Plains, Montana, United States

🇺🇸 Plains is a town in Sanders County, Montana, United States. It was founded as Horse Plains and sometimes called Wild Horse Plains, as the local Native Americans would winter their horses here to feed on the grasses in the valley. The name was later shortened to Plains when the US Postal Service established a presence in 1905.

The town was established in 1883 as a Northern Pacific Railroad station.

Geography The town straddles the Clark Fork River with the fairgrounds on one shore and the town proper on the other.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.60 square miles (1.55 km²), all land.

Infrastructure Plains Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.85 km) north-west of town.

Education Plains Public Schools educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Plains High School, a Class C school, serves local teenagers. They are known as the Horsemen/Trotters. Its students can participate in sports and extracurricular activities. There are also numerous community youth organizations and clubs including soccer, baseball, softball, drama, and art.

Plains Public Library serves the area.

Churches • Assembly of God • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • Clarkfork Baptist Church is an Independent Baptist Church. The pastor is Kim Ray Earhart; established in 1993. • First Lutheran Church (ELCA) is located within the town limits. • Harvest Community Church. The pastor is Todd Brouillette and the associate pastor is Jeff Burrows. • Plains Alliance Church • Plains Bible Chapel • Plains United Methodist Church • St. James Catholic Church.

Media • KQEZ 99.1 The River (FM radio station).