Glendive, Montana Glendive, Montana Glendive City Hall Glendive City Hall Location of Glendive, Montana Location of Glendive, Montana Glendive, Montana is positioned in the US Glendive, Montana - Glendive, Montana Location in the United States Country United States State Montana Glendive is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Dawson County, Montana, United States. Glendive was established by the Northern Pacific Railway when they assembled the transcontinental barns athwart the northern tier of the United States from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast.
The town was the command posts for the Yellowstone Division that encompassed 875 route miles (1,408 km); 546 (879) in chief line and 328 (528) in chapters with the chief routes from Mandan, North Dakota, to Billings, Montana, and from Billings to Livingston, Montana.
The town of Glendive is an agricultural and ranching core of easterly Montana.
Makoshika State Park is positioned just east of Glendive.
Glendive is the smallest US tv market (or DMA), as identified by Nielsen. The populace was 4,935 at the 2010 census. In January 2015 Glendive was the site of a primary petroleum spill from a pipeline which also contaminated drinking water. Glendive is positioned at 47 6 31 N 104 42 38 W (47.108491, -104.710419), at an altitude of 2,064 feet (629 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.35 square miles (8.68 km2), of which 3.32 square miles (8.60 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. Sir George Gore, a wealthy Irish sportsman, titled his favorite hunting region "Glendive" in 1855, from the Irish gleann 'valley' and dubh 'black'. Glendive was briefly an petroleum boom town after the discernment of petroleum in the Williston Basin in the early 1950s.
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,935 citizens , 2,060 homeholds, and 1,190 families residing in the city.
There were 2,267 housing units at an average density of 682.8 per square mile (263.6/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.4% White, 0.5% African American, 2.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,060 homeholds of which 25.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.2% were non-families.
37.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.84.
The median age in the town/city was 41.2 years.
19.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.7% were from 25 to 44; 26.5% were from 45 to 64; and 18.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,729 citizens , 1,983 homeholds, and 1,229 families residing in the city.
There were 2,204 housing units at an average density of 661.4 per square mile (255.5/km ).
There were 1,983 homeholds out of which 27.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families.
34.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,943, and the median income for a family was $40,313.
About 11.6% of families and 14.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
Glendive is the smallest of the 210 designated markets for broadcast tv in the United States as designated by Nielsen Media Research, with one station KXGN channel 5 carrying a CBS affiliation along with state and small-town news broadcasts for a small potential audience of a several thousand citizens (county populace is 9,059).
Together with Medicine Lake, the town holds the state's all-time-high record of 117 F (47 C), which was recorded on July 20, 1893 in Glendive and on July 5, 1937 in Medicine Lake.
Climate data for Glendive, Montana Babcock, 16th Governor of Montana, interval up on a ranch and later a home in Glendive, graduate of Dawson County High School in Glendive "A Guide to Historic Glendive" Montana Historical Society (1998) United States Enumeration Bureau.
Muskal, Michael (January 20, 2015) "Water supply off-limits in Montana town after Yellowstone River petroleum spill" Los Angeles Times United States Enumeration Bureau.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glendive, Montana "The Glendive, MT Historical Marker" Montana Historical Markers Waymarking.com "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF).
"Monthly Averages for Glendive, MT".
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