Heart Butte (

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: ) 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 Pondera County,

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, United States. The population was 698 at the 2000 census. The town is on the

Blackfeet Indian Reservation The Blackfeet Nation ( bla, Aamsskáápipikani, script=Latn, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Monta ...

. The town takes its name from the small heart-shaped peak southwest of town.

Geography

Heart Butte is located at (48.290058, -112.834432). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.44%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 698 people, 164 households, and 142 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 154.9 people per square mile (59.9/km²). There were 185 housing units at an average density of 41.1 per square mile (15.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town is 4.73% White, 0.14%

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, 93.70% Native American, 0.29%

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n, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population are

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of any race. There were 164 households, out of which 59.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were

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living together, 26.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.4% were non-families. 12.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.16 and the average family size was 4.56. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 44.1% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 15.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $20,885, and the median income for a family was $20,990. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $20,000 for females. The

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for the CDP was $6,845. About 42.0% of families and 44.7% of the population were below the

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, including 50.7% of those under age 18 and 57.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Heart Butte School educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Heart Butte High School's team name is the Warriors.

Notable people

Heart Butte Day School - NARA - 292895 (crop)

* Minnie Spotted-Wolf, the first Native American woman to enlist in the

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, is from Heart Butte. * Robert Crawford III, the first Blackfeet Army Officer since

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, is from Heart Butte.

References

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