Helena, Montana | |
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Nickname: Queen City | |
Coordinates: 46°24′45″N 112°1′37″W / 46.41250°N 112.02694°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Montana |
County | Lewis and Clark |
Founded | October 30, 1864 |
Area | |
• City | 16.90 sq mi (43.76 km2) |
• Land | 16.86 sq mi (43.67 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
Population | |
• City | 32,091 |
• Density | 1,900/sq mi (730/km2) |
• Metro | 89,832 |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Mountain) |
Website | www |
Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana. It is also the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. About 32,000 people lived there in 2020.[1]
Surrounding features include Spring Meadow Lake State Park, Lake Helena, Helena National Forest, the Big Belt Mountains, the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, the Missouri River, Canyon Ferry Lake, Holter Lake, Hauser Lake, and the Elkhorn Mountains.