Montana · Census place 3073975
Three Forks, Montana
Three Forks is a city in Gallatin County, Montana with an estimated 1,945 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,945
- #39 of 55 in Montana
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -38 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,351 / sq mi
- State median 2,232
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Three Forks population, 2020 to 2024
Three Forks lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -34.
Three Forks covers 1.44 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,351 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Three Forks is less dense than the typical town.
What county Three Forks is in
All of Three Forks's residents live in Gallatin County, which had 126,984 residents in 2024. Three Forks holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Three Forks
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Three Forks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59752. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Three Forks is
The Census internal point of Three Forks is at 45.889600, -111.552700. Helena, the capital, is 53.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manhattan, MT (2,068 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 144.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.889600, -111.552700
- DMS
- 45°53'22.56"N 111°33'9.72"W
- UTM
- 12N 457118.1E 5081929.9N
- Geohash
- c80tj9cy3
- Plus code
- 85QCVCQW+RW
Daylight in Three Forks
At 45.89° N, Three Forks gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Three Forks
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Manhattan, 10.9 miles away, with 2,068 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Three Forks, MT?
1,945 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (1.9%) from 1,983 in July 2020.
What county is Three Forks in?
Gallatin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Three Forks?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59752.
How far is Three Forks from Helena?
53.0 miles (85.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Three Forks.
What is the nearest larger city to Three Forks?
Manhattan, MT, with 2,068 residents, 10.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.