Ravalli County, Montana

Ravalli County
County
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall in Stevensville, Montana.
Location within the U.S. state of Montana
Montana's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 46°05′N 114°07′W / 46.08°N 114.12°W / 46.08; -114.12
Country	United States
State	Montana
Founded	March 3, 1893
Named for	Antonio Ravalli
Seat	Hamilton
Largest city	Hamilton
Area
• Total	2,400 sq mi (6,000 km2)
• Land	2,391 sq mi (6,190 km2)
• Water	9.4 sq mi (24 km2)  0.4%
Population  (2020)
• Total	44,174
• Estimate  (2022)	47,298
• Density	18/sq mi (7.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.rc.mt.gov
Montana county number 13

Ravalli County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,174.^[1] Its county seat is Hamilton.^[2]

Ravalli County is part of a north–south mountain valley bordered by the Sapphire Mountains on the East and the Bitterroot Mountains on the West. It is often referred to as the Bitterroot Valley, which is named for the Bitterroot Flower. The county is on the Pacific Ocean side of the Continental Divide, which follows the Idaho-Montana border from Wyoming until Ravalli County. Here, it turns east into Montana, between Chief Joseph Pass and Lost Trail Pass, and follows the Ravalli County-Beaverhead County border.