Livingston (Montana)
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 Livingston's city center |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1882 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Montana |
| County : | Park County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 40 ′ N , 110 ° 34 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 7,044 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 451.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.62 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.59 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1372 m |
| Postal code : | 59047 |
| Area code : | +1 406 |
| FIPS : | 30-43975 |
| GNIS ID : | 0773511 |
| Website : | www.livingstonmontana.org |
| Mayor : | Edwin R. Meece |
Livingston is a city in the US state of Montana , United States and the administrative seat of Park County . The place was the gateway to Yellowstone National Park in the 19th century .
geography
Livingston is located in southwest Montana on the Yellowstone River and the Paradise Valley , north of Yellowstone National Park . The urban area has a size of 15.62 km², of which 15.59 km² is land and 0.03 km² is water.
In 2010 the population was 7,044.
history
William Clark , a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , camped in 1806 on his way back east on what is now the outskirts of Livingston. His group later reunited with that of Meriwether Lewis at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers .
Livingston itself developed from the trading post Benson's Landing on the Yellowstone River, which was about three miles downstream from what is now Livingston. When in July 1882 contract partners of the Northern Pacific Railway to Heman Clark reached the place, it was renamed Clark City; officially the railroad did not come to Clark City until November 22 of the same year. At that time, the city was relocated upstream to its current location and named after a director and shareholder of the Northern Pacific Railway named Johnson Livingston. Livingston became the original gateway to Yellowstone National Park and was heavily sponsored by the Northern Pacific Railway. From then on, it had a head office and a railway workshop in Livingston to supply the locomotives before their ascent to the 1,738 meter high Bozeman Pass.
Though the town is small, there are plenty of tourist spots including the Livingston Depot Railway Museum, Yellowstone Gateway Museum, and the Fly Fishing Federation's Museum, which teaches fly fishing .
Livingston maintains a city partnership with Naganohara in the Japanese prefecture of Gunma .
sons and daughters of the town
- Pete Lovely (1926-2011), racing car driver
- Lester C. Thurow (1938-2016), economist
- Larry Questad (* 1943), sprinter
- Torey L. Hayden (* 1951), author and psychologist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Appearance of the City Manager on Livingston's website ( memento of the original from August 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (English)
Web links
- Official website of Livingston (English)