Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,952 at the 2020 census. Lewistown is located in the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls and northwest of Billings. First planned in 1882, it was the site of an 1880s gold rush, and served as an important railway destination, supplying surrounding communities with bricks via rail.
Mountain West
Lewistown
Fergus County, MT
Population
5,988
Walk Score
80 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$818
Median home value
$152,000
Founded
1882
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Judith Place Historic District · listed 1988
- Lewistown Central Business Historic District · listed 1985
- Lewistown Courthouse Historic District · listed 1985
- Lewistown Satellite Airfield Historic District · listed 2000
- Lewistown Satellite Airfield Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2004
- Lewistown Silk Stocking District · listed 1985
Notable landmarks
- Anderson House · listed 1993
- Ayers House · listed 1986
- Bright House · listed 1993
- Bright-Thompson-Lewis House · listed 1993
- Clark-Cardwell House · listed 1986
- Culver Studio · listed 1980
- Draft Horse Barn, Fergus County Fairgrounds · listed 2017
- Fergus County High School · listed 1985
- Fergus County Improvement Corporation Dormitory · listed 1980
- First Presbyterian Church · listed 1986
- Gamble-Robinson Company Warehouse · listed 2017
- Hogeland, Abraham and Mary Walton, House · listed 2007
- House at 301 Eighth Avenue, South · listed 1986
- House at 324 W. Corcoran · listed 1993
- House at 618 West Janeaux · listed 1986
- House at 805 W. Watson · listed 1993
- House at 809 W. Watson · listed 1993
- House at 813 W. Watson · listed 1993
- Huntoon Residence · listed 1985
- Lewistown Carnegie Library · listed 1980
- Lewistown Merchantile Company · listed 1986
- Masonic Temple · listed 1979
- Mill House · listed 1993
- Reed and Bowles Trading Post · listed 2010
- Reed's Fort Post Office · listed 2010
- …and 6 more
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