Proctor, Montana
Unincorporated community
Proctor is located in Montana
Proctor
Proctor
Proctor is located in the United States
Proctor
Proctor
Coordinates: 47°53′33″N 114°18′19″W / 47.89250°N 114.30528°W / 47.89250; -114.30528
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyLake
Elevation
3,166 ft (965 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59929
Area code406
GNIS feature ID789200[1]

Proctor is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Montana, United States. Proctor is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of Dayton. The community has a ZIP code 59929.[2][3]

It is near Skags Lake.

History

In 1869, Kootenai settlement began in the Proctor area, and a federal commissary opened there. Clarence E. Proctor, for whom the community is named, founded a ranch and opened a store at Proctor in 1883.[4] The town was known as Dayton until 1910, when many of the town's residents relocated to the current site of Dayton due to its shorefront location on Flathead Lake; the old townsite then acquired its current name.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Proctor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Proctor". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Proctor". Montana Official State Travel Site. Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved July 9, 2014.


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