Official Name: | Wheatland, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Montana |
Pushpin Label: | Wheatland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Broadwater |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 193.72 |
Area Land Km2: | 192.83 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.89 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 74.80 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 74.45 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1103 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.72 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 14.81 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4341 |
Coordinates: | 45.9033°N -111.6°W |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-79695 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583865 |
Wheatland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broadwater County, Montana, United States. The population was 568 according to the 2010 census.[2]
Wheatland occupies a large area in the southern end of Broadwater County. U.S. Route 287 runs north-south through the CDP, intersecting Interstate 90 at Exit 274 of that highway. Montana Highway 2 leads east across the Jefferson River to the city of Three Forks in Gallatin County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wheatland CDP has a total area of 197.3km2, of which 195.9km2 is land and 1.5km2, or 0.74%, is water.[2]