The county was named for President James A. Garfield.
GarfieldCounty is one of 56 counties in Montana.
The estimated population in 2004 was 1,218.
Cities and towns
Jordan is a town in Garfield County, Montana,United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of G
arfield County.
Garfield County is located state of Montana.
The population is 1,279.
County seat is Jordan.
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On March 25, 1996 an 81-day-long standoff between the antigovernment Montana Freemen and federal officers began here
Originally settled in 1896, Jordan officially became a town by Postal designation of July 11, 1899. The founder, Arthur Jordan, had hunted the area a great deal and in 1896 decided to bring his family here to settle along the banks of the Big Dry Creek.
Before very long a town began to spring up around the Post Office. There were saloons, rooming houses, livery stables, blacksmiths and stores. In the later part of the 1910's the homestead boom hit GarfieldCounty, which was then actually part of DawsonCounty to the East. By 1919, it became the consensus of many locals that they needed to form a county of their own and GarfieldCounty was established. After much ado by competing towns in the area, Jordan was finally chosen as the County Seat, by popular vote. Jordan became an officially incorporated Town in 1951
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