Map of Melstone town

Melstone is a rural small town in far eastern Musselshell County, Montana, United States, along U.S. Route 12. The population was 126 at the 2020 census. The town was established in 1908 as a base for operating crews on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, then under construction in Montana. Although the railroad was abandoned in 1980, Melstone survives as a community center for farmers and ranchers in the lower Musselshell River valley. It has a K-12 school with a staff of 16, which in the Fall of 2017 successfully began a 4-day school week.

The Melstone Oil Field west of town developed in the 1950s and saw renewed production in the 1990s.

Melstone town overview:
Name:	Melstone town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Montana
County:	Musselshell County
Elevation:	2,940 ft (896 m)
Total Area:	0.61 sq mi (1.59 km²)
Land Area:	0.61 sq mi (1.59 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	126
Population Density:	204.88/sq mi (79.13/km²)
ZIP code:	59054
Area code:	406
FIPS code:	3049000
GNISfeature ID:	0774093

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Melstone online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.