Map of St. Ignatius town

St. Ignatius (Salish: snyél̓mn, Ktunaxa: ʔa·kikqǂaǂaǂuk̓pǂiʔit) is a town in Lake County, Montana, United States. The population was 768 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

St. Ignatius town overview:
Name:	St. Ignatius town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Montana
County:	Lake County
Elevation:	2,940 ft (900 m)
Total Area:	0.53 sq mi (1.38 km²)
Land Area:	0.53 sq mi (1.38 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	768
Population Density:	1,440.90/sq mi (556.33/km²)
ZIP code:	59865
Area code:	406
FIPS code:	3065275
GNISfeature ID:	0776104
Website:	townofstignatius.com

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History

It was named for and is the site of the St. Ignatius Mission, established by Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Belgian Jesuit Catholic missionary who worked for his entire career in the American Midwest and West.. The mission is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In July 1919 the town was all but wiped out by raging forest fire. Only a bank, one store and a hotel, remained standing.

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Geography

U.S. Route 93 passes through town.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km), all land.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, St. Ignatius has a humid continental climate, abbreviated “Dfb” on climate maps.