Geyser

History

The town's name originated from the mud springs in the area in which the town was first founded. P. J. O’Hara, considered the father of Geyser, started a hotel here in 1887, and other businesses soon followed.

Geography

Geyser is in northwestern Judith Basin County in a broad valley between the Highwood Mountains to the north and the Little Belt Mountains to the south. U.S. Route 87 runs along the south edge of the community, leading northwest to Great Falls and southeast to Stanford, the Judith Basin county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Geyser CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. The community sits on a low bench between McCarthy Creek to the east and Crow Coulee to the west. The two creeks flow north to Hay Creek, a tributary of Arrow Creek, which flows northeast to the Missouri River.

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