Local Wiki
Cascade County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 3, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, 9:30 AM; work sessions Wednesday prior at 2:00 PM.
- Meeting location
- Commission Chambers, Room 105, 325 2nd Avenue North, Great Falls, MT.
- Election Administrator
- Terry Thompson · (406) 454-6803 · tthompson@cascadecountymt.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.cascadecountymt.gov/agendacenter/cascade-county-commission-2
- Board of County Commissioners
- Joe Briggs (District 1), James L. Larson (District 2, Chairman), Eric Hinebauch (District 3) — Courthouse Annex, 325 2nd Avenue North, Room 111, Great Falls, MT 59401 — (406) 454-6810.
Other Local Government Here
Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Towns (3)
- Belt
- Cascade
- Neihart
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (12)
- Belt Elem
- Belt H S
- Cascade Elem
- Cascade H S
- Centerville Elem
- Centerville H S
- Great Falls Elem
- Great Falls H S
- Simms H S
- Sun River Valley Elem
- Ulm Elem
- Vaughn Elem
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (18)
- Belt Rural Fire Service Area
- Black Eagle Rural Fire Service Area
- Cascade Rural Fire Service Area
- Cascsade Farmers & Ranchers
- Fire Dist Belt
- Fire Dist Dbrn (16)
- Fire Dist Nei (8)
- Fire Dist Simms (15)
- Fire District Malmstrom
- Fort Shaw Rural Fire Service Area
- Gore Hill Fire Service Area
- Great Falls Fire Dist 1
- Monarch Rural Fire Service Area
- Sand Coulee Rural Fire Service Area
- Stockett Rural Fire Service Area
- Sun River Rural Fire Service Area
- Ulm Rural Fire Service Area
- Vaughn Rural Fire Service Area
Source: Montana State Library MSDI Election Districts GIS layer (Fire)
Water & utility districts (13)
- Wd Black Eagle
- Wd Gore Hill
- Wd Homestead Acres
- Wd Simms
- Wd Stockett
- Wd Sun Prairie
- Wd Sun Prairie Est
- Wd Sun River
- Wd Tri-County
- Wd Upper & Lower 1
- Wd Upper & Lower 2
- Wd Upper & Lower 3
- Wd Vaughn
Source: Montana State Library MSDI Election Districts GIS layer (Water)