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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)