WhitlashMT
Today 8 people live in this town, first settled in 1892.
Is Whitlash a good place to live?
No town among the 43 in Montana we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Whitlash. Whitlash has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
8 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Whitlash: who provides what
Whitlash is unincorporated, so Liberty County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
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The climate in Whitlash brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Among 43 Montana towns, just 3 have a lower typical July afternoon high than Whitlash. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 10° and about 86 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a low hazard risk in Whitlash: cold waves
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in just over three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Whitlash, 49% come from cold waves and 44% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Whitlash
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Whitlash; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Whitlash residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
About Whitlash
Unincorporated community in Montana, United States
Whitlash is an unincorporated community in northwestern Liberty County, Montana, United States, about five miles south of the province of Alberta across the Canada–US border. Whitlash has a post office and an elementary school that provides educational services in grades prekindergarten through 8. The community is accessible only by unpaved road. The Whitlash–Aden Border Crossing is about five miles to the north. As of the 2020 census, Whitlash had a population of 4. Whitlash is located near the East Butte of the Sweet Grass Hills which are major historic and physical landmarks of the Great Plains. Sacred to the American Indians, "The Hills" served as hunting grounds, battlegrounds, spiritu…
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- Elevation
- 3,950 ft
- ZIP code
- 59545
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Is Whitlash, MT a good place to live?
Whitlash has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.