Stone | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Granite |
Stone is an unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana located 11.9 miles south of Drummond and 12.43 mi north of Phillipsburg on the Pintler Veterans Memorial Scenic Highway. Stone is serviced by the post office in Hall.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Granite County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 3,079. Its county seat is Philipsburg. The county was founded in 1893, and was named for a mountain which contains the Granite Mountain silver mine.
Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States. Montana has several nicknames, although none are official, including "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently "The Last Best Place".
