Facts About Missoula
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The city takes its name from the Sakish word “Nemissoolatakoo.”
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Missoula’s economy centres on lumber and paper milling, dairying, agricultural marketing, tourism, and educational facilities.
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Jeannette Rankin is from Missoula, she became the first woman in Congress in 1916.
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The city is at an elevation of 3,209 feet above sea level.
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Nestled in the Northern Rockies of Montana, surrounded by seven wilderness areas and at the confluence of three rivers: the Blackfoot, Bitterroot, and Clark Fork Rivers.
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the city had a total area of 29.08 square miles, of which 28.90 square miles were land and 0.184 square miles were covered by water.
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The Sakish Tribe were the original inhabitants.
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The city has over 400 acres of parkland, 22 miles of trails, and nearly 5,000 acres of conserved open space.
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The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode, near Missoula, was home to what prospectors said was the biggest rock ever found.
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Missoula is twinned with the following sister cities Neckargemünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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The city is divided into 18 neighbourhood councils, of which all Missoula residents are members.
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The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858 including William T. Hamilton, Captain Richard Grant, and David Pattee.
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Missoula was founded in 1860 as Hellgate Trading Post while still part of Washington Territory.
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Missoula is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana.
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Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university.
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Missoula is known for its blue-ribbon trout fishing, which was made famous by A River Runs Through It
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The estimated population of Missoula is 73,489, and the estimated population of the Missoula Metropolitan area at 117,922, as of 2020.
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The median income for a household is $56,247.
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Hellgate Village was a success, followed by a flour mill and a sawmill, which the new settlers dubbed Missoula Mills. Mills was eventually dropped, leaving the town with the name Missoula.
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The municipality is also known as the “Garden City” due to the vast number of trees and the lush green environment and part of the Fly Fishing Golden Triangle.