Trego, Montana
Census-designated place
Trego is located in Montana
Trego
Trego
Trego is located in the United States
Trego
Trego
Coordinates: 48°42′19″N 114°52′10″W / 48.70528°N 114.86944°W / 48.70528; -114.86944
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyLincoln
Area
[1]
 • Total54.83 sq mi (142.01 km2)
 • Land53.90 sq mi (139.61 km2)
 • Water0.93 sq mi (2.40 km2)
Elevation
[2]
3,117 ft (950 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total515
 • Density9.55/sq mi (3.69/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59934
Area code406
GNIS feature ID792364[2]
FIPS code30-74725

Trego is an unincorporated community, and census-designated place (CDP), in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 541.[3] Trego is located 1.5 miles west of Highway 93 and serves as the gateway community to the Tobacco Valley.

History

One of the primary settlers, and most notable residents of Trego, was the Fortin Family. The patriarch of the family, Octave Fortin, was originally from Canada and moved west with his wife to Butte, Montana, gaining their US Citizenship. In 1896, Octave purchased a large tract of land in Trego, which was just east of the rail line and general store, and turned it into a working ranch, raising cattle, chickens, pigs and harvesting hay. In 1900 he constructed the family house, a white farmhouse in the center of the ranch. The original farmhouse still stands today, in its original state and location on the ranch, in the heart of Trego.

The neighboring community of Fortine, about four miles north of Trego, was initially supposed to be named Trego, and the current town of Trego was to be named Fortine, after the Fortin Family. However, due to a clerical error by the Great Northern Railway, the train station names in each town were reversed, and instead of correcting the error, the railway opted to leave them as is.

Trego was traditionally a logging community as well as a station on the Great Northern Railway line. The first post office was established in 1911. It was named after Anna Trego Hogeland, wife of chief engineer A. H. Hogeland.[4]

Currently, Trego is home to a popular restaurant known as The Trego Pub, several artists, a community hall, school, volunteer fire department, US Post Office, local garden center and nursery, organic produce farm, and original Fortin ranch (being operated as a grass-fed, grass-finished cattle ranch to this day).

Geography

Trego is in northeastern Lincoln County and occupies a large portion of the valley of Fortine Creek and surrounding countryside. U.S. Route 93 runs along the northeast edge of the CDP, approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of the original railroad-station community of Trego, while the CDP extends southwest from the rail station up Fortine Creek for 10 miles (16 km). US 93 leads northwest 15 miles (24 km) to Eureka and southeast 35 miles (56 km) to Whitefish.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Trego CDP has a total area of 52.1 square miles (135.0 km2), of which 51.2 square miles (132.6 km2) are land and 0.9 square miles (2.4 km2), or 1.78%, are water.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020515—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trego, Montana
  3. ↑ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Trego CDP, Montana". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Trego". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Montana". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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