Brockway, Montana | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Brockway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | McCone |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.91 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.91 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.35 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.35 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 14 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 39.77 |
Population Density Km2: | 15.36 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 2577 |
Coordinates: | 47.2997°N -105.7631°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 59214 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-10075 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Brockway is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern McCone County, Montana, United States, located near the Redwater River. As of the 2020 census, the first year it was listed as a CDP, the population was 14.[2]
Brockway is home to the annual Brockway Dairy Day Rodeo.
Brockway is named for three homesteader brothers.[3] The post office was opened in 1913.[4] The Northern Pacific Railway's Redwater branch line reached the town in 1928.
The town "became a major livestock shipping point reaching number one in the U.S. in 1934," according to historical marker author Bob Fletcher.[5]
Brockway is located along Montana Secondary Highway 253, south of Montana Highway 200, along the Big Sky Back Country Byway.[6] [7] It is southwest of Circle, the McCone county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brockway CDP has an area of 0.35sqmi, all land.[1] The Redwater River, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Missouri, passes just west and north of the community.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Brockway has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.