Frazer is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

(CDP) in

Valley County, Montana Valley County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. Valley County was created in 1893 with area partitioned from Dawson County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,578. Its county seat A county seat is an administrative center ...

, United States, located within the

Fort Peck Indian Reservation The Fort Peck Indian Reservation (, ) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine, Lakota, and Dakota peoples of Native Americans. With a total ...

, about 80 miles from the

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. The population was 420 at the 2020 census. The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway established Frazer as a station in 1888. A post office opened in 1907.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (1.75%) is water.

Demographics

Transportation

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’s

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, which operates between

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and

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, passes through the town on

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tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in

Wolf Point Wolf Point is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census, down 4% from 2,621 in the 2010 Census. It is the largest community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Wolf ...

, to the east.

Education

Frazer School educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Frazer High School Frazer may refer to: Places in the United States *Frazer, Montana *Frazer Township, Pennsylvania *Frazer, Pennsylvania, a community in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania *Frazer Corners, Wisconsin Other uses *Frazer (automobile), a line of Amer ...

's team name is the Bearcubs.

References

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