East Glacier Park Village, Montana
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = East Glacier Park, Montana
|settlement_type = CDP
|image_skyline = East Glacier Park Village MT - aerial.jpg
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|map_caption = Location of East Glacier Park, Montana
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Montana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Glacier
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 11.29
|area_land_km2 = 11.29
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 4.36
|area_land_sq_mi = 4.36
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 354
|population_density_km2 = 31.36
|population_density_sq_mi = 81.21
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = −7
|timezone_DST = MDT
|utc_offset_DST = −6
|elevation_ft = 4823
|coordinates = {{coord|48|26|39|N|113|14|20|W|type:city_region:US-MT|display=it}}
|postal_code_type =
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|area_code = 406
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 30-22985
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|blank1_info = 2408707{{GNIS|2408707}}
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East Glacier Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Glacier County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 354.{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=East+Glacier+Park+Village+CDP,+Montana| title=East Glacier Park Village CDP, Montana| access-date=April 11, 2023| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov}}
History
The Great Northern Railway platted the community of Midvale in the 1890s.{{cite web |title=East Glacier Park |url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=2 April 2021}} The town name was eventually changed to Glacier Park and officially became East Glacier Park in 1949. There are two National Register of Historic Places listings: the Ranger Station Historic District and the Women's Club.{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=|accessdate=April 16, 2024|refnum=86003696|name=East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District}}{{cite web |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/17948256/glacier-park-womens-club-montana-historical-society |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Glacier Park Women's Club |last1=Carpenter |first1=Becky |last2=Flick |first2=Joann |date=April 1, 2013 |website=Yumpu |publisher=National Register of Historic Places |access-date=April 16, 2024}}
=2022 attack=
On July 19, 2022, 37-year-old Derick Amos Madden rammed his pickup truck (a Toyota Tacoma) into a Syracuse, New York, family in East Glacier Park Village. After crashing, he emerged with a shotgun and fatally shot the father and his 18-month-old daughter. He also critically injured the mother and the sister-in-law, the latter of whom had been in a relationship with Madden. Madden, who also used a knife in the attack, was subsequently killed by the sister-in-law when she fought back, wrestled away his own knife, and made an end of it.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Ex Who Unleashed Terror on Family in Montana Had Numerous 'Red Flags' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/derick-amos-madden-ex-who-unleashed-terror-on-siau-family-in-east-glacier-montana-had-red-flags/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}} Two other children in the family survived uninjured.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-shootings-new-york-montana-billings-8c574bfe7302ce3e8c69ef36baa8dadb|title=Pickup driver hits family in Montana, kills 2 with shotgun|publisher=Associated Press|last=Brown|first=Matthew|date=July 19, 2022|accessdate=July 20, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-drives-family-walking-glacier-national-park-opens-fire-killing-tod-rcna39035|title=Toddler and her father killed in Montana after a man drove into a family and started shooting, officials say|publisher=NBC News|last=Stelloh|first=Tim|date=July 19, 2022|accessdate=July 20, 2022}}
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land. A significant number of lakes are located in the area.
=Climate=
East Glacier's climate is borderline Subarctic / Humid Continental, with warm summers, and winters generally beginning in November and lasting into March.
{{Weather box
|location = East Glacier, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present: 4806ft (1465m)
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = yes
|Jan record high F = 57
|Feb record high F = 63
|Mar record high F = 67
|Apr record high F = 80
|May record high F = 86
|Jun record high F = 89
|Jul record high F = 97
|Aug record high F = 97
|Sep record high F = 92
|Oct record high F = 86
|Nov record high F = 67
|Dec record high F = 55
|year record high F =
|Jan avg record high F = 48.4
|Feb avg record high F = 48.2
|Mar avg record high F = 54.6
|Apr avg record high F = 65.2
|May avg record high F = 74.5
|Jun avg record high F = 80.9
|Jul avg record high F = 87.3
|Aug avg record high F = 87.4
|Sep avg record high F = 82.6
|Oct avg record high F = 70.2
|Nov avg record high F = 55.9
|Dec avg record high F = 47.5
|year avg record high F = 89.6
|Jan high F = 30.4
|Feb high F = 30.5
|Mar high F = 37.1
|Apr high F = 45.6
|May high F = 55.6
|Jun high F = 64.1
|Jul high F = 73.8
|Aug high F = 74.0
|Sep high F = 63.3
|Oct high F = 49.9
|Nov high F = 36.3
|Dec high F = 29.3
|year high F =
|Jan mean F = 21.7
|Feb mean F = 21.8
|Mar mean F = 28.0
|Apr mean F = 36.1
|May mean F = 44.9
|Jun mean F = 52.7
|Jul mean F = 59.9
|Aug mean F = 59.2
|Sep mean F = 50.5
|Oct mean F = 39.6
|Nov mean F = 29.0
|Dec mean F = 21.9
|year mean F =
|Jan low F = 13.1
|Feb low F = 13.0
|Mar low F = 18.9
|Apr low F = 26.5
|May low F = 34.3
|Jun low F = 41.3
|Jul low F = 46.0
|Aug low F = 44.4
|Sep low F = 37.7
|Oct low F = 29.4
|Nov low F = 21.8
|Dec low F = 14.6
|year low F =
|Jan avg record low F = -17.1
|Feb avg record low F = -12.6
|Mar avg record low F = -8.7
|Apr avg record low F = 8.0
|May avg record low F = 22.4
|Jun avg record low F = 31.5
|Jul avg record low F = 36.2
|Aug avg record low F = 33.6
|Sep avg record low F = 26.1
|Oct avg record low F = 9.4
|Nov avg record low F = -3.1
|Dec avg record low F = -14.3
|year avg record low F = -28.4
|Jan record low F = -43
|Feb record low F = -44
|Mar record low F = -35
|Apr record low F = -13
|May record low F = 16
|Jun record low F = 15
|Jul record low F = 30
|Aug record low F = 18
|Sep record low F = 8
|Oct record low F = -14
|Nov record low F = -26
|Dec record low F = -42
|year record low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.09
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.56
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.55
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.21
|May precipitation inch = 2.89
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.00
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.54
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.46
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.17
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.55
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.78
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.63
|year precipitation inch =
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 14.7
|Feb precipitation days = 11.5
|Mar precipitation days = 12.7
|Apr precipitation days = 9.4
|May precipitation days = 8.5
|Jun precipitation days = 10.2
|Jul precipitation days = 7.7
|Aug precipitation days = 6.9
|Sep precipitation days = 7.7
|Oct precipitation days = 8.1
|Nov precipitation days = 12.8
|Dec precipitation days = 14.4
|Jan snow inch = 29.0
|Feb snow inch = 21.0
|Mar snow inch = 22.9
|Apr snow inch = 18.4
|May snow inch = 4.0
|Jun snow inch = 1.5
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.4
|Sep snow inch = 0.8
|Oct snow inch = 9.3
|Nov snow inch = 20.1
|Dec snow inch = 29.6
|year snow inch = 157.0
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 9.9
|Feb snow days = 7.7
|Mar snow days = 8.3
|Apr snow days = 5.5
|May snow days = 1.1
|Jun snow days = 0.2
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.1
|Sep snow days = 0.2
|Oct snow days = 2.6
|Nov snow days = 7.3
|Dec snow days = 10.8
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{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00242629&format=pdf
|title = East Glacier, Montana 1991–2020 Monthly Normals
|access-date = August 16, 2023
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{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = November 21, 2023
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Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 354
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }} of 2000, there were 396 people, 148 households, and 101 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|90.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 219 housing units at an average density of {{convert|50.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 43.43% White, 0.25% African American, 51.77% Native American, 1.26% from other races, and 3.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population.
There were 148 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.27.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,417, and the median income for a family was $39,250. Males had a median income of $32,250 versus $27,917 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,318. About 14.3% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 26.8% of those age 65 or over.
Infrastructure
=Transportation=
The East Glacier Park Amtrak Station is open seasonally during the spring, summer and fall, served by the Empire Builder between Chicago and Seattle/Portland. During the winter the stop is at Browning, Montana, just east of East Glacier Village.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Glacier Park International Airport at Kalispell is the closest airport.
=Emergency services=
The East Glacier Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1968. Today, it consists of around 18 volunteers who help protect the village and surrounding area from the threat of wildland fire.
Gallery
File:East Glacier Park Village Looking north on US2.jpg|Looking north in East Glacier Park
File:Glacier Park Train Station.jpg|East Glacier Park Amtrak station
File:East Glacier Montana Post Office.jpg|Post office
See also
References
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{{Glacier County, Montana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Glacier County, Montana