Official Name: | Fox, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fox |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Carbon |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7.61 |
Area Land Km2: | 7.61 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.94 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.94 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 100 |
Population Density Km2: | 13.14 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 34.03 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5026 |
Coordinates: | 45.2767°N -109.2169°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 59070 |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 771584 |
Fox is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It was named for Dr. J.M. Fox, first manager of the Rocky Fork Coal Company and the Rocky Fork & Cooke City Railroad.
At one time, Fox had two grain elevators and was the largest grain shipping point in Carbon County. Finnish immigrant miners settled here, and as late as 1920 their children still spoke Finnish at home and on the playground, and English only in the classroom.
Fox was an important stop on the Northern Pacific Railway to Red Lodge.
Fox has a post office with a ZIP code 59070.[2] It lies on U.S. Route 212, southwest of Roberts and northeast of Red Lodge.[3]