Official Name: | Silesia, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Silesia |
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: | 4.99 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.83 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.16 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.93 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.87 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 103 |
Population Density Km2: | 21.30 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 55.17 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 3396 |
Coordinates: | 45.5567°N -108.8414°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 59041 |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 776548 |
Silesia is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 96.[2]
Clarks Fork Yellowstone River flows to the east of town. It is about 10 miles from Laurel.
The town was named after the region of Silesia in Central Europe by Julius Lehrkind, an immigrant from Silesia.[3] Silesia's post office was established on May 18, 1900, with Charles Buzzetti as its first postmaster.[4]