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Silver Bow County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 3, 2026
Board of County Commissioners meets
1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7:30 PM.
Meeting location
Council Chambers, 3rd floor, Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse, 155 W Granite St, Butte, MT.
Election Administrator
Cindy Sherman · (406) 497-6342 · csherman@bsb.mt.gov
Agendas posted at
https://co.silverbow.mt.us/AgendaCenter/Council-of-Commissioners-3
Chief Executive & Council of Commissioners
Butte-Silver Bow is a consolidated city-county government (merged 1977) — NOT a standard 3-member commission. Chief Executive (elected, at-large, 4-year term): J.P. Gallagher, first elected Nov 2020, re-elected Nov 5, 2024. Legislative body: a 12-member Council of Commissioners, one per district. Council Chair/President is not identified on the county's own site — genuinely unconfirmed. Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse, 155 W Granite St, Butte, MT — (406) 497-6219 — commissioners@bsb.mt.gov.

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.

  • Butte Elem · School District
  • Butte H S · School District
  • Divide Elem · School District
  • Melrose Elem · School District
  • Ramsay Elem · School District

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

  • Melrose Water And Sewer District · Utility District

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

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

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