Stryker, Montana
Census-designated place
Stryker post office
Stryker post office
Stryker is located in Montana
Stryker
Stryker
Stryker is located in the United States
Stryker
Stryker
Coordinates: 48°40′27″N 114°46′13″W / 48.67417°N 114.77028°W / 48.67417; -114.77028
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyLincoln
Area
[1]
 • Total1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
 • Land1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
3,297 ft (1,005 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total25
 • Density24.27/sq mi (9.37/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59933[3]
Area code406
GNIS feature ID791609[2]
FIPS code30-71575

Stryker is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 26.[4] Stryker has the 59933 ZIP code.[3]

Named for local homesteaders, Stryker served as a stage station on the Kalispell–Fort Steele (British Columbia) trail. A forest fire swept through the town in 1926. Stryker’s railroad depot closed with the construction of Libby Dam.[5]

Stryker is located in northeastern Lincoln County on U.S. Route 93, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Eureka and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Kalispell. It is located just south of a drainage divide separating the Stillwater River, which runs just east of Stryker and flows southeast to the Flathead River, from Summit Creek, which flows northwest and is part of the Tobacco River watershed flowing to the Kootenai River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Stryker CDP has an area of 1.0 square mile (2.7 km2), all land.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202025—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

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  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stryker, Montana
  3. 1 2 "Stryker, Montana Zip Code". zip-codes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Stryker CDP, Montana". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Stryker". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Montana". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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