Red Lodge, Montana Red Lodge, Montana Main Street in Red Lodge Main Street in Red Lodge Location of Red Lodge, Montana Location of Red Lodge, Montana Red Lodge is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The populace was 2,125 at the United States Census, 2010. Red Lodge is positioned at 45 11 15 N 109 14 55 W (45.187515, -109.248475). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.80 square miles (7.25 km2), all of it land. On September 17, 1851, the United States government signed a treaty with the Crow Nation, ceding the region which now contains Red Lodge to the Crow Indians.
The Red Lodge postal service was established on Dec 9, 1884 with Postmaster Ezra L.
In the late 19th century, many new pioneer came to Red Lodge.
In 1896, Red Lodge had twenty saloons and, as the library records show, riotous and violent living was characteristic of the town.
Red Lodge suffered in the Great Depression, which forced many mines to close.
In 1931 work began on the Beartooth Highway linking Red Lodge to Yellowstone National Park; it was officially opened in 1936.
The downtown has been redeveloped since the mid-1980s for historic and cultural tourism, as the Red Lodge Commercial Historic District.
The buildings in downtown Red Lodge had declined into disrepair, in large part because populace had dropped from its 1915 peak of 6000 citizens to about 2,000. As of 2006, an estimate suggests that the populace of Red Lodge may increase from about 1,200 citizens in the winter to over 1,800 citizens amid the summer tourist season, arriving via the Beartooth Highway.
Red Lodge is the governmental center of county of Carbon County.
Red Lodge is an incorporated city, governed via the mayor/council system.
There are six members of the town/city council, propel from one of three wards of roughly equal population.
Red Lodge Mountain Palisades Red Lodge is well known for many outside recreation opportunities: skiing, mountain biking, and backpacking are nearby.
The Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association's Geology Field Station is positioned south of Red Lodge. Red Lodge Pickett (1892-1922) Red Lodge Pickett-Journal Red Lodge experiences a continental climate (Koppen Dfb) with cold, somewhat dry winters and warm, wetter summers.
Climate data for Red Lodge, Montana John "Liver-Eating" Johnston was propel the first marshal in Red Lodge in 1888. In 1943 tragedy hit Smith Mine #3 near Bearcreek, the area's biggest remaining mine. An explosion trapped and killed 74 men with only three of the workers in the mine that day escaping making it the worst coal mine disaster in Montana's history.
The Red Lodge cemetery contains a memorial.
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,125 citizens , 1,082 homeholds, and 513 families residing in the city.
There were 1,675 housing units at an average density of 598.2 per square mile (231.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.3% White, 0.4% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other competitions, and 1.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,082 homeholds of which 19.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.6% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 52.6% were non-families.
43.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 1.92 and the average family size was 2.62.
The median age in the town/city was 47.3 years.
16.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.8% were from 25 to 44; 34.4% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,177 citizens , 1,020 homeholds, and 528 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 846.0 citizens per square mile (327.1/km ).
There were 1,415 housing units at an average density of 549.9 per square mile (212.6/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.14% White, 0.41% African American, 1.10% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.46% from other competitions, and 1.42% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,020 homeholds out of which 22.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 48.2% were non-families.
39.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.04 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,750, and the median income for a family was $40,260.
About 6.9% of families and 9.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.4% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.
Red Lodge is served by three enhance schools: Mountain View Elementary School, Roosevelt Middle School, and Red Lodge High School. United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Red Lodge commercial historic precinct : revitalization master plan.
National Register of Historic Places Form, Hi Bug Historic District, accessed October 25, 2016 at https://mhs.mt.gov/Portals/11/shpo/docs/Hi - Bug - HD(Boundary - Decrease).pdf "Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF).
"Monthly Averages for Red Lodge, MT".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Red Lodge Public Schools".
Red Lodge travel guide from Wikivoyage Red Lodge Area Chamber of Commerce Municipalities and communities of Carbon County, Montana, United States
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