Ashland, Montana
| Ashland, Montana | |
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| CDP | |
 Location of Ashland, Montana |
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| Coordinates: 45°36′27″N 106°17′11″W / 45.60750°N 106.28639°WCoordinates: 45°36′27″N 106°17′11″W / 45.60750°N 106.28639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Rosebud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.6 sq mi (19.6 km2) |
| • Land | 7.6 sq mi (19.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,920 ft (890 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 464 |
| • Density | 61.4/sq mi (23.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP codes | 59003-59004 |
| Area code(s) | 406 |
| FIPS code | 30-02800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0802003 |
Ashland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rosebud County, Montana, United States. The population was 464 at the 2000 census. Ashland is immediately east of the boundary of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and also along the Tongue River. It is the location of the St. Labre Indian Catholic High School, established in 1884 as a boarding school by a Catholic mission to the Cheyenne.
The town was established in 1881 and called Straders after the first postmaster. The name was changed to Ashland in 1886.
Ashland is located at 45°36′27″N 106°17′11″W / 45.60750°N 106.28639°W (45.607457, -106.286284).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.6 square miles (20 km2), all of it land.
Ashland had the original supervisor office for the Custer National Forest. There remains an Ashland Ranger District. The 436,000 acre Ashland Ranger District contains the largest contiguous block of land in Federal ownership in eastern Montana and has one of the largest grazing programs in the nation.
This area is also rich in coal and wildlife. Some oil and gas activity has occurred, but no producing wells have been found to date.
The area offers a variety of topography, varying from rolling grasslands to steep rock outcrops. Vegetation varies from prairie to dense stands of ponderosa pine.
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