About Forty Mile Colony, Montana

Forty Mile Colony is a Hutterite colony of 28 people in Big Horn County, Montana. It sits 3 miles south of Lodge Grass in the Little Bighorn River valley, on land inside the Crow Indian Reservation.

The colony was started in 1980 by members who divided from the Spring Creek Hutterite Colony and settled here. The Census Bureau first listed it as a census-designated place shortly before the 2020 count, which found 28 residents.

  • Founded in 1980Forty Mile began in 1980 as a new branch of the Spring Creek Hutterite Colony. Its people put down roots near Lodge Grass, in the valley of the Little Bighorn.
  • A Dariusleut colonyIn 2012 Forty Mile belonged to the Dariusleut branch of the Hutterites. Henry Walter served as the colony's minister that year, and Stan Walter ran its work as manager.

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