Fox, Montana

Fox, Montana
Unincorporated community
Fox
Coordinates: 45°16′36″N 109°13′01″W / 45.27667°N 109.21694°W / 45.27667; -109.21694Coordinates: 45°16′36″N 109°13′01″W / 45.27667°N 109.21694°W / 45.27667; -109.21694
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Carbon
Elevation	5,031 ft (1,533 m)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	N/A
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code	59070
Area code(s)	406
GNIS feature ID	771584[2]

Fox is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It was named for Dr. J.M. Fox, first manager of the Rocky Fork Coal Company and the Rocky Fork & Cooke City Railroad. At one time, Fox had two elevators and was the largest grain shipping point in Carbon County. Finnish immigrant miners settled here, and as late as 1920 their children still spoke Finnish at home and on the playground, and English only in the classroom. Fox was an important stop on the Northern Pacific Railway to Red Lodge, and many of the buildings still stand, most notably the old Fox Elevator. Although it is unincorporated, Fox has a post office with a ZIP code of 59070.^[3] Fox lies on U.S. Route 212 southwest of Roberts and northeast of Red Lodge.

References

Municipalities and communities of Carbon County, Montana, United States County seat: Red Lodge City Red Lodge Towns Bearcreek Bridger Fromberg Joliet CDPs Belfry Boyd Edgar Roberts Roscoe Silesia Other unincorporated communities Bowler Fox Luther Rockvale Warren Washoe