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Montana City, MT
Montana City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,715 at the 2010 census, up from 2,094 in 2000.
Montana City is located on top of one of the oldest prehistoric sites in the state of Montana. As early as 9,000 BCE, Native Americans came to Montana City to collect chert, a rock similar to flint, which was used to make spear tips, arrowheads, and knives. White American explorers discovered gold at the site on July 2, 1862, and later that year U.S. Army Captain Jason L. Fisk brought a mule train from Minnesota which stopped at the site and built the first houses that became Montana City. The town became one of the most important mining centers in Montana during the height of the gold rush in the 1860s. The Montana Town Company laid out the city in 1864, naming it after the territory's new name. Montana City was almost a ghost town for most of the 20th century until the Permanente Cement Company built a cement manufacturing plant there in 1940. Today, Montana City is a bedroom community serving Helena.
Just south of Helena on Interstate 15, Montana City makes a perfect place to stop before venturing into the Helena or Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests to the south of town. Montana City began as a placer mining camp in the wake of the Last Chance Gulch strike, and today has been redeveloped as a flourishing suburb of Helena. The convenience of Helena, and the small-town atmosphere make Montana City a warm and inviting place to spend some time.
