoula in 1915. | ||||||||||
J4 | Prairie | 217 W. Park/Box 125, Terry 59349-0125 | 1915 | Custer/Dawson/Fallon | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 |
A5 | Ravalli | 215 S. Fourth, Hamilton 59840-2853 | 1893 | Missoula | 1911 | 1893 | 1911 | 1893 | 1893 | 1893 |
3 | Richland | 201 W. Main, Sidney 59270-4087 | 1914 | Dawson | 1914 | 1914 | 1912 | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 |
K2 | Roosevelt | 400 2nd Ave. South, Wolf Point 59201-1600 | 1919 | Sheridan | 1919 | 1913 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
H4 | Rosebud | P.O. Box 47, Forsyth 59327-0047 | 1901 | Custer | 1893 | 1901 | 1900 | 1901 | 1901 | 1901 |
A3 | Sanders | 1111 Main St./P.O. Box 519, Thompson Falls 59873-0519 | 1906 | Missoula | 1915 | 1906 | 1915 | 1906 | 1906 | 1906 |
K1 | Sheridan | 100 W. Laurel Ave., Plentywood 59254-1699 | 1913 | Valley | 1911 | 1913 | 1911 | 1913 | 1913 | 1913 |
C5 | Silver Bow | 155 W. Granite, Butte 59701-9256 | 1881 | Deer Lodge | 1878 | 1881 | 1890 | 1881 | 1881 | 1881 |
Land was again added from Deer Lodge in 1917. | ||||||||||
F6 | Stillwater | 400 Third Ave N./Box 970, Columbus 59019-0970 | 1913 | Carbon/Sweet Grass (1915)/Yellowstone | 1887 | 1913 | 1907 | 1913 | 1913 | 1913 |
Land was added from Sweet Grass in 1915. | ||||||||||
E5 | Sweet Grass | 200 W. First Ave./P.O. Box 888, Big Timber 59011-0888 | 1895 | Meagher/Park/Yellowstone | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 | 1895 |
C3 | Teton | 110 S. Main/P.O. Box 610, Choteau 59422-0610 | 1893 | Chouteau | 1897 | 1893 | 1919 | 1893 | 1893 | 1893 |
D1 | Toole | 226 1st St. South, Shelby 59474-1920 | 1914 | Hill/Teton | 1912 | 1914 | 1912 | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 |
H5 | Treasure | 307 Rapelje/P.O. Box 392, Hysham 59038-0392 | 1919 | Rosebud | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 | 1919 |
H2 | Valley | 501 Sq. Court, Box 1, Glasgow 59230-2405 | 1893 | Dawson | 1907 | 1893 | 1907 | 1893 | 1893 | 1893 |
E5 | Wheatland | 201 A Ave. NW , P.O. Box 1903, Harlowton 59036-1903 | 1917 | Meagher/Sweet Grass | 1908 | 1917 | 1909 | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 |
K4 | Wibaux | 200 S. Wilbaux/Box 199, Wibaux 59353-0199 | 1914 | Dawson/Fallon (1919) | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 |
G5 | Yellowstone | 217 North. 27th St. , P.O. Box 35000, Billings 59107-5000 | 1883 | Custer/Gallatin | 1884 | 1887 | 1884 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Land was added from the Crow Indian Reservation in 1885. |