Martinsdale, Montana

Martinsdale is a census-designated place in southeastern Meagher County, Montana, United States.[1] The town was a station stop on the now-abandoned transcontinental main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road"), and is a community center for nearby ranches and farms. Martinsdale was the home of the poet Grace Stone Coates, author of Black Cherries, Mead & Mangel-Wurzel, and Portulacas in the Wheat. It was also the home of Charles M. Bair, one of the largest and most successful sheep ranchers in the United States, and the former Bair family home is now a museum.

Martinsdale, Montana
Census-Designated Place
Hutterite colony in Martinsdale with an array of reconditioned Nordtank wind turbines
Hutterite colony in Martinsdale with an array of reconditioned Nordtank wind turbines
Martinsdale, Montana is located in Montana
Martinsdale, Montana
Martinsdale, Montana
Coordinates: 46°27′30″N 110°18′48″W
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyMeagher
Elevation
[1]
4,820 ft (1,470 m)
FIPS code30-48175
GNIS feature ID773906[1]

The Gordon Butte Pumped Storage Project is a planned pumped hydroelectric power plant that will be constructed in Martinsdale.[2]

Martinsdale is on Highway 294, just south of U.S. Route 12, and 44 miles east of White Sulphur Springs.

History

Originally named Gauglersville, the town changed to Martinsdale in 1878. The name was after Martin Maginnis, Montana Territory’s delegate to Congress, who assisted the town in getting a post office.[3]

Notes
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Martinsdale, Montana
  2. "License Issued for $1B Montana Power Storage Project". ABC News. December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  3. "Martinsdale". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

46°27′30″N 110°18′48″W


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