Lindsay, Montana

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Lindsay, Montana
Lindsay is located in Montana
Lindsay
Lindsay
Coordinates: 47°13′08″N 105°09′14″W / 47.21889°N 105.15389°W / 47.21889; -105.15389Coordinates: 47°13′08″N 105°09′14″W / 47.21889°N 105.15389°W / 47.21889; -105.15389
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyDawson
Elevation
2,680 ft (820 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59339
Area code(s)406
GNIS feature ID773370[1]

Lindsay is an unincorporated hamlet in Dawson County, Montana, United States, located on Montana Highway 200S and the Upper Sevenmile Creek, 22.3 miles (35.9 km) west-northwest of Glendive. The community has a post office with ZIP code 59339,[2][3] a public school, and a cooperative.

The town is named for Willam Lindsay, an Ohio-born businessman and the first rancher and freighter in the region.[4] In the 1920s, the town moved from its original site when the Northern Pacific Railway built its branch line to Circle.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lindsay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Lindsay". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 5 April 2021.


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