Martinsdale, Montana Explained

Official Name:Martinsdale, Montana
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Montana#USA
Pushpin Label:Martinsdale
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Montana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Meagher
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.87
Area Land Sq Mi:0.87
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:43
Population Density Sq Mi:49.3
Elevation Ft:4820
Coordinates:46.4583°N -110.3133°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:59053
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:30-48175
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:773906

Martinsdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Meagher County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43.[2] The town was a station stop on the now-abandoned transcontinental main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road"), and is a community center for nearby ranches and farms. Martinsdale was the home of the poet Grace Stone Coates, author of Black Cherries, Mead & Mangel-Wurzel, and Portulacas in the Wheat. It was also the home of Charles M. Bair, one of the largest and most successful sheep ranchers in the United States, and the former Bair family home is now a museum.

The Gordon Butte Pumped Storage Project is a planned pumped hydroelectric power plant that will be constructed in Martinsdale.[3]

Martinsdale is on Highway 294, just south of U.S. Route 12, and east of White Sulphur Springs, the Meagher county seat.

History

Originally named "Gauglersville", the town changed to Martinsdale in 1878. The name was after Martin Maginnis, Montana Territory's delegate to Congress, who assisted the town in getting a post office.[4]

External links

46.4583°N -110.3133°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Montana . United States Census Bureau . May 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: P1. Race – Martinsdale CDP, Montana: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. May 21, 2024.
  3. Web site: License Issued for $1B Montana Power Storage Project. ABC News. December 22, 2016. December 23, 2016.
  4. Web site: Martinsdale . Montana Place Names Companion . Montana Historical Society . 7 April 2021.