Ballantine, Montana 59006 - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

Ballantine is a small community located on Interstate 94 in Yellowstone County, Montana, about 30 miles northeast of Billings, MT.
It had a population of 374 in July 2007.

The area was settled by German, English, French, Irish, Norwegian, and Scotch-Irish immigrants and along with Pompey’s Pillar, Worden, and Huntley, was part of the Huntley Project, an irrigation district created by the US Department of Reclamation.

It was founded in 1907 as a town-site within the Crow Indian Reservation. Irrigation slowly changed the sagebrush landscape into farms growing sugar beets, alfalfa, and other crops. The population grew slowly and included many European immigrants. Both Catholic and Lutheran religious services were held here, and a Congregational Church was built. The Anita Dam and Reservoir project, about six miles southeast of Ballantine, was completed in 1937 by Civilian Conservation Corps workers.

In 1896, the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad established Ballantine as a station, named for homesteader E. P. Ballantine. By 1907, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad had taken over rail operations, and the town had a post office to serve the growing number of area homesteaders.

Type of structure:: Stand alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 59006 Current Status:: Still in Use

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