ABOUT LIBERTY COUNTY

Liberty County residents enjoy hunting, fly fishing, water sports, skiing, snowmobiling, biking, and
various other outdoor activities. Chester is located south of the Sweet Grass Hills and north of Lake
Elwell. We are 110 miles from Glacier National Park and within a day’s drive of Yellowstone National
Park, the Beartooth Mountains, the Lewis and Clark trail, and the Missouri River.

 

FUN FACTS
• Liberty County was founded in 1919
• 2020 Census: 847 people
• Elevation: 3,133 ft
• Record High/Low: 105/-57

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LIBERTY COUNTY
• Appraiser/ Assessor 406-759-5126
• Attorney 406-759-5174
• Chamber of Commerce 406-759-4848
• Clerk & Recorder 406-759-5365
• Clerk of Court 406-759-5615
• Commissioners 406-759-5365
• Conservation District 406-759-5778
• Extension Office 406-759-5625
• Justice of the Peace 406-759-5213
• Librarian 406-759-5445
• Planning & Weed Department 406-759-5673
• Road Department 406-759-5623

• Senior and Community Center 406-759-5244
• Sheriff 406-759-5171
• Superintendent of Schools 406-759-5216
• Transit 406-759-5244
• Treasurer 406-759-5455

 

SCHOOLS
▪ Chester Preschool 406-292-3524
▪ CJI (Chester-Joplin-Inverness) Schools 406-759-5108 or 406-759-5244
o www.cji.k12.mt.us
▪ North Star Schools – Rudyard, Hingham, Gilford 406-376-3183 or 406-355-4460
o https://sites.google.com/nsschools.org/home/

 

UTILITIES & SERVICES
▪ Town of Chester – water, garbage 406-759-5635
▪ NorthWestern Energy – electricity, gas 888-467-2669
▪ Triangle Communications – phone, internet 406-394-7807
▪ Joplin Water Users | Box 155, Joplin 406-292-3805
▪ Inverness Water Users | Box 777, Inverness 406-292-3813
▪ Rudyard County Water & Sewer | Box 122, Rudyard 406-355-4278
▪ Town of Hingham – water | Box 69, Hingham 406-397-3146