Official Name: | Coffee Creek, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-Designated Place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fergus |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.95 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.95 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.37 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.37 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 22 |
Population Density Km2: | 23.05 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 59.78 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-16000 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 770012 |
Coffee Creek is an unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is located along Montana Highway 81 in west central Fergus County, several miles northwest of Denton. Coffee Creek has a post office with the ZIP code 59424.[2]
A post office has been in operation in Coffee Creek since 1914. The community took its name from nearby Coffee Creek.[3]
Coffee Creek used to be a large town before the invention of the car when railways were the main form of transportation. There were a number of reasons for the town's decline including fires, supply and demand, and the invention of the car.
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Coffee Creek has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.[5]