Polson
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City in Lake County, Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- County
- Lake
- Total
- 4.66 sq mi (12.07 km )
- Land
- 4.49 sq mi (11.63 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km )
- Elevation
- 3,028 ft (923 m)
- Density
- 1,146.1/sq mi (442.53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 30-58750
- Website
- www .cityofpolson .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Polson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lake County
- Population
- 5148
- Area
- 10.803341
- Elevation
- 892
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Body of water
- Flathead Lake
- Capital of
- Lake County
- Official website
- www.cityofpolson.com
- Image
- Polson2.JPG
- Households
- 2103
- Dialing code
- 406
Show 6 more facts
- office held by head of government
- mayor
- Commons category
- Polson, Montana
- postal code
- 59860
- P8168
- Nelly Ciobanu
- water as percent of area
- 0.8045
- per capita income
- 23880
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Polson (Montana Salish: nčmqnétkʷ, Kutenai: kwataqnuk) (/ˈpoʊlsən/, POHL-sən) is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake and within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 5,148 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lake County. In 1898 the city was named after pioneer rancher David Polson. It was incorporated in 1910.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.