Bynum is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in Teton County,

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

, United States, approximately 13 miles north of

Choteau Choteau is a city in and the county seat of Teton County, Montana, United States. It lies along U.S. Routes 89 and 287, (the latter terminating at the former in this city) approximately east of the Rocky Mountains, near Flathead National Fo ...

. Its population was 31 as of the 2010 census. Bynum is the site of a one-room country school, a general store, post office, an agate shop, and

Two Medicine Dinosaur Center The Montana Dinosaur Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and educational institute located in Bynum, Montana that opened in 1995. It is part of the Montana Dinosaur Trail and home to a skeletal model of what is believed to be the world's longest dino ...

, which provides displays and educational programs about

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

s. The town's name is derived from the surname of a family of early settlers in the area. The post office was established in 1885. In 1908 work on the

Bynum Reservoir Bynum may refer to: People with the surname * Andrew Bynum (born 1987), American basketball player * Clarke Bynum, American basketball player * Freddie Bynum, American baseball player * G. T. Bynum, American politician; mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma ...

began. In 2017, the NBC Today Show produced a segment highlighting Bynum's school and its tradition of starting each school day with a song and a dance.

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Bynum, Montana
Census-designated places in Teton County, Montana Unincorporated communities in Teton County, Montana Unincorporated communities in Montana {{TetonCountyMT-geo-stub