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0778036. Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. [ 3] In 1961 the town and the surrounding area were designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District. [ 4] The population was 219 at the 2020 census.
The Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing Virginia City, Montana, United States. Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. [2]
26 May 1864. • Statehood. 8 November 1889. Preceded by. Succeeded by. Idaho Territory. Montana. The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, [ 1] until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana .
11. Virginia and Nevada City, Montana. Virginia City and its smaller counterpart, Nevada City, are just northwest of Yellowstone National Park. ... it's barely a blip on the map. Still, its ...
Montana Trail. The Montana Trail was a wagon road that served gold rush towns such as Bannack, Virginia City and later Helena during the Montana gold rush era of the 1860s and 1870s. Miners and settlers all traveled the trail to try to find better lives in Montana. The trail was also utilized for freighting and shipping supplies and food goods ...
The first structure built in Virginia City was the Mechanical Bakery. Virginia City, and Nevada City were the centers of commerce during the height of the Alder Gulch gold rush. In the first year the area had over 10,000 people living there. Montana Territory was established in May 1864, and the first territorial capital was Bannack. The ...
Madison County, Montana. / 45.3°N 111.92°W / 45.3; -111.92. Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,623. [ 2] Its county seat is Virginia City. [ 3] The county was founded in 1865; [ 4] at the time it was part of the Montana Territory .
Jim Bridger (1804–1881). The Bridger Trail, also known as the Bridger Road and Bridger Immigrant Road, was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold fields of Montana. Gold was discovered in Virginia City, Montana in 1863, prompting settlers and prospectors to find a trail to travel from central Wyoming to Montana.