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Powell County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 3, 2026
Board of County Commissioners meets
1st, 3rd, and last Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of each month, 9 AM-noon and 1-4 PM.
Meeting location
Powell County Courthouse, 409 Missouri Ave., Suite 201, Deer Lodge, MT.
Election Administrator
Jody Walker · (406) 846-9786 · jwalker@powellcountymt.gov
Agendas posted at
https://www.powellcountymt.gov/events/commissioners-agenda-2/
Board of County Commissioners
Dan (Daniel G.) Sager (District 1), Bill Hooker (District 2), Leonard Wortman (District 3) — Chair genuinely unresolved: minutes show a rotating/meeting-assigned presiding officer (Hooker in Dec 2025, Sager in Jan 2026), not one fixed annual chair. Powell County Courthouse, 409 Missouri Ave., Suite 201, Deer Lodge, MT — (406) 544-8038.

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.

Cities (1)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (8)
  • Avon Elem
  • Deer Lodge Elem
  • Elliston Elem
  • Garrison Elem
  • Gold Creek Elem
  • Helmville Elem
  • Ovando Elem
  • Powell County H S

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Emergency services districts (10)
  • Deer Lodge Rural Fire District
  • Elliston Rural Fire Dept
  • Fire Avon Fire District
  • Fire Garrison Fire District
  • Fire Helmville Fire Dist
  • Fire1 District #Dlfd
  • Fire1 District #Ofd
  • Fire2 District #Rtfd
  • Fire2 Valley Fire Dept
  • Rock Creek Rural Fire District

Source: Montana State Library MSDI Election Districts GIS layer (Fire)

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