Hill County, Montana
| Hill County, Montana | |
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Hill County Courthouse in Havre
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 Location in the U.S. state of Montana |
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 Montana's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1912 |
| Named for | James J. Hill |
| Seat | Havre |
| Largest city | Havre |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,916 sq mi (7,552 km2) |
| • Land | 2,899 sq mi (7,508 km2) |
| • Water | 17 sq mi (44 km2), 0.6% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 16,572 |
| • Density | 5.6/sq mi (2/km²) |
| Congressional district | At-large |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
| Website | hillcounty |
Hill County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,096. Its county seat is Havre. It is south from the Canadian borders of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The first European-American settlement was Fort Assinniboine, first garrisoned by the United States Army in 1879. Fifteen of the original 104 structures from the fort are still standing.
The county is named after James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway Company, which built the rail line across Montana as part of the Transcontinental Railroad to the Pacific coast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,916 square miles (7,550 km2), of which 2,899 square miles (7,510 km2) is land and 17 square miles (44 km2) (0.6%) is water.
Hill County is on the "Hi-Line" in north-central Montana. It borders Blaine County to the east, Liberty County to the west, Chouteau County to the south, and Canada to the north. Hill County contains Beaver Creek park, the largest county park in the nation.
It is one of the few locations in the United States to have an antipodal point on land, and its community of Rudyard is the only populated such place. The Kerguelen Islands are on the opposite side of the earth from parts of Hill County, while the antipodal points of almost all other places in the United States lie in the Indian Ocean.
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