Lewistown, Montana Lewistown, Montana Mainstreet Lewistown Mainstreet Lewistown Location of Lewistown, Montana Location of Lewistown, Montana State Montana Lewistown is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The populace was 5,901 at the 2010 census.
Lewistown is positioned in central Montana, the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls.
The region that is now Lewistown was once the territory of the Blackfoot Native Americans.
The first permanent pioneer of Lewistown were Metis.
The Metis established Lewistown in 1879. Pierre Berger is credited with being the founder of Lewistown.
Berger, along with his wife Judith Wilkie Berger, son Isadore Berger, Isaie Berger, Jean Baptiste Berger and Jacques Berger, as well as a several other families made the trek into the Lewistown region in 1879.
Lewistown was also the site of a gold rush when gold was identified in the close-by Judith Mountains in 1880.
Before the gold rush, Maiden was the biggest city in central Montana.
When the gold supply ran out, many of the miners attained new employment in Lewistown and settled there permanently.
Lewistown was the easterly end of the Montana Railroad which connected with Lombard, Montana, a distance of approximately 157 miles (253 km).
During World War II, in 1942 the US Army Air Corps established a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress training base just west of Lewistown to train aircrews for missions in North Africa and Europe.
The former airbase is now the Lewistown Municipal Airport.
Lewistown is positioned at 47 3 53 N 109 25 48 W (47.064615, -109.429882). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.32 square miles (13.78 km2), all land. The town/city is positioned in the exact center of the state of Montana and is part of the Rocky Mountains.
The city's water origin is Big Spring Creek, which originates in the foothills of the Big Snowy Mountains 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Lewistown.
Lewistown experiences a mostly dry humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb) with long, dry and usually cold winters and short, warm, wetter summers. Winter weather can either be harsh due to the boss of cold polar air from Canada, or occasionally very mild or even warm due to gusty chinook winds.
On average 10.7 afternoons will reach 50 F or 10 C amid the three winter months, but on the other hand 49 afternoons amid a full year will fail to top freezing, 0 F or 17.8 C is reached on 23.9 mornings and 25 F or 31.7 C on two mornings each winter, with as many as twelve this cold amid the harsh winter of 1928 29.
The hottest temperature at Lewistown has been 105 F or 40.6 C, which has occurred twice amid 1900 on June 21 and July 1931, and the coldest 46 F or 43.3 C on 28 January 1929.
The hottest minimum has been 71 F or 21.7 C on July 17 of 1925, and the coldest maximum 28 F or 33.3 C on 29 January 1916; the coldest month was January 1950 which averaged 1.8 F ( 18.8 C).
Most rain is from spring thunderstorms: the wettest calendar year since 1896 have been 1953 with 28.61 inches (726.7 mm) and the driest 1984 with 11.21 inches (284.7 mm).
Even with the dry conditions, winter snow flurry is substantial at a mean of 64.6 inches or 1.64 metres and a median of 52.5 inches or 1.33 metres; however the incessant chinooks keep mean snow cover down to 5 inches or 0.13 metres even in January, with the median even lower at 3 inches or 0.08 metres.
February 1978 also had the highest mean snow cover at 27.1 inches or 0.69 metres; the snowiest season has been from July 1954 to June 1955 with 172.5 inches (4.38 m) and the least snow from July 1991 to June 1992 with only 30.2 inches (0.77 m), and the most snow in a month 41.0 inches (1.04 m) amid March 1954.
Climate data for Lewistown Municipal Airport Average high F ( C) 31.9 Average low F ( C) 10.6 As of the census of 2010, there were 5,901 citizens , 2,761 homeholds, and 1,512 families residing in the city.
There were 3,007 housing units at an average density of 565.2 per square mile (218.2/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.4% White, 0.3% African American, 1.7% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 2.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,761 homeholds of which 23.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 45.2% were non-families.
39.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.78.
The median age in the town/city was 45.4 years.
20.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.6% were from 25 to 44; 28.9% were from 45 to 64; and 21.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,813 citizens , 2,594 homeholds, and 1,507 families residing in the city.
There were 2,868 housing units at an average density of 1,507.4 per square mile (582.8/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.53% White, 0.07% African American, 1.41% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.14% from other competitions, and 1.51% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,594 homeholds out of which 26.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families.
37.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,949, and the median income for a family was $36,888.
About 9.0% of families and 13.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.
Alma Smith Jacobs first African American Montana State Librarian Jim Otten (born July 1, 1951 Lewistown Mt) Major league baseball Player (relief pitcher).
"The City of Lewistown Montana".
The City of Lewistown Montana.
"Population Estimates".
"Profile for Lewistown, Montana, MT".
Climate Summary for Lewistown, Montana "Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Retrieved July 2, 2016.
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Lewistown Area Chamber of Commerce.
"Montana Governor Roy Elmer Ayers".
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Official City of Lewistown website Lewistown Community Resources website Lewistown Chamber of Commerce website e - Podunk: Profile for Lewistown Montana Municipalities and communities of Fergus County, Montana, United States State of Montana
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