Carter Montana Map

About Carter, Montana

Carter is a locality in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 15.7 people per km². Carter is located at 47.7811°N, 110.9563°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59420.

Carter, Montana, unfolds across a landscape etched by wind and time, where the vastness of the northern plains meets a sky that stretches to infinity. It lies 25.2 miles north-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 39°T), and is situated 13.7 miles west of Fort Benton. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens and golds of prairie grasses, rise and fall like a slumbering giant, their contours softened by the persistent caress of the elements. The air here carries a crisp, clean scent, tinged with the dry perfume of sagebrush and the distant, earthy aroma of livestock. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, paints the land in broad strokes of amber and ochre, and the silence, when it settles, is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the cry of a hawk circling high above. This corner of Chouteau County, though sparse in settlement, holds the quiet resilience of those who have weathered its challenges, a history woven into the very fabric of its economy. Ranching, a tradition as old as the territory itself, remains the lifeblood of Carter, with cattle grazing on expansive pastures that have sustained families for generations. The occasional weathered barn, its paint long surrendered to the sun and snow, stands as a silent sentinel to a bygone era, while the functional simplicity of modern farmsteads speaks to a continuing, pragmatic spirit. The distant glint of water, perhaps a slow-moving creek or the shimmer of a distant reservoir, hints at the vital, life-giving resource that underpins this hardy existence, a constant reminder of the natural forces that shape life in Carter.

About This Carter Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carter, Montana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 47.781078, -110.956338. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Carter and Chouteau County.

Detailed location data for Carter includes the ZIP code (59420), telephone area code (406), county seat of Chouteau County (Fort Benton), and school district assignment (Carter Elementary School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Carter is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.