Sumatra, Montana

Sumatra, Montana
Unincorporated community
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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 ID	777301 [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]

Roger Youderian born in Sumatra (January 21, 1924 – January 8, 1956) was an American Christian missionary to Ecuador of Armenian descent who, along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people through efforts known as Operation Auca.

Notes

1. "Sumatra ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
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 April 9, 2021.