Sheridan County is located in the extreme northeast corner of Montana with
    Plentywood serving as it's county seat.  Adjacent Counties are Daniels County
    to the west, Roosevelt County, south, Williams & Divide County's in North
    Dakota to the east. The Canadian province of Saskatchewan borders Sheridan
    County to the north.

    For further information and historical dates and events about Sheridan County
    please refer to these links:
    The History of Sheridan County, written by many local authors
    SHERIDAN COUNTY:  It's Shape and It's Heritage, by Magnus Aashiem.
     Sheridan's Daybreak III  The Ongoing History of Sheridan County, Montana.
    For information and to order your copy


Demographics
Sheridan County has a total area of 1,706 square miles, 1677 of it is land and 30 square miles, or  1.74% is water. However, it's
population has been shrinking over the past 40 years by about 10% per year and  from 2001 to 2005 it had the second largest percentage
of decline in school enrollment in the state at 20%.

According to the 2006 census, there were 3447 people (down 16% since 2000), 1,741 households, and 1,140 families residing in the
county. Click HERE for more stats.

Out of the 1,741 households 27% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 4.80%
had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 32.30% of all households were made up of
individuals and 16.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the
average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.90% under the age of 18, 4.80% from 18 to 24, 22.20% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45
to 64, and 23.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 98.70 males. For
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,518, and the median income for a family was $35,345. Males had a median
income of $23,053 versus $20,112 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,038. About 10.60% of families and 14.70%
of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 15.80% of those age 65 or over.

For more quickfacts and Sheridan County census bureau information.

Cities and towns
    Antelope
    Dagmar
    Medicine Lake
    Outlook
    Plentywood (county seat)
    Redstone
    Reserve
    Westby

In 2005 the Billings Gazette did an extensive and ongoing article called Unsettling Times, by Lorna Thackery. It provides and interesting
view about the decline of eastern Montana, what has happened and why.

The Sheridan County Courthouse is located at
100 West Laurel Avenue
Plentywood, Montana
The mailing address is:
100 W Laurel Ave
Plentywood MT 59254-1699
All County Departments

Commissioners
100 W Laurel Ave
Plentywood MT 59254-1699
406.765.1660  | 406.765.2609 fax
Gerald Kohler (D) District 1
William "Bill" Nyby (R) District 2
Bob Nikolaisen (D) District 3

County Superintendent of Schools
June Johnson
100 W Laurel Ave
Plentywood MT 59254-1699
406.765.3403  | 406.765.2609 fax
Office e-mail

If you would like to submit an article, update, correction or an interesting Sheridan County factoid please email it to dennisk@nemont.net.
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