Official Name: | Hilger, 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: | 0.73 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.73 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.28 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.28 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 24 |
Population Density Km2: | 33.04 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 85.71 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-36325 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 772408 |
Hilger is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fergus County, Montana, United States. The community is located along U.S. Highway 191 in central Fergus County. Hilger has a post office with the ZIP code 59451.[2] It is 15 miles north of Lewistown.
A post office has been in operation in Hilger since 1911. The community was named for settler and historian David J. Hilger.[3]
In 1911 the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, known as the Milwaukee Road, was built in Hilger.[4]