Homestead

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Homestead is an unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Homestead had a population of 35. Homestead is located along a railroad, 5.8 miles (9.3 km) south-southwest of Medicine Lake. The community had a post office until November 19, 1994; it still has its own ZIP code, 59242.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Homestead, MT from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Montana

• Culbertson
  19 mi away
• Westby
  38.1 mi away
• Whitetail
  43.5 mi away
• Wolf Point
  55.6 mi away
• Vida
  59.9 mi away
• Prairie Elk Colony
  64.5 mi away
• West Glendive
  91.4 mi away
• Sleeping Buffalo
  137.4 mi away
• East Malta Colony
  141.1 mi away
• Whitewater
  143.3 mi away
• Malta
  153 mi away
• Turner
  178.8 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Homestead

Homesteading

Percy Wollaston · 1997

Montana Homestead Days

Leonard Fiske · 2005

Montana women homesteaders

Sarah Carter · 2009

My Montana homestead soliloquy

Freida Mae Lanphear · 1992

Montana's homestead era

Daniel N. Vichorek · 1987

Montana Homestead

Glenn Bontrager · 2015

Reclamation homestead entries, flathead project, Montana

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands · 1914

Montana's free homestead land

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) · 1912

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Ayers Pond, Prairie, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-03 · 123 mi
• Incident Complex Rattlesnake Complex, Prairie, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 128 mi
• Wildfire Snow, Custer, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-02 · 137 mi
• Wildfire Sarpy, Big Horn, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-17 · 232 mi
• Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 239 mi
• Wildfire Harris, Rosebud, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 244 mi
• Wildfire Davis Coulee, Big Horn, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 247 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-27 16:15 UTC.