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Blaine County
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county in northern Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Named after
- James G. Blaine
- Seat
- Chinook
- Largest city
- Chinook
- Total
- 4,239 sq mi (10,980 km )
- Land
- 4,228 sq mi (10,950 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,860
- Density
- 1.6/sq mi (0.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- blainecounty-mt .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Blaine County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,044. Its county seat is Chinook. The county was named for James G. Blaine, former United States Secretary of State. It is on the north line of the state, and thus shares the southern border of Canada opposite Saskatchewan.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaine County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.