Westby, Montana

About Westby

Westby, MT is a tiny community located in northeastern Montana with an estimated population of 162.

Westby holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.56 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 289 residents per square mile.

📰 Westby News Today

• Grenora, Westby schools welcome new superintendents journalnd.com · Aug 4
• Kathy Toinette Lynch Obituary Feb 16, 2026 Schnider Funeral Home · Feb 16
• UPDATE: Pedestrian dies following crash Friday in Williston - KFYR-TV KFYR-TV · Jun 12
• Donald "Don" Meyer Obituary Davis Funeral Home, Riverton Wyoming · Feb 20
• How to watch Montana high school girls basketball: Scobey vs. Westby, Jan. 31 USA Today · Jan 31

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

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What Makes Westby Unique

• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northeastern Montana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Montana — one of 497 recognized communities statewide.

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 22 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Westby

• Comer Park reviews ★
• Noelle Meyer Memorial Park reviews ★
• Onstad Park reviews ★
• State Trust · Nature reserve reviews ★
• USFWS · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Westby

• Westby 7-8
• Westby High School
• Westby School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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