Hilger, Montana

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|official_name = Hilger, Montana

|settlement_type = Census-Designated Place

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|subdivision_name1 = Montana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Fergus

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|unit_pref = Imperial

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|area_total_km2 = 0.73

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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.28

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|population_total = 24

|population_density_km2 = 33.04

|population_density_sq_mi = 85.71

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|blank_info = 30-36325

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Hilger is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fergus County, Montana, United States. The community is located along U.S. Highway 191 in central Fergus County. Hilger has a post office with the ZIP code 59451.[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] It is 15 miles north of Lewistown.

History

A post office has been in operation in Hilger since 1911.{{GNIS|1722893|name=Hilger Post Office}} The community was named for settler and historian David J. Hilger.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ccY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=2RAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=487%2C2128045|title=Origins of Names on Milwaukee|work=Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times|date=August 22, 1940|access-date=April 27, 2015|page=6}}

In 1911 the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, known as the Milwaukee Road, was built in Hilger.{{cite web |title=Hilger |url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=5 April 2021}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

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|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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