Hobson, Montana

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Hobson
Hobson, Montana
Hobson
Hobson
Location in Montana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Montana
County : Judith Basin County
Coordinates : 47 ° 0 ′  N , 109 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′  N , 109 ° 52 ′  W
Time zone : Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents : 248 (status: 2000)
Population density : 826.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.3 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of
which 0.3 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 1249 m
Postal code : 59452
Area code : +1 406
FIPS : 30-36700
GNIS ID : 0772435
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Two grain elevators on the Hobson railway line

Hobson is a city in Judith Basin County in the US state of Montana .

geography

Hobson is in the heart of Montana. The city covers an area of ​​0.3 km².

Demographics

At the time of the 2000 census, Hobson had 248 people. The median income was $ 30,179 per household and $ 40,313 per family. 19.2% of families and 20.7% of the urban population lived below the poverty line.

St. John's Lutheran Church

German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran immigrants gathered on March 27, 1912 for a first Lutheran service in the Methodist Church in Hobson. The Lutheran congregation was formally formed on February 12, 1915 and joined the Missouri Synod on June 20, 1915 . In 1916 construction began on its own church, which was consecrated as St. John's Lutheran Church on January 28, 1917. Until 1932 the church registers were written in German. After 1961, the pastorate in Hobson was vacant, and the shrinking number of members of the congregation kept it unattended. In 1971 the church was finally closed.

In 1973 parts of the film The Last Bite the Dogs with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges were filmed in Hobson . The opening scene of the film took place at St. John's Lutheran Church with parishioners as extras performing the chorale Hallelujah! What a Savior! to sing. The abandoned church was laid down in 1981 with a plan to rebuild it in the village of Troy, Montana for a newly formed Lutheran congregation. This did not happen, however, and parts of the church were only built into wooden houses in Glacier Park . The church was named Spirit Lake Idaho Community Church in the movie .

Web links

Commons : Hobson (Montana)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States Census Bureau
  2. ↑ United States Census Bureau
  3. ↑ Dec 2010 Montana Reflections, Missouri Synod
  4. ↑ imdb.com
  5. ↑ imdb.com
  6. ↑ March 2011 Montana Reflections (PDF; 1.5 MB)
  7. ↑ see release of the film on MGM DVD