Richey Montana Map

About Richey, Montana

Richey is a locality in Dawson County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 164. The population density is 245.4 people per km². Richey is located at 47.6439°N, 105.0750°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Richey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59259.

Richey emerges from the high plains as a persistent knot of human effort against the vast, pale expanse of the Montana horizon. It lies 75.9 miles west-southwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 243°T), and is situated 43.0 miles west of Sidney. The landscape surrounding Richey is defined by the quiet severity of dry-land agriculture, where the earth stretches in muted tones of amber and ochre toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Big Sheep Mountains. Only a mile away, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling expanse of prairie grass that shifts in the wind like a shallow, terrestrial tide. Within this arid basin, the proximity of the Roy Richey Reservoir provides a rare, reflective stillness to the terrain, while the South Fork Lisk Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, serving as a vital thread in an otherwise parched geography.

History in Richey is measured in the steady turning of seasons and the resilient cycle of wheat harvests that have long anchored the local economy. The architecture of the grain elevators remains the primary verticality in a world of horizontal lines, standing as silent sentinels over a place where the pace is dictated by the arrival of rain and the exigencies of the crop. Ten miles toward the horizon, the H S Coulee deepens the relief of the land, reminding the observer of the slow, patient erosion that shapes this high-plains environment. Life here maintains an austere dignity, defined by the immense distance between neighbors and the singular, piercing quality of the afternoon light that seems to clarify the very air, stripping away the superfluous until only the essentials of earth, sky, and labor remain.

About This Richey Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Richey, Montana. Coordinates: 47.643904, -105.074976. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Richey includes the ZIP code (59259), telephone area code (406), county seat of Dawson County (Glendive), and school district assignment (Richey Elementary School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.