Malta ( English Malta , ass. Iyúkšą tiʾóda, oyúwąga, oʾíyuweǧe, wakpá įyúkšą [2] ) is a city in the state of Montana ( USA ), the administrative center of Phillips County.
| City | |
| Molta | |
|---|---|
| English Malta ass. iyúkšą tiʾóda, oyúwąga, oʾíyuweǧe, wakpá įyúkšą | |
 Train station Molty | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Montana |
| County | Phillips |
| The mayor | Shyla Jones (2012) [1] |
| History and Geography | |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Area | 2.75 km² |
| Center height | 689 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 7 , summer UTC − 6 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1950 people ( 2016 ) |
| Density | 709 people / km² |
| Nationalities | white - 88.2% Native Americans - 5.5% |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 406 |
| Postcode | 59538 |
| FIPS | 30-47425 |
| GNIS | |
| malta-montana.com | |
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 History
- 3 Demographics
- 4 Attractions
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Geography
From the north, Molto is bordered by the Milk River. Also, in the northern part of the city, the major highways US 2 and US 191 intersect , there is also the Molta railway station, in the southwestern part of the city is the airport. The area of the city is 2.75 km², there are no open water spaces. The minimum temperature in the city was −43 ° C in December 1989, the maximum +42 ° C in August 1983 [3] [4] .
History
The settlement was formed in 1887 under the name of Access Road No. 54 as a railway construction site. In 1890, it received a name in honor of the Mediterranean island-state of Malta : the official representative of the Great Northern Railway James Hill spun the globe and chose a name at random. In the same year, the first post office was opened in the city. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the famous bandit Harvey Logan was operating in the area of the city in particular, on July 3, 1901, he robbed a train that had barely departed from Molta - forty thousand dollars became its prey, a huge sum for those times. Since 1913, the city has been the administrative center of Phillips County; as of 2011, about 45% of the county’s population lives in Molta.
There are four schools in Molta [5] .
Demographics
- Population
- 1910 - 433 people
- 1920 - 1427
- 1930 - 1342
- 1940 - 2215
- 1950 - 2095
- 1960 - 2339
- 1970 - 2195
- 1980 - 2367
- 1990 - 2340
- 2000 - 2120
- 2003 - 1974 [6]
- 2010 - 1997
- 2011 - 1993
- 2016 - 1950
- Racial Composition (2010)
- whites - 88.2% (92.8% in 2000)
- Native Americans - 5.5% (4.6%)
- African Americans - 0.1% (0.1%)
- Asians - 0.3% (0.2%)
- natives of the Pacific islands and Hawaii - 0.0% (0.1%)
- other races - 0.3% (0.2%)
- mixed races - 5.6% (2.0%)
- Latinos (of any race) - 2.0% (1.0%)
- Origin of ancestors
- Germans - 24.3%
- Norwegians - 22.9%
- Irish - 17.0%
- English - 9.3%
- French - 5.6%
- Scots - 5.2% [7]
Attractions
- Paleontological Museum Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station [8] . The center of the exposition is the mummy of the brachilophosaurus , which received its own name Leonardo [9] . It was discovered near the city in 2000 [10] and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as “the best-preserved dinosaur ever found” [11] . Other remains of brachilosaurus with personal names are also presented: Elvis (discovered in 1994) [12] , Oreshek (2002) [13] and Robert (2003) [14] .
- Museum Phillips County Museum and HG Robinson House & Gardens [15]
Notes
- ↑ Jan Falstad FBI investigating $ 3.7 million embezzlement scheme at Malta bank on billingsgazette.com , July 23, 2012
- ↑ Assiniboine Dictionary - Montana's place names on zia.aisri.indiana.edu
- ↑ Monthly Station Normals of Temperature, Precipitation, and Heating and Cooling. Montana 1971-2000 Archived July 15, 2014 on the Wayback Machine at cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov
- ↑ Climate Climate on weather.com
- ↑ Molta Schools at directoryofeducation.net
- ↑ Molta at epodunk.com
- ↑ Molta: demography, economics, crime, healthcare, etc. on the website city-data.com
- ↑ Official site of the museum (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 16, 2013. Archived May 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Mummified" Dinosaur Discovered In Montana on news.nationalgeographic.com , October 11, 2002
- ↑ Leonardo Dinosaur Archived on January 21, 2013. at montanadinosaurdigs.com
- ↑ Tour to Molta at montanahistory.net
- ↑ Elvis Dinosaur Archival copy of June 20, 2013 on the Wayback Machine at montanadinosaurdigs.com
- ↑ Dinosaur Oreshek Archived July 28, 2013 to Wayback Machine at montanadinosaurdigs.com
- ↑ Robert Dinosaur Archival copy of June 20, 2013 on the Wayback Machine at montanadinosaurdigs.com
- ↑ Museum's official website
Links
- Official website of the city
- City Chamber of Commerce
- Molta at montana-artists.com
- Molta at bigskyfishing.com