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Stanford

Montana County Seat Challenge

Stanford, Montana; Judith Basin County

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Event Elevation: 4,285 feet

Stanford is a town in and the county seat of Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. The population was at 403 as of the 2020 census. Stanford began with the establishment of a trading post by Thomas C. Power in 1875. In 1908 the town moved about 3 miles to be next to the new railroad. Stanford was frequented by C.M. Russell and is featured in some of his landscape paintings.

Judith Basin County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,023. Its county seat is the town of Stanford. Judith Basin County was formed of area taken from western Fergus and eastern Cascade counties on December 10, 1920. The county derives its name from the Judith River. In 1895, Yogo sapphires were discovered at Yogo Gulch, about 15 miles southwest of Utica, which at the time was in Fergus County.