Official Name: | Sleeping Buffalo, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sleeping Buffalo |
Coordinates: | 48.4831°N -107.5319°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Phillips |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.49 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.48 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 24.93 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 2241 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 59261 (Saco) |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-68985 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2804316 |
Population Total: | 12 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 64.52 |
Sleeping Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Phillips County, Montana, United States. It is in the eastern part of the county on Secondary Highway 243, north of the Sleeping Buffalo Rock historic site on U.S. Route 2. Via US-2, it is a further 10miles east to Saco and southwest to Malta, the Phillips county seat. The Sleeping Buffalo CDP is on high ground between Nelson Reservoir to the north and the valley of Beaver Creek to the south.
The location was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The Phillips County News is a weekly local newspaper.[2] They provide a printed paper as well as news online.