Whitefish, Montana Whitefish, Montana Looking north from downtown Whitefish Looking north from downtown Whitefish Official seal of Whitefish, Montana Location of Whitefish, Montana Location of Whitefish, Montana Whitefish (Salish: ep x y u, "has whitefish") is a town/city in Flathead County, Montana, United States.
It is home to a ski resort on Big Mountain called Whitefish Mountain Resort.
Whitefish Depot The Great Northern Railway was assembled through what is now Whitefish in 1904, which sparked evolution of the town.
The improve was titled for its locale near Whitefish Lake. In 2006, over 68,000 passengers embarked and disembarked through the historic Whitefish Depot, a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder line, with some percentage of those being headed to the ski resort on Big Mountain.
In December 2016, the neo-Nazi and white supremacist website The Daily Stormer presented a list of six small-town Jews in the town/city along with their personal information, claiming that they were harming the company of Richard Spencer's mother and asking readers to "take action" against them. Whitefish police increased small-town patrols, and monitored Internet activity; Montana politicians and improve groups responded with various accomplishments to focus consideration on the question of antisemitism. On Dec.
28, 2016, Spencer pointed out that he did not want to bring ongoing nationwide attention to Whitefish with his political views, and an offer was made to call off a proposed anti-Jewish armed march in the town. The march was postponed because the proper permitting materials were not submitted and the required fee was not paid. Whitefish is positioned at 48 14 42 N 114 20 24 W (48.411772, -114.339865), at an altitude of 3,028 feet (923 m). The town is positioned on the side of the continental divide, near Glacier National Park.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.80 square miles (30.56 km2), of which, 6.43 square miles (16.65 km2) is territory and 5.37 square miles (13.91 km2) is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Whitefish has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. View from top of Big Mountain, near Whitefish, in winter In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,982 homeholds of which 24.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 47.6% were non-families.
The Taste of Whitefish is an annual event that has been held for more than twenty-five years.
The World Indoor Golf Championship has been held in Whitefish for over sixteen years and is a 9-hole "miniature golf" tournament in downtown Whitefish. Whitefish Mountain Resort Whitefish Theatre Company In 2018 Whitefish will host the annual convention of the National Speleological Society.
Whitefish is served by the Whitefish School District.
Schools in the precinct include Muldown Elementary School, Whitefish Middle School.
Whitefish High School and Whitefish Independent High School. Whitefish High School is home to various state championship teams; the most recent is the girls' cross nation team.
The Whitefish Pilot Whitefish Area News, from the Flathead Beacon Whitefish Free Press US 93 through Whitefish Route 93 and MT 40 travel through Whitefish.
Whitefish has an Amtrak station stop for their Empire Builder (Chicago-Portland & Seattle) train.
Ryan Zinke, Montana State Senator 2009-2012, congressman for Montana's at-large congressional district, and United States Secretary of the Interior under President Trump "Official Website of Whitefish Montana".
Official Website of Whitefish Montana.
"Whitefish History : Online History".
Whitefish History : Online History.
"Area history WHITEFISH Montana".
"Profile for Whitefish, Montana, MT".
"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2006, State of Montana" (PDF).
"After Neo-Nazi Posting, Police in Whitefish, Mont., Step Up Patrols".
"Whitefish dealing with backlash from white supremacist website".
"Whitefish Stands Unified Against Harassment".
"Whitefish, the rest push back against white supremacists".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitefish, Montana Climate Summary for Whitefish, Montana "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Whitefish Chamber of Commerce".
Whitefish Chamber of Commerce.
Whitefish Chamber of Commerce.
Whitefish Chamber of Commerce.
"Whitefish School District".
Whitefish School District.
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