Silver Gate, Montana

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Silver Gate, Montana
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Silver Gate
Coordinates: 45°0′25″N109°59′22″W / 45.00694°N 109.98944°W / 45.00694; -109.98944
CountryUnited States
State Montana
County Park
Area
[1]
  Total4.36 sq mi (11.30 km2)
  Land4.36 sq mi (11.30 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
7,390 ft (2,250 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total19
  Density4.36/sq mi (1.68/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
59081
Area code 406
FIPS code 30-68425
GNIS feature ID2583847 [2]

Silver Gate is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 20. [3] Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP.

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The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway (U.S. Route 212). It is the closest community to the park's Northeast Entrance Station.

Geography

Silver Gate is in the southeast part of Park County, bordered to the south by the North Absaroka Wilderness within Shoshone National Forest in the state of Wyoming, to the west by Yellowstone National Park, and to the east by Cooke City. The two towns sit in the valley of Soda Butte Creek, which flows southwest into Wyoming to join the Lamar River within Yellowstone Park. The valley is part of the Yellowstone River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 19
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

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References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. "Silver Gate Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Total Population: 2010 DEC Summary File 1 (P1): Silver Gate CDP, Montana". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.