Norris, Montana Explained

Official Name:Norris, Montana
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Montana#USA
Pushpin Label:Norris
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Montana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Madison
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.87
Area Land Km2:0.87
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.34
Area Land Sq Mi:0.34
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:46
Population Density Km2:53.03
Population Density Sq Mi:137.31
Elevation Ft:4821
Coordinates:45.5681°N -111.6908°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:59745
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:30-54475
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Norris is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 287 and Montana Highway 84. As of the 2020 census, the first where it was listed as a CDP, the population was 46.[2]

History

Several mining districts were located in the area in the 1860s,[3] though their success was generally brief. A now-abandoned branchline of the former Northern Pacific Railway once terminated at Norris.

Geography

Norris is in northeastern Madison County, north of Ennis and south of Three Forks via US-287, and west of Bozeman via MT-84. The location is a hilly, relatively arid area used for farming and ranching; the Tobacco Root Mountains form a visual backdrop to the west.

Norris Hot Springs is 0.4miles east of the town, and an agricultural experiment station operated by Montana State University - Bozeman is at Red Bluff, 2.5miles east on Highway 84.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Norris CDP has an area of 0.34sqmi, all of it recorded as land.[1] Hot Springs Creek flows through the community, running east to join the Madison River east of Red Bluff.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Montana . United States Census Bureau . May 16, 2024.
  2. Web site: P1. Race – Norris CDP, Montana: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. May 16, 2024.
  3. Web site: Norris . Montana Place Names Companion . Montana Historical Society . 7 April 2021.