Browning, Montana | |
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 Downtown Browning in September 2022. Photo by Lukas Eddy | |
 Location of Browning, Montana | |
| Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 113°0′52″W / 48.55694°N 113.01444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Glacier |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.28 sq mi (0.72 km2) |
| • Land | 0.28 sq mi (0.72 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,377 ft (1,334 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,018 |
| • Density | 3,688.41/sq mi (1,422.32/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 59417 |
| Area code | 406 |
| FIPS code | 30-10375 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0802063 |
| Website | www.BrowningMontana.com |
Browning is a former town and current unincorporated community in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is the headquarters for the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and was the only incorporated town on the Reservation. The population was 1,018 at the 2020 census.[2]
The town was named in 1885 for Commissioner of Indian Affairs Daniel M. Browning.[3][4] The post office was established in 1895.[5] The town was disincorporated on September 26, 2018, after the town's government collapsed financially.[6][7]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
- ^ "Montana Place Names Companion". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "The Commissioners of Indian Affairs 1824 – 1981" (PDF). Bia.gov. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Carkeek Cheney, Roberta (1983). Names on the Face of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-150-5.
- ^ "Administrative Boundaries". Montana State Library. February 2019.
- ^ "Blackfeet Tribe Gets An LPFM From A Local Town". Radio+Television Business Report. February 19, 2018.