Utica is a unincorporated community in west-central Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) from Lewistown[4] at the intersections of Pig Eye Road, Montana Route 239 (the "Utica highway"), and Montana Route 541. Yogo sapphires were found near Utica in the mid-1890s.[5]
Utica, Montana | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Coordinates: 46°58′06″N 110°05′33″W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Montana |
County | Judith Basin County |
Area | |
• Total | 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2) |
• Land | 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 23 |
• Density | 92.00/sq mi (35.58/km2) |
FIPS code | 30-76075 |
GNIS feature ID | 777954[3] |
Judith River Ranger Station is near town. The town itself now consists only of a church and a museum, plus a few houses.
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
2020 | 23 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] |
One of Utica's most famous local residents was the western painter C.M. Russell, who at the time was a young cowhand hired by a local rancher and gold miner named Jake Hoover.[7] Russell stated that he learned most of his frontier skills from Hoover,[8] and the two men remained lifelong friends.[7] He featured Utica in the 1907 painting A Quiet Day In Utica,[9][10] which was originally known as Tinning a Dog. Hoover; local businesswoman Mollie Ringold, a former slave;[11] store owner Charles Lehman and Russell himself are all depicted in the painting, seen standing between the hitching post and door of the general store.[10][12][13]
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County seat: Stanford | ||
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