Warm Springs, Montana

Last updated

Warm Springs, Montana
Warm Springs State Hospital 05.jpg
Montana State Hospital entrance
USA Montana location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Warm Springs, Montana
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Warm Springs, Montana
Coordinates: 46°10′53″N112°47′05″W / 46.18139°N 112.78472°W / 46.18139; -112.78472
Country United States
State Montana
County Deer Lodge
Elevation
[1]
4,813 ft (1,467 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code 406
GNIS feature ID806822 [1]

Warm Springs is an unincorporated community in Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States. [1] [2] The town can be accessed via exit 201 on Interstate 90.

Contents

The post office opened in 1871. [3]

Description

The community is the site of Montana State Hospital, the only long-term psychiatric hospital [4] operated by the state of Montana. The hospital was founded by the Territorial Government of Montana in 1877. The State of Montana purchased the hospital in 1912 and renamed it Warm Springs State Hospital in 1965. [3]

The "warm springs" are located on the hospital campus. Hot water seeps from a limestone cone that is about 40 feet high.

The Native Americans called this the "Lodge of the Whitetailed Deer" giving the Deer Lodge Valley its name. There are no community services other than a bar and convenience store on the frontage road and a post office (zip code 59756) on the hospital campus.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warm Springs, Montana
  2. Warm Springs Topo Map in Deer Lodge County MT
  3. 1 2 "Warm Springs". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. DPHHS. "Montana State Hospital". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Warm Springs, Montana at Wikimedia Commons