About Potomac, Montana

Potomac is an unincorporated community of 26 people in the southeastern corner of Missoula County. It lies in the Potomac Valley, where Camas Creek and Union Creek run northwest to the Blackfoot River, a branch of the Clark Fork watershed.

Montana Highway 200 follows the northern edge of the community. Missoula is 23 miles to the west, and Ovando is 28 miles to the northeast. The Census Bureau first counted Potomac as a census-designated place before the 2020 census.

  • A high school in 1912In July 1912 the trustees of the Potomac School district, which covered the town and the farms around it, voted without a single objection to start a local high school and hire three teachers for it. The Potomac School is now on the National Register of Historic Places, and its registration form was written in 1992.
  • Fifty below in 1983The coldest temperature on record in Potomac is 50 degrees below zero. The valley hit that mark on December 23 and 24, 1983.
  • News from the PathfinderPotomac's local paper is the Seeley-Swan Pathfinder, which comes out once a week.

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  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

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Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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