Sweet Grass, Montana Explained

Official Name:Sweetgrass, Montana
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Montana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Toole
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.25
Area Land Km2:1.25
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.48
Area Land Sq Mi:0.48
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:65
Population Density Km2:51.94
Population Density Sq Mi:134.58
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:30-73075
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:777367

Sweet Grass (also Sweetgrass) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Toole County, Montana, United States, on the Canada–US border. It is the northern terminus of Interstate 15, an important route connecting western Canada, the western United States, and Mexico. The population was 65 according to the 2020 census.[2]

In 2004, a joint border facility opened at the Sweetgrass port of entry and Coutts, Alberta, housing both Canadian and American federal authorities.[3]

Fire service is provided through the volunteer fire department in Coutts.[4]

Climate

Sweet Grass has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) that closely borders a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb).

External links

48.9936°N -111.9512°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 18, 2022.
  2. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2022-06-26 . data.census.gov.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-06-03 . 2007-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071025045818/http://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_DOCUMENT/Sweet_Grass_Release_R2-uP9X_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.doc . dead .
  4. Web site: Alberta premier says massive blockade preventing access to U.S. border 'must end'. cbc.ca. 30 January 2022. Joel. Dryden. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130185243/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/convoy-protest-border-lethbridge-alberta-1.6332936. 30 January 2022.