Three Forks, Montana

Three Forks
City
Three Forks and the Tobacco Root Mountains
Location of Three Forks, Montana
Coordinates: 45°53′29″N 111°33′6″W / 45.89139°N 111.55167°W / 45.89139; -111.55167
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Gallatin
Government
• Type	Montana Incorporated City, Elected Mayor and City Council
• Mayor	Sean Gifford
Area [1]
• Total	1.50 sq mi (3.88 km2)
• Land	1.44 sq mi (3.73 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Elevation [2]	4,075 ft (1,242 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,989
• Density	1,382.21/sq mi (533.74/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	59752
Area code	406
FIPS code	30-73975
GNIS feature ID	0777603[2]
Website	http://www.threeforksmontana.us

Three Forks is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States and is located within the watershed valley system of both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers drainage basins — and is historically considered the birthplace or start of the Missouri River. The population was 1,989 at the 2020 census.^[3] The city of Three Forks is named so because it lies geographically near the point, in nearby Missouri Headwaters State Park, where the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers converge to form the Missouri River — the longest single river in North America, as well as the major portion of the Missouri–Mississippi River System from the headwaters near Three Forks to its discharge into the Gulf of Mexico. Three Forks is part of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area of approximately 100,000 people and located thirty miles west of Bozeman.