Churchill, Montana

Churchill, Montana
CDP

Location of Amsterdam-Churchill, Montana
Coordinates: 45°45′00″N 111°18′37″W / 45.75000°N 111.31028°W / 45.75000; -111.31028Coordinates: 45°45′00″N 111°18′37″W / 45.75000°N 111.31028°W / 45.75000; -111.31028
Country United States
State Montana
County Gallatin
Area
 • Total 3.6 sq mi (9.2 km2)
 • Land 3.6 sq mi (9.2 km2)
 • Water 3.6 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 902
 • Density 250/sq mi (98/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code(s) 406
FIPS code 30-01550

Churchill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The population was 902 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was formerly part of the Amsterdam-Churchill CDP.

Geography

Churchill is located at 45°45′00″N 111°18′37″W / 45.75000°N 111.31028°W / 45.75000; -111.31028 (45.749951, -111.310256).[1]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), all of it land.

History

Church Hill, or Churchill as it was later shortened by Gallatin County Road Department, is located a mile away- to the east of Amsterdam on a prominent hill. Churchill is the site of the Dutch community's original church- the 1st Christian Reformed Church, today known as Manhattan Christian Reformed Church; and related parent-operated private P-12 school, Manhattan Christian School. The large church on the hill is the probable origin of the name.[2] In the late 1890s, Dutch immigrants came to the Gallatin Valley, with the aid of the Manhattan Malting Company, and created a "linear settlement" of homes, farms, and ranches that stretched roughly 14 miles south of Manhattan, MT, with Amsterdam and Churchill roughly in the middle. Recognizing the growth of the community, the Northern Pacific designated a siding called Amsterdam to the west of "the hill" along its Anceney Spur; not to be outdone the C.M. & St. Paul Railway (aka:the Milwaukee Road) created a siding for agricultural goods about two miles to the east of Churchill along its Gallatin Valley Railway called "Holland", subsequently the "east of the hill" became known on maps as Holland.

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. ↑ Aarstad, Rich, Ellie Arguimbau, Ellen Baumler, Charlene Porsild, and Brian Shovers. Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman Archived October 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.. Montana Historical Society Press.
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