Sumatra 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 hav ...
in far northwestern
Rosebud County,
Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
, United States.
It consists of a church and a post office, with respective houses, surrounded by open ranch land.
Sumatra was established in 1905 as a station stop, called Summit, on the
Milwaukee Road
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), often referred to as the "Milwaukee Road" , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986.
The company experienced ...
. The town name was changed to Sumatra, after an Indonesian island, with the opening of the post office in 1910.
Notes
Geography of Rosebud County, Montana
Unincorporated communities in Montana
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