SIZE

1,239 mi²

FOUNDED

1897

COUNTY SEAT

TOWNSEND

POPULATION

6,237

LARGEST CITY

TOWNSEND

COUNTY NUMBER

43

County Fun Fact

Submerged beneath Canyon Ferry Lake is the small town of Canton, MT. In 1954, the BLM began flooding the Missouri River to create Canyon Ferry, which eventually flooded farms, homes and family history.

SENATOR

LAWMAKER FOR THIS COUNTY
Sen. Walt Sales (R) SD-35

REPRESENTATIVE

LAWMAKER FOR THIS COUNTY
Rep. Julie Dooling (R) HD-70