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Welcome
to Sanders County Montana
Land of FEW PEOPLE - where the
population is only 1 PERSON for
every 4 sq. miles
LOW STRESS LIFESTYLE
- NOT a single STOPLIGHT is located in the
entire county!
COMFORTABLE LIVING
- Mildest climate in Montana but we still have
four distinct seasons
Sanders County
is primarily a 100 mile long valley cut in half by
the beautiful Clark Fork
River. Thompson Falls, the county seat (population 1500),
was established in 1885 and named after British explorer and
cartographer David Thompson. Thompson, associated with the
Hudson Bay Company, built the Saleesh House, just east of
the present day town as a fur trading post in 1809.
Railroad construction in 1881, and the gold mine rush of
1883 led to the population of the area.
Thompson Falls
features a reservoir and hydroelectric dam built in 1917.
It is the county seat of Sanders County and is often referred to as
the "banana belt of Montana" since it is usually
among the warmest of Montana's weather reporting stations.
Typically, summers have highs from 80°- 90°, cooling at night;
and winters range averaging about 32° in the day, cooling
about 15° at night. Precipitation averages 23 inches
per year.
Click here for our current
and extended forecast.
Monthly average temperatures provide a great
picture of our historic climate.
Montana,
the 4th largest state in area, is one of the least populated
states in the U.S. having less than 1 million people. Would
you like to know
more about Montana?
Click here. Sanders County was
established in 1905 and named after Wilbur Fisk Sanders,
pioneer and U.S. Senator. It is one of the
largest counties in Montana and is about 116 miles long and 65
miles wide with approximately 11,000 residents. Over 80% of
Sanders County is public forested land managed by the US
Forest Service and the Montana Department of State Lands.
There are 12 towns in the county including
Belknap, Camas Prairie, Dixon, Heron, Hot Springs, and Lonepine. To learn a little more about our
communities,
click here.
Wherever you
live in Sanders county,
you are just minutes and a few miles from
some of the best outdoor activity opportunities in the
country. If your interests tend to be more to hunting,
hiking or snowmobiling,
click here for a sample of what Sanders County
has to offer. On the other hand, if you are more inclined
towards activities such as fishing or berry
picking,
click here to see what you can expect from our
area. Notice the size of those wild huckleberries and think
about what great pancakes they will make.
See
Us First When Looking For Property in Sanders County
Why? Most importantly, because we know your
TIME to search for that perfect piece of property is
limited.
A picture is
worth a thousand words and we are the only real estate
company in western Montana providing full-color 8"x12"
aerial photos of listed properties
to help you determine which properties you really
want to look at even before leaving the office! Ten minutes
of time in the office can save you 10 days of driving
around. Every piece of property we list is aerial
photographed to save you valuable time.
Choose where more of your time can
be spent focused on properties of real interest & less of
it on the road in a car.
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