Welcome to Piegan ...

Piegan is located in Glacier County<1>.

The location of Piegan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

The pronunciation of Piegan: PEE-gun<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piegan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

Piegan is 3,900 feet [1,189 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Piegan is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Piegan lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Piegan: (406)

Communities Also Named Piegan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Piegan: This one is located in Glacier County and the other is located in Chouteau County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piegan.

Communities near Piegan ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piegan.

• Browning
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
  • Browning is located in Glacier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Browning <5>
• Heart Butte
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Butte
  • Heart Butte is located in Pondera County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heart Butte <5>
• South Browning
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
  • South Browning is located in Glacier County
• North Browning
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Browning have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
  • North Browning is located in Glacier County
• Dupuyer
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupuyer
  • Dupuyer is located in Pondera County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupuyer <5>
• Cut Bank
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut Bank
  • Cut Bank is located in Glacier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cut Bank <5>
• Valier
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
  • Valier is located in Pondera County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valier <5>
• East Glacier Park
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glacier Park
  • East Glacier Park is located in Glacier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Glacier Park <5>
• Starr School
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
  • Starr School is located in Glacier County
• East Glacier Park Village
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glacier Park Village
  • East Glacier Park Village is located in Glacier County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Piegan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piegan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piegan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piegan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piegan. See our Newspapers Page for Piegan.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piegan ...

Looking for more information about Piegan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Piegan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Piegan.

Adding Piegan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Piegan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Piegan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Piegan post office opened in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piegan.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Piegan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/