Garfield County, Montana

Garfield County
Garfield County
County
	Garfield County Courthouse in Jordan
	Location within the U.S. state of Montana
	Montana's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 47°17′N 106°59′W / 47.28°N 106.99°W
Country	United States
State	Montana
Founded	February 7, 1919
Seat	Jordan
Largest town	Jordan
Area
• Total	4,847 sq mi (12,550 km2)
• Land	4,675 sq mi (12,110 km2)
• Water	172 sq mi (450 km2) 3.6%
Population (2020)
• Total	1,173
• Estimate (2022)	1,218
• Density	0.24/sq mi (0.093/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.garfieldco.us/index.html
	Montana county number 50;

Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,173.^[2] Its county seat is Jordan.^[3]

Garfield County is noteworthy as the site of the discovery and excavation of four of the world's dozen or so major specimens (as of 1994) of Tyrannosaurus rex. A cast of the skull of one of these dinosaurs is on display at the Garfield County Museum.^[4]

^ County Timeline Genealogy Trails
^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ David Quammen, "Local Bird Makes Good" (1995), collected in The Boilerplate Rhino (2000), ISBN 0-684-83728-5

[1] County Timeline Genealogy Trails

[QF-2] "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[3] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[4] David Quammen, "Local Bird Makes Good" (1995), collected in The Boilerplate Rhino (2000), ISBN 0-684-83728-5

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