List of Montana county name etymologies
This is a list of Montana county name etymologies.
Note: This page is still under construction.
- Beaverhead County, Montana: Beaverhead is named for a rock in the Jefferson River shaped like a beaver's head.
- Big Horn County, Montana: Big Horn is named for the bighorn sheep in the area.
- Blaine County, Montana: Blaine is named for James Gillespie Blaine, the United States Secretary of State and presidential candidate.
- Broadwater County, Montana: Broadwater is named for Charles A. Broadwater, a pioneer in the area and colonel in the U. S. Army.
- Carbon County, Montana: Carbon is named for coal deposits in the region.
- Carter County, Montana: Carter is named for Thomas Henry Carter, an United States senator from Montana.
- Cascade County, Montana: Cascade is named for the Great Falls of the Missouri River which were located in the county.
- Chouteau County, Montana: Chouteau is named for Pierre Chouteau Sr. and his son, Pierre Chouteau, Jr., two early trapping founders and officials.
- Custer County, Montana: Custer is named for George Armstrong Custer, the U. S. Army general famous for his death at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
- Daniels County, Montana: Daniels is named for Mansfield A. Daniels, an early rancher and storekeeper.
- Dawson County, Montana: Dawson is named for Andrew Dawson, a trapping official and major in the U. S. Army.
- Deer Lodge County, Montana: Deer Lodge is named for the Deer Lodge Valley, which in turn was either named for the Native American name "Lodge of the White-tailed Deer" or a salt lick where deer came in droves.
- Fallon County, Montana: Fallon is named for
- Fergus County, Montana: Fergus is named for
- Flathead County, Montana: Flathead is named for
- Gallatin County, Montana: Gallatin is named for
- Garfield County, Montana: Garfield is named for
- Glacier County, Montana: Glacier is named for
- Golden Valley County, Montana: Golden Valley is named for
- Granite County, Montana: Granite is named for
- Hill County, Montana: Hill is named for
- Jefferson County, Montana: Jefferson is named for
- Judith Basin County, Montana: Judith Basin is named for
- Lake County, Montana: Lake is named for
- Lewis and Clark County, Montana: Lewis and Clark is named for
- Liberty County, Montana: Liberty is named for
- Lincoln County, Montana: Lincoln is named for
- Madison County, Montana: Madison is named for
- McCone County, Montana: McCone is named for
- Meagher County, Montana: Meagher is named for
- Mineral County, Montana: Mineral is named for
- Missoula County, Montana: Missoula is named for
- Musselshell County, Montana: Musselshell is named for
- Park County, Montana: Park is named for
- Petroleum County, Montana: Petroleum is named for
- Phillips County, Montana: Phillips is named for
- Pondera County, Montana: Pondera is named for
- Powder River County, Montana: Powder River is named for
- Powell County, Montana: Powell is named for
- Prairie County, Montana: Prairie is named for
- Ravalli County, Montana: Ravalli is named for
- Richland County, Montana: Richland is named for
- Roosevelt County, Montana: Roosevelt is named for
- Rosebud County, Montana: Rosebud is named for
- Sanders County, Montana: Sanders is named for
- Sheridan County, Montana: Sheridan is named for
- Silver Bow County, Montana: Silver Bow is named for
- Stillwater County, Montana: Stillwater is named for
- Sweet Grass County, Montana: Sweet Grass is named for
- Teton County, Montana: Teton is named for
- Toole County, Montana: Toole is named for
- Treasure County, Montana: Treasure is named for
- Valley County, Montana: Valley is named for
- Wheatland County, Montana: Wheatland is named for
- Wibaux County, Montana: Wibaux is named for
- Yellowstone County, Montana: Yellowstone is named for