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Fergus County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Named after
- James Fergus
- Seat
- Lewistown
- Largest city
- Lewistown
- Total
- 4,350 sq mi (11,300 km )
- Land
- 4,340 sq mi (11,200 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,825
- Density
- 2.7/sq mi (1.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- fergusmt .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Lewistown
- Capital
- Lewistown
- Population
- 11446
- Area
- 11267
- Shares border with
- Chouteau County
- Official website
- fergusmt.gov
- Image
- Lewistown MT Fergus County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 5057
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fergus County, Montana
- inception
- 1885-00-00
- Commons category
- Fergus County, Montana
- topic's main category
- Category:Fergus County, Montana
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Fergus County
- per capita income
- 28211
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Encyclopedic overview
Fergus County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,446. Its county seat is Lewistown. The county was founded in 1885 and named for James Fergus, a Montana politician who was instrumental in creating the county.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fergus County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.