Silver Star, Montana

Coordinates: 45°41′15″N 112°17′06″W / 45.68750°N 112.28500°W / 45.68750; -112.28500
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Silver Star, Montana
FIPS code
30-68500

Silver Star is an

ZIP code 59751.[4][5]

Green Campbell made the first gold discovery in this area in 1866. The community was named for the Silver Star mining claim.[6] The post office opened in 1869.

Geography

Gold and quartz from the Broadway Mine, Silver Star, Montana

Silver Star is in northwestern Madison County, on the west bank of the

U.S. Census Bureau, the Silver Star CDP has an area of 0.46 square miles (1.19 km2), all land.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202046—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Education

The CDP is in the Twin Bridges K-12 Schools school district.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Montana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Star, Montana
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Silver Star CDP, Montana: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  4. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  6. ^ "Silver Star". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 4, 2024. - Text list


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