Montana USA
US State of
Montana
Where is Montana?
 Montana
is a Rocky Mountain state located in the North-western United States.
Montana is bounded by North Dakota and South Dakota (E), Wyoming
(S), Idaho (W), and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and
Saskatchewan (N).
Montana's expanse of the Great Plains partly contributing to the
state nickname of "Big Sky Country."
Much of Montana's western boundary is marked by the crest of the
Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mountains which dominate the western section
of the state and along which runs the Continental Divide. Montana's very name is
derived from the Spanish word montańa, meaning mountain country.
Modern-day Montana became Montana Territory in 1864 by the appointment of U.S.
President Abraham Lincoln and later became the 41st state in 1889.
The Montana state capital is
Helena
(nicknamed "Queen City of the Rockies"), hometown of the late
Gary Cooper and Myrna Loy.
Billings
and Great Falls
are the largest cities; other important cities include Missoula and Butte.
The state's U.S. postal abbreviation is
MT.
Montana Population
Montana is in the Mountain Time Zone in the
United States of America (USA). US Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 7 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7).
Current time now in
Time Zone: America Denver (USA Mountain Time)
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Towns and Cities in
Montana
Baker, Montana
Belgrade, Montana
Billings, Montana
Bozeman, Montana
Butte-Silver Bow, Montana
Choteau, Montana
Columbia Falls, Montana
Fort Benton , Montana
Great Falls, Montana
Hamilton, Montana
Hardin, Montana
Helena, Montana
Hot Springs, Montana
Libby, Montana
Livingston, Montana
Missoula, Montana
Philipsburg, Montana
Polson, Montana
Troy, Montana
Virginia City, Montana
West Yellowstone, Montana
Whitefish, Montana
Wolf Point, Montana
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