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September 18, 2024 Noon Report

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Kremlin, Montana


Kremlin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. The population was 98 at the 2010 census, down from 126 in 2000. At 2020, the population was 78.


Kremlin was developed as a cattle-rangeland stop on the Great Northern Railway. It received its first large group of homesteaders in 1910, many of them Russian.


As of 2020, the per capita income for the CDP was $12,598. There were 13.5% of families and 22.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including 27.9% of under eighteens and 33.3% of those over 64.



Gildford, Montana


Gildford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. The population was 179 at the 2010 census. It was 141 in 2020.


The town was named for Guildford, England. A flour mill, which milled Golden Grain Flour, operated from 1915 to 1951.


Historically Gildford had an independent public school district, but consolidated with Kremlin to form the K-G School District in 1971.[citation needed] At that time the junior and senior high schools were located in Gildford. Further consolidation occurred in advance of the 2005-06 school year when the K-G School District consolidated with the neighboring Blue Sky School District, forming the North Star Public School District (Districts 99 and M). With this most recent merger, the elementary school is located in Gildford. The junior and senior high schools are now located in Rudyard, Montana.[7] The current mascot for North Star Public Schools is the Knight,[8] with the school colors being black, royal blue, and white.


In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $33,125, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $23,125 versus $28,438 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,648. About 4.4% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 6.1% of those 65 or over.





Hingman, Montana


Hingham is a town in Hill County, Montana, United States. Its economy is largely agricultural. The population was 131 at the 2020 census.




Rudyard, Montana


Rudyard is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. The population was 258 at the 2010 census.


The community was established as a switching station on the Great Northern Railway. The post office opened in 1910. It is named after author Rudyard Kipling.




Joplin, Montana


Joplin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Liberty County, Montana, United States. The population was 157 at the 2010 census.


Joplin was founded in 1910 by Lebanese immigrant Joseph E. Rehal, who was its first postmaster.[4] It was a station house on the Great Northern Railway as early as 1902.


On September 25, 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m., Amtrak passenger train 7/27, also known as the westbound Empire Builder, suffered a derailment 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Joplin while en route from Chicago to Seattle. Three people were killed and 50 more were injured when the eight rear cars of the ten-car train derailed.





Chester, Montana


Chester is a town in and the county seat of Liberty County, Montana, United States.[3] The population was 847 at the time of both the 2010 and 2020 U.S. Census.


The Blackfoot, Piegan Blackfeet, and Blood Tribe migrated to the area via the Old North Trail in the early 18th century.[5]: 1  The Lewis and Clark Expedition came through the area as it trekked around Lake Elwell and the Marius River in July of 1806.[5]: 1  Meriwether Lewis accounted in his journal that "there were not less than 10 thousand buffalo within a circle of 2 miles around that place".[6] The Earl of Southesk concurred during his 1859 expedition to the area when he said that as "[f]ar as the eye could reach, these plains were covered with troops of buffalo; thousands and thousands were constantly in sight."



With gold prospectors arriving in the area and the railroad booming, the first post office was commissioned on November 22, 1895.[5]: 2  The town was incorporated a few years later in 1910,[7] the same year that a new railroad depot was build and a railroad signal was installed[5]: 19-20 . Its namesake was chosen by the town's first telegraph operator which he chose in honor of his hometown in Pennsylvania.


Amtrak's Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Shelby, 43 miles (69 km) to the west. This train has suffered multiple major accidents just outside the town on the Buelow passing siding. The first was the Great Northern Buelow wreck in March of 1966 when an eastbound Empire Builder[a] was struck head-on by a westbound Western Star killing two and injuring 77.[23] The second was in September of 2021 when a westbound Empire Builder derailed, killing three and injuring 49.





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