Stryker, Montana Explained

Official Name:Stryker, Montana
Pushpin Map:Montana#USA
Pushpin Label:Stryker
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Montana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lincoln
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.67
Area Land Km2:2.67
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:1.03
Area Land Sq Mi:1.03
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:25
Population Density Km2:9.37
Population Density Sq Mi:24.27
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Elevation Ft:3297
Coordinates:48.6742°N -114.7703°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:59933[2]
Area Code:406
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:791609
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:30-71575

Stryker is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 26.[3] Stryker has the 59933 ZIP code.

Named for local homesteaders, Stryker served as a stage station on the Kalispell–Fort Steele (British Columbia) trail. A forest fire swept through the town in 1926. Stryker’s railroad depot closed with the construction of Libby Dam.[4]

Stryker is located in northeastern Lincoln County on U.S. Route 93, southeast of Eureka and northwest of Kalispell. It is located just south of a drainage divide separating the Stillwater River, which runs just east of Stryker and flows southeast to the Flathead River, from Summit Creek, which flows northwest and is part of the Tobacco River watershed flowing to the Kootenai River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Stryker CDP has an area of 2.7sqkm, all land.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Stryker, Montana Zip Code. zip-codes.com. January 11, 2014.
  3. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Stryker CDP, Montana. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. April 29, 2020.
  4. Web site: Stryker. Montana Place Names Companion . Montana Historical Society . 9 April 2021.
  5. Web site: U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Montana. U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. April 29, 2020.