Proctor, Montana

Proctor, Montana
Unincorporated community
Proctor, Montana
Coordinates: 47°53′33″N 114°18′19″W / 47.89250°N 114.30528°W / 47.89250; -114.30528Coordinates: 47°53′33″N 114°18′19″W / 47.89250°N 114.30528°W / 47.89250; -114.30528
Country United States
State Montana
County Lake
Elevation 3,166 ft (965 m)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
  Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code 59929
Area code(s) 406
GNIS feature ID 789200[1]

Proctor is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Montana, United States. Proctor is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of Dayton. The community has a post office with ZIP code 59929.[2][3]

History

In 1869, Kootenai settlement began in the Proctor area, and a federal commissary opened there. Clarence E. Proctor, for whom the community is named, founded a ranch and opened a store at Proctor in 1883. The town was known as Dayton until 1910, when many of the town's residents relocated to the current site of Dayton due to its shorefront location on Flathead Lake; the old townsite then acquired its current name.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. "Proctor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. "Proctor". Montana Official State Travel Site. Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  5. Our Campaigns.com.-Mike Taylor


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.