Local Wiki
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