{"id":5882,"date":"2023-07-17T13:36:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5882"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:48","slug":"sheridan-county-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sheridan-county-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheridan County, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheridan County is a county in Montana, United States, tucked against the Canadian border in the state’s far northeast corner. It had a population of 3,539 at the 2020 census and covers 1,706 square miles (4,420 km2), of which 1,677 square miles (4,340 km2) are land and 29 square miles (75 km2) are water, centred near 48°44′N 104°30′W.<\/p>\n

Plentywood is the county seat, and its postal code is 59254. The county has one incorporated city, three incorporated towns, and a scatter of small unincorporated communities and rail-era hamlets. It sits in the Mountain time zone and carries FIPS code 30091.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Sheridan County<\/h2>\n

Sheridan County has four incorporated places — Plentywood, Medicine Lake, Outlook, and Westby — plus a long list of unincorporated communities, many dating to the 1910s Great Northern and Soo Line branch lines that opened the county to wheat farming. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Plentywood<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n1,822<\/td>\n59254<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medicine Lake<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59247<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Westby<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Outlook<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59252<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antelope<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59211<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raymond<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reserve<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dagmar<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59219<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redstone<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homestead<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59242<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comertown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coalridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archer<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daleview<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dooley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McElroy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Volmer<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several of the smaller names above — Archer, Coalridge, Daleview, Dooley, McElroy, and Volmer — are largely-vanished rail sidings from the county’s 1910s homestead boom; a handful of buildings or a grain elevator foundation may be all that remains at each site today.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n