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Missoula
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| Nicknames: The Garden City, River City, Zootown (informal)[1] | |
| Motto: "The Discovery Continues"[1] | |
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| Coordinates: 46°51′45″N 114°0′42″W / 46.86250°N 114.01167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Missoula |
| Founded | 1866 |
| Incorporated (town) | March 8, 1883 |
| Incorporated (city) | March 12, 1885 |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Missoula City Council |
| • Mayor | Jordan Hess (D) |
| Area | |
| • City | 34.96 sq mi (90.54 km2) |
| • Land | 34.77 sq mi (90.05 km2) |
| • Water | 0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2) |
| • Urban | 45.43 sq mi (117.7 km2) |
| • Metro | 2,618 sq mi (6,780 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,209 ft (978 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 73,489 |
| • Estimate (2022)[3] | 76,955 |
| • Rank | US: 480th (2010) |
| • Density | 2,113.70/sq mi (816.11/km2) |
| • Metro | 217,922 (US: 332nd) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (Mountain) |
| ZIP Codes | 59801–59804, 59806–59808[5] |
| University of Montana ZIP Code | 59812[5] |
| Area code | 406 |
| FIPS code | 30-50200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0787504 |
| Website | ci.missoula.mt.us |
Missoula (/mɪˈzuːlə/ ⓘ mih-ZOO-lə; Séliš: Nłʔay, lit. 'Place of the Small Bull Trout';[6] Kutenai: Tuhuⱡnana) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys".[7] The 2020 United States Census shows the city's population at 73,489[3] and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 117,922.[4] Missoula is the 2nd largest city and metropolitan area in Montana.[8] Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university.
The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858 including William T. Hamilton, who set up a trading post along the Rattlesnake Creek, Captain Richard Grant, who settled near Grant Creek, and David Pattee, who settled near Pattee Canyon.[9] Missoula was founded in 1860 as Hellgate Trading Post while still part of Washington Territory. By 1866, the settlement had moved east, 5 miles (8 km) upstream, and had been renamed Missoula Mills, later shortened to Missoula.[10] The mills provided supplies to western settlers traveling along the Mullan Road. The establishment of Fort Missoula in 1877 to protect settlers further stabilized the economy. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883 brought rapid growth and the maturation of the local lumber industry. In 1893, the Montana Legislature chose Missoula as the site for the state's first university. Along with the U.S. Forest Service headquarters founded in 1908, lumber and the university remained the basis of the local economy for the next 100 years.[11]
By the 1990s, Missoula's lumber industry had gradually disappeared, and as of 2009[update], the city's largest employers were the University of Montana, Missoula County Public Schools, and Missoula's two hospitals.[12] The city is governed by a mayor–council government with 12 city council members, two from each of the six wards. In and around Missoula are 400 acres (160 ha) of parkland, 22 miles (35 km) of trails, and nearly 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of open-space conservation land, with adjacent Mount Jumbo being home to grazing elk and mule deer during the winter.[13] The city is also home to both of Montana's largest and its oldest active breweries, as well as the Montana Grizzlies. Notable residents include the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin.[14]
- ^ a b "About Missoula". Destination Missoula. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ a b "QuickFacts: Missoula city, Montana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "Look Up a ZIP Code". USPS. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015.
- ^ "Nɫʔay" (PDF). Plateau Portal. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Gilder, Don. "Three, Five or Eight: Judge Woody Would Hold His Nose". Old Missoula. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau Delivers Montana's 2010 Census Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting". Census 2010 News. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ Allan James Mathews (2002). A Guide to Historic Missoula. Montana Historical Society. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-917298-89-9. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
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historicmissoula.orgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Arrival of the Railroad (1883–1893)". Historic Missoula. Missoula's Office of Planning and Grants. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
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employers 2009was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Missoula Official Website: Parks & Recreation". City of Missoula. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ "Cool Montana Stories: Jeannette Rankin". Travel Montana. 2007. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
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