Stanford, Montana | |
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Coordinates: 47°09′07″N 110°13′08″W / 47.15194°N 110.21889°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Montana |
County | Judith Basin |
Area | |
• Total | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) |
• Land | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 4,285 ft (1,306 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 403 |
• Density | 939.39/sq mi (362.56/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 59479 |
Area code | 406 |
FIPS code | 30-70675 |
GNIS feature ID | 2413327[1] |
Stanford is a town in and the county seat of Judith Basin County, Montana, United States.[3] The population was at 403 as of the 2020 census.[4]
Stanford began with the establishment of a trading post by Thomas C. Power in 1875.[5] In 1908 the town moved about 3 miles to be next to the new railroad.
The economy is based on agriculture.[6] In 2023, the Redwood Group, a leading supplier of grains for premium pet food, agreed to operate a pulse processing, storage, and transloading facility in Stanford.[7]
Stanford was frequented by C.M. Russell and is featured in some of his landscape paintings.[6]