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hide. Beginning. References. Billings, Montana. Coordinates: 45°47′01″N 108°30′22″W. Billings is a city in the U.S. State of Montana. Nearly 120,000 people live there. It was founded in 1882 as a railroad town. it is the largest city in Montana by population. Billings Logan International Airport is in the city.
Billings is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, which had a population of 184,167 in the 2020 census.
Billings, city, seat (1883) of Yellowstone county, south-central Montana, U.S., on the Yellowstone River 3,119 feet (951 metres) above sea level. Billings lies at the base of the Rimrock Mountains in the Clark’s Fork Bottom at a point equidistant from Seattle , Washington, and St. Paul, Minnesota .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
References. Oops something went wrong: 403. Billings is a city in the U.S. State of Montana. Nearly 120,000 people live there. It was founded in 1882 as a railroad town. it is the largest city in Montana by population.
Montana Territory. Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. [19] After the discovery of gold in the region, Montana was designated as a United States territory ( Montana Territory) on May 26, 1864, and, with rapid population growth, as the 41st state on November 8, 1889.
Media in Billings, Montana. The Billings Metropolitan Area is served by two major news television stations, four major non-news television stations, one community television station, 25 commercial radio stations and one major daily newspaper.
