| Utica, Montana | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Utica |
| Coordinates: | 46.9683°N -110.0925°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Judith Basin County |
| Established Title: | Utica |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.25 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.25 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | 4475 |
| Population Total: | 23 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 92.00 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 30-76075 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 777954 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.65 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.65 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Km2: | 35.58 |
Utica is an unincorporated community in west-central Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is approximately 40miles from Lewistown[2] at the intersections of Pig Eye Road, Montana Route 239 (the "Utica highway"), and Montana Route 541. Yogo sapphires were found near Utica in the mid-1890s.[3]
Judith River Ranger Station is near town. The town itself now consists only of a church and a museum, plus a few houses.
One of Utica's most famous local residents was the western painter C.M. Russell, who at the time was a young cowhand hired by a local rancher and gold miner named Jake Hoover. Russell stated that he learned most of his frontier skills from Hoover, and the two men remained lifelong friends.[4] He featured Utica in the 1907 painting A Quiet Day In Utica, which was originally known as Tinning a Dog. Hoover; local businesswoman Mollie Ringold, a former slave; store owner Charles Lehman and Russell himself are all depicted in the painting, seen standing between the hitching post and door of the general store.[5] [6] [7]