Stanford, Montana
Stanford, Montana | |
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Central Avenue Stanford | |
Location of Stanford, Montana | |
| Coordinates: 47°09′07″N 110°13′08″W / 47.15194°N 110.21889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Judith Basin |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) |
| • Land | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,285 ft (1,306 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 403 |
| • Density | 939.39/sq mi (362.56/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 59479 |
| Area code | 406 |
| FIPS code | 30-70675 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413327 |
Stanford is a town in and the county seat of Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. The population was at 403 as of the 2020 census.
Stanford began with the establishment of a trading post by Thomas C. Power in 1875. In 1908 the town moved about 3 miles to be next to the new railroad.
The economy is based on agriculture. In 2023, the Redwood Group, a leading supplier of grains for premium pet food, agreed to operate a pulse processing, storage, and transloading facility in Stanford.
Stanford was frequented by C.M. Russell and is featured in some of his landscape paintings.