How is Melstone run?
Melstone’s town government spent $72,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $649 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Melstone didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Melstone is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $649 per resident a year, or $1.78 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 68%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Melstone didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Melstone yet
Every year of Melstone’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Melstone
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 111 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (111).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Melstone Elementary School District
Melstone’s elementary school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $29,229 per pupil, $14,171 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Montana districts overall: 44% local, 39% state, 17% federal.
Melstone High School District · $27,844 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Melstone’s votes are counted by county
Montana reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Melstone alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Musselshell County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.7%2,550 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat13.1%396 votesOthers: 2.2% (66 votes).
Most votes in Musselshell County: Donald J Trump
Montana: Trump 58.4%, Harris 38.5%
100% of Melstone lies in Musselshell County. Every 2024 race in Musselshell County is on the county’s page.
Musselshell County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Melstone.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Montana HouseState representatives
- 3Montana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Montana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Melstone’s government
How much does Melstone spend per resident?
About $649 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Melstone didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $160,000.
Who runs Melstone’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Melstone yet.
How did Melstone vote in 2024?
Montana counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Melstone alone. Musselshell County, where 100% of Melstone lies, voted Trump 84.7%, Harris 13.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Melstone?
1 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $4,343 (about $52,116 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Melstone in the state legislature?
State Senate District 19 (Barry Usher) and State House District 38 (Greg Oblander). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Melstone, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →