Miles City, Montana Miles City, Montana Main Street in Miles City Main Street in Miles City Location of Miles City, Montana Location of Miles City, Montana Miles City is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Custer County, Montana, United States. The populace was 8,410 at the 2010 census.
Miles City, 1881 A second, permanent fort was constructed on higher ground two miles to the west of the mouth of the Tongue and this became Fort Keogh.
Miles, effectively brought the remaining "uncontrolled" Native Americans into standardised amid the last decade of the 1800s. Moving two miles due east of the Tongue River Cantonment, these early merchants established the first Miles City.
Although fondly referred to as "Milestown," the first postal service and first official plat both called the town "Miles City." When the old cantonment moved two miles west, the town literally picked up and followed, moving to the current site.
The last occupants of Old Miles City stayed on until 1900 but the new improve was the one that grew.
Before the town itself was founded, George Miles, the nephew of General Miles, who had accompanied his uncle on the expedition and served in the quartermasters office, bought a herd of sheep, the first of many commercial enterprises in his involvement with the core framers of the town.
Livestock speculation brought thousands of cattle to the open ranges in the late 1880s, the barns was extended through the area, and Texas drove various cattle to Miles City to fatten them on no-charge grass and move them to where they could be loaded on trains bound for the slaughterhouses in Chicago.
Miles City established a municipal electric utility around 1887 and it was a origin of civic pride (as any town/city would have towards its own utilities) until a traveling employee of Minnesota Northern Power (predecessor of MDU Resources Group, Inc.) told the town/city council "the emperor has no clothes;" i.e., the fitness was far less efficient and in worse shape than they thought.
The town/city council eventually put the question to the voters who instructed the town/city to sell the utility.
A charter election was held to determine who would serve Miles City on June 28, 1927.
Miles City experienced rapid expansion until the 1920s and 1930s, but became overshadowed by the upstart upriver town of Billings, which was at the cross roads of transit routes, and it became a banking center, petroleum refining center, and medical service center and is now the biggest city in the state.
The publicly owned Miles City Municipal Airport is positioned less than two miles (3 km) from town.
Miles City is positioned at 46 24 30 N 105 50 24 W (46.408460, -105.840093), at an altitude of 2369 feet (722 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.34 square miles (8.65 km2), all land. Miles City experiences a semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk) with long, cold, dry winters and hot, wetter summers.
The town/city holds the record for the highest mean sea level pressure in the adjoining United States with a reading of 31.42 in - Hg (1064 mb) on December 24, 1983. Climate data for Miles City Airport As of the census of 2010, there were 8,410 citizens , 3,677 homeholds, and 2,082 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 2,518.0 inhabitants per square mile (972.2/km2).
There were 4,000 housing units at an average density of 1,197.6 per square mile (462.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.3% White, 0.3% African American, 1.7% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other competitions, and 1.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,677 homeholds of which 27.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 40.6 years.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,487 citizens , 3,528 homeholds, and 2,194 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 2,593.3 citizens per square mile (1,002.1/km ).
There were 3,890 housing units at an average density of 1,188.7 per square mile (459.3/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.72% White, 0.12% African American, 1.39% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other competitions, and 1.00% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,847, and the median income for a family was $41,190.
The biggest event of the year is the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale held in May.
Miles City is also home to the Eastern Montana Fair and is the commercial core of southeastern Montana. The sale is generally held regardless of weather. Miles Community College was established in 1939.
Miles Community College also features no-charge tutoring at the Center for Academic Success.
Library is positioned inside the chief building of Miles Community College, and is equipped with computer lab and INFOTRAC.
Custer County District High School is the only high school in the entire county; some students drive as many as 60 miles (97 km) to school.
Miles City also has 4 elementary schools, Lincoln (4-6), Highland Park (k-3), Jefferson (k-3), Garfield (k-6) and a middle school, Washington School (7 and 8).
12 Mile Dam spans the Tongue River and attracts teens in the summer for water sport.
Miles City lies at the mouth of the north flowing Tongue River as it empties into the eastward flowing Yellowstone River.
Many small-town reservoirs are stocked with edible fish from the hatchery in Miles City.
Aerial photograph of Miles City from the southwest Merle Greene Robertson born in Miles City in 1913, a noted art historian and famous scholar of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.
Maurice Hilleman, a noted microbiologist, was born near Miles City in 1919.
George Winston, noted American pianist, interval up in Miles City and studied piano at a small-town conservatory Williams, World-famous commodity trader, author and father of Academy Award-nominated actress, Michelle Williams, was born in Miles City.
Jeff Meyer, Television Director, Born and educated in Miles City, son of Coleman and Shirley (Gundlach) Meyer.
The town, whose airways broadcast has the call letters KATL, was titled after US soldier Nelson Appleton Miles, who forced the surrender of Geronimo and the Nez Perce.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miles City, Montana 20 1971 2000: MILES CITY AP, MT" (PDF).
"Monthly Averages for Miles City, MT".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Miles City, MT, is known as the Cow Capital of the West with pickups and stock trucks lining up the streets.
The city's cowboy tradition lives through the annual Bucking Horse Sale highlighted by bareback riding affairs at the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds.
"Rain wipes out Miles City racing".
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