Census Data for Shields Crossing

As far as we can tell, Shields Crossing<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Shields Crossing, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Cut Bank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cut Bank is located in Glacier County
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Valier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valier is located in Pondera County
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Shelby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shelby is located in Toole County
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Kevin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kevin is located in Toole County
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Conrad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conrad is located in Pondera County
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Browning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Glacier County
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Pondera County ...

Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Pondera County.

Miscellaneous Information for Shields Crossing ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Pondera County or the community of Shields Crossing:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shields Crossing:
- GNIS ID for Shields Crossing: 776487
- GNIS ID for Pondera County: 1719587
- GNIS ID for State of Montana: 767982

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Shields Crossing is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Shields Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Shields Crossing may originally have been Shield's Crossing. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shields Crossing might be written as Shield Crossing. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Shields Crossing.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Pondera, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.