{"id":5898,"date":"2023-07-17T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5898"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:21","slug":"toole-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/toole-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Toole County, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toole County is a county in Montana, United States, on the Canadian border north of Great Falls. It had a population of 4,971 at the 2020 census and covers 1,946 square miles (5,040 km2) centred near 48\u00b039\u2032N 111\u00b041\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Shelby is the county seat, and its postal code is 59474. The county has one city, two incorporated towns, four census-designated places and a scatter of unincorporated rail-siding communities, and it sits in the Mountain time zone.<\/p>\n

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

Nineteen named places appear on the county map, from the county seat down to grain-elevator sidings with only a handful of residents. Shelby is the sole incorporated city; Kevin and Sunburst are incorporated towns; Camrose Colony, Hillside Colony, Rimrock Colony and Sweet Grass are Hutterite-colony census-designated places (CDPs); the rest are unincorporated communities along the Great Northern\/BNSF rail line or farm-service points with no formal 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\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Shelby<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n3,169<\/td>\n59474<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunburst<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n333<\/td>\n59482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n154<\/td>\n59454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweet Grass<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59484<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camrose Colony<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59474<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hillside Colony<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59474<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rim Rock Colony<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59474<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Galata<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59444<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oilmont<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n59435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aloe<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunkirk<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferdig<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gold Butte<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kippen<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naismith<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohio Camp<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virden<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Toole County has no formal civil-township subdivisions, so the table above is the full settlement roster. The three Hutterite colonies (Camrose, Hillside and Rim Rock) are working communal farms rather than open villages, and their mail routes through Shelby, which is why they share its 59474 ZIP.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n