Square Butte, Montana

About Square Butte

Square Butte, MT is a small unincorporated community located in central Montana.

Square Butte holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.28 square miles.

📰 Square Butte News Today

• Programs: National Conservation Lands: Montana-Dakotas: Square Butte Bureau of Land Management (.gov) · Mar 18
• Gallery: We like Montana's big buttes Great Falls Tribune · Jun 5
• Blaine County PALA increases access to public lands Havre Weekly Chronicle · Aug 29
• GALLERY: Rollicking election, parade in Square Butte Great Falls Tribune · Mar 19
• Phyllis Dickson Obituary (1929 - 2014) - Square Butte, MT - Great Falls Tribune Legacy | Obituary · May 20

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Square Butte Unique

• The only place in America named Square Butte — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.28 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 18 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Square Butte

• Square Butte Country Club — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Square Butte School · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Square Butte

• Square Butte Wilderness Study Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• State Trust · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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