Forest Grove (or Forestgrove) is an
unincorporated community in
Fergus County
Fergus County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,446. Its county seat is Lewistown. The county was founded in 1885 and named for James Fergus, a Montana politician who was instrumental in cr ...
,
Montana, United States. Forest Grove has a post office with the ZIP code 59441.
The town began in 1885 when sheep and cattle ranchers arrived in the area.
The community sits on
Forest Grove Road between the unincorporated community of
Piper and the town of
Grass Range. The road itself starts off at
Montana Secondary Highway 238 from the west and terminates at Grass Range to the east where it becomes Grass Range's
Main Street. Through the community run two creeks,
Surenough Creek and the
South Fork McDonald Creek. The post office sits on
Surenuff Road, along with the
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church and local cemetery.
To the south of the community is
Beargulch Pictographs, showcasing around 2,000
pictographs and
petroglyph
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
s by
Native Americans and early
settlers.
References
External links
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Forest Grove – VisitMontanaHope for Forest Grove - Billings Gazette (YouTube)
Unincorporated communities in Fergus County, Montana
Unincorporated communities in Montana
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