Silver Bow County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- February 16, 1881
- Named after
- Silver Bow Creek
- Seat
- Butte
- Largest city
- Butte
- Chief executive
- J.P. Gallagher
- Total
- 719 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 718 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.08%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,118
- Density
- 48.9/sq mi (18.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- co .silverbow .mt .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Butte
- Capital
- Butte
- Population
- 35133
- Area
- 1862
- Shares border with
- Beaverhead County
- Official website
- www.bsb.mt.gov
- Image
- Silver Bow County Courthouse, Granite Street and Montana Street, Butte, MT - 53782378233.jpg
- Households
- 15026
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- Commons category
- Silver Bow County, Montana
- topic's main category
- Category:Silver Bow County, Montana
- inception
- 1881-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Silver Bow County, Montana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Silver Bow County, Montana
- water as percent of area
- 0.08
- native label
- Silver Bow County
- per capita income
- 28221
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Encyclopedic overview
Silver Bow County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,133. Its county seat is Butte. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the single entity of Butte-Silver Bow. Additionally, the town of Walkerville is a separate municipality from Butte and is within the county.
Silver Bow County comprises the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silver Bow County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.