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Yellowstone County

county in Montana, United States
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Yellowstone County

Summary

Yellowstone County is a county of Montana[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of county_of_montana entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yellowstone County is located in Montana[3].
  • Yellowstone County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Yellowstone County's image is recorded as Pompey's Pillar, along No. 10, Central Montana (72432).jpg[5].
  • Yellowstone County's instance of is recorded as county of Montana[6].
  • Yellowstone County's capital is recorded as Billings[7].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Musselshell County[8].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Rosebud County[9].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Treasure County[10].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Big Horn County[11].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Carbon County[12].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Stillwater County[13].
  • Yellowstone County's shares border with is recorded as Golden Valley County[14].
  • Yellowstone River is named after Yellowstone County[15].
  • Yellowstone County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Billings[16].
  • Yellowstone County's headquarters location is recorded as Billings[17].
  • Yellowstone County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152443470[18].
  • Yellowstone County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Montana highlighting Yellowstone County.svg[19].
  • Yellowstone County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80098544[20].
  • Yellowstone County's Commons category is recorded as Yellowstone County, Montana[21].
  • Yellowstone County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1740655[22].
  • Yellowstone County's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−07:00[23].
  • +1893-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yellowstone County[24].
  • Yellowstone County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1719558[25].
  • Yellowstone County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.94, 'lon': -108.27}[26].
  • Yellowstone County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ncl5[27].

Body

Geography

Yellowstone County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Montana[3].

Physical Characteristics

Yellowstone County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6861'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+147972'}[29], {'amount': '+148394'}[30], {'amount': '+149853'}[31], {'amount': '+151907'}[32], {'amount': '+154162'}[33], and {'amount': '+157048'}[34].

Designation and Status

Yellowstone County's instance of is recorded as county of Montana[6].

History and Context

+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yellowstone County[24]. Yellowstone River is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

Yellowstone County ranks in the top 2% of county_of_montana entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Montana United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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