Forest Grove, Montana

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Forest Grove, Montana
Unincorporated community
Forest Grove is located in Montana
Forest Grove
Forest Grove
Coordinates: 46°59′29″N 109°04′49″W / 46.99139°N 109.08028°W / 46.99139; -109.08028
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountiesFergus
Elevation
4,078 ft (1,242 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59441

Forest Grove (or Forestgrove) is an unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana, United States. Forest Grove has a post office with the ZIP code 59441.[1]

The town began in 1885 when sheep and cattle ranchers arrived in the area.[2] The community sits on between the unincorporated community of and the town of Grass Range. The road itself starts off at Montana Secondary Highway 238 from the west and terminates at Grass Range to the east where it becomes Grass Range's Main Street. Through the community run two creeks, and the . The post office sits on , along with the and local cemetery.[3]

To the south of the community is , showcasing around 2,000 pictographs and petroglyphs by Native Americans and early settlers.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ United States Postal Service Zip Code Lookup Tool
  2. ^ "Forestgrove". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Community cornerstone: Forest Grove Church still stands thanks to loc…". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Beargulch Pictographs". Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

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