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Belfry, Montana
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Belfry is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 218 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately from the Wyoming border, roughly halfway between Billings, Montana and Cody, Wyoming.
Belfry is predominantly an agricultural community. The primary crops are sugar beets, alfalfa, and feed corn. Ranchers raise cattle and sheep. Water for agricultural use comes mostly from the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River through several cooperative ditch companies, with water rights dating back 100 years or more.
At its peak in the early 1900s, a railway line came into Belfry, with a spur running up to the coal mines in Bearcreek. When the mines closed down and the railway line was removed, Belfry's population dropped to its current level. Currently, the community has a general store, a bar, a restaurant, and a small bar/restaurant/casino.
The town was named for a local doctor. The post office was established on February 26, 1906, with Mary Hall as the first postmaster. The town was created by the construction of the Yellowstone Park Railroad.
Belfry is located in south-central Carbon County at (45.141506, -109.007779).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.10%, is water. The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River runs just east of the main part of the town.
As of the census of 2000, there were 219 people, 98 households, and 53 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 119 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.63% White, 0.91% Native American, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.83% of the population.
There were 98 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.9% were non-families. 41.
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