Sapphire Ridge is a
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 ...
(CDP) in
Judith Basin County
Judith Basin County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,023. Its county seat is the town of Stanford.
History
Judith Basin County was formed of area taken from western Fergus and eastern Casca ...
,
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. The community is more commonly known as Sapphire Village.
It is in the southern part of the county, on the west side of the valley of the
Judith River
The Judith River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 124 mi (200 km) long, running through central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Little Belt Mountains and flows northeast past Utica and Hobson. It is ...
, a northeast-flowing tributary of the
Missouri River.
Pigeye Road is the main route out of the community, leading northeast down the Judith River valley to
Utica. To the southwest the road leads into the
Little Belt Mountains and
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in west central Montana, United States. Spanning , the forest is managed as two separate zones. The eastern sections, under the Jefferson Division, is a mixture of grass and shrublands dotted with "islan ...
.
Sapphire Ridge was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
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Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Judith Basin County, Montana
Census-designated places in Montana
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