Sumatra, Montana

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Sumatra, Montana
Unincorporated community
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Sumatra, Montana
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Sumatra, Montana
Coordinates: 46°37′06″N107°33′04″W / 46.61833°N 107.55111°W / 46.61833; -107.55111 Coordinates: 46°37′06″N107°33′04″W / 46.61833°N 107.55111°W / 46.61833; -107.55111
Country United States
State Montana
County Rosebud
Elevation
3,202 ft (976 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59083 [1]
Area code 406
GNIS feature ID777301 [2]

Sumatra is an unincorporated community in far northwestern Rosebud County, Montana, United States. [2] It consists of a church and a post office, with respective houses, surrounded by open ranch land.

Sumatra was established in 1905 as a station stop, called Summit, on the Milwaukee Road. The town name was changed to Sumatra, after an Indonesian island, with the opening of the post office in 1910. [3]

Notes

  1. "Sumatra ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Sumatra, Montana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Sumatra". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 9 April 2021.


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