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Medicine Lake

town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States
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Summary

Medicine Lake is a town in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sheridan County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Postal code: 59247[5]
  • Commons category: Medicine Lake, Montana[6]
  • Local dialing code: 406[7]
  • Population: 225[8], 244[9]
  • Heritage designation: National Natural Landmark[10]
  • Official name: Medicine Lake[11]
  • Number of households: 120[12]
  • Native label: Bde Waḳaƞ[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 597 m[14]
  • Area: 1.023402 km²[15], 1.043455 km²[16]
  • Water as percent of area: 0 percent[17]
  • Per capita income: 35,540 US dollars[18]

Why It Matters

Medicine Lake has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Tuwe waƞżi · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'dak', 'text': 'Bde Waḳaƞ'}
    Sitelink count → 33
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr',
    Wikidata description → town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Bde Waḳaƞ"
  2. 8w ago · Muell132 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Medicine Lake, Montana
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Medicine Lake, Montana"
  3. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Sheridan County
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 48.500555555556, 'lon': -104.50305555556}
    Population → {'amount': '+225'}, {'amount': '+244'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.023402'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.043455'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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