Welcome to Plentywood ...

The city of Plentywood is located in Sheridan County<1> and is the County Seat for Sheridan County.

The location of Plentywood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plentywood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Plentywood has a population of 1,741 people<3> (see below for details).

Plentywood is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: Plentywood lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Plentywood (for example, toward Alamo (ND)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Plentywood lies within the (406) area code.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Plentywood had an population of 1,741 people. This is an increase of 0.4% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 15.53% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Plentywood had a population of 1,734 people (which is 51.24% of the total population of Sheridan County). This makes Plentywood the county's most populous community.

The population of Plentywood represents 0.18% of the total population of Montana (which has 989,415 people), making it the state's 42nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,734 people, the population of Plentywood decreased 15.87% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,061 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Plentywood.

Communities near Plentywood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plentywood.

• Medicine Lake
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lake
  • Medicine Lake is located in Sheridan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lake <5>
• Outlook
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
  • Outlook is located in Sheridan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Outlook <5>
• Antelope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
  • Antelope is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antelope <5>
• Raymond
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Raymond is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <5>
• Reserve
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
  • Reserve is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reserve <5>
• Regway
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regway
• Comertown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
  • Comertown is located in Sheridan County
• Redstone
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
  • Redstone is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redstone <5>
• Daleview
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleview
  • Daleview is located in Sheridan County
• Dagmar
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagmar
  • Dagmar is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dagmar <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Plentywood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plentywood.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plentywood. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Plentywood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plentywood ...

Looking for more information about Plentywood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Plentywood, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Plentywood.

Adding Plentywood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plentywood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Plentywood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Plentywood post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plentywood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plentywood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sheridan County: www.co.sheridan.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/