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Browning, Montana

<p><b>Browning</b>  is a <a href="/en/Town" title="Town" class="wl">town</a> in <a href="/en/Glacier_County,_Montana" title="Glacier County, Montana" class="wl">Glacier County</a>, <a href="/en/Montana" title="Montana" class="wl">Montana</a>, United States. It is the headquarters for the <a href="/en/Blackfeet_Indian_Reservation" title="Blackfeet Indian Reservation" class="mw-redirect wl">Blackfeet Indian Reservation</a> and the only incorporated town on the Reservation. The population was 1,018 at the <a href="/en/2020_United_States_Census" title="2020 United States Census" class="mw-redirect wl">2020 census</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt2">Town in Montana, United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1043192559" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement{width:23em;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement td,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Browning, Montana, Country, State, County, Ar...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Browning, Montana</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/en/Town" title="Town" class="wl">Town</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Town of Browning</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:LukasEddyBrowning.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Downtown Browning in September 2022. Photo by Lukas Eddy" data-hash="File:LukasEddyBrowning.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Downtown Browning in September 2022. Photo by Lukas Eddy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/LukasEddyBrowning.jpg/250px-LukasEddyBrowning.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="7200" data-file-height="5376" data-file-type="bitmap" height="187" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/LukasEddyBrowning.jpg/375px-LukasEddyBrowning.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/LukasEddyBrowning.jpg/500px-LukasEddyBrowning.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Downtown Browning in September 2022. Photo by Lukas Eddy</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Location of Browning, Montana" data-hash="File:Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Location of Browning, Montana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg/250px-Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="700" data-file-type="drawing" height="130" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg/375px-Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg/500px-Glacier_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Browning_Highlighted.svg.png 2x"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Browning, Montana</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Browning,_Montana&amp;params=48_33_25_N_113_0_52_W_region:US_type:city" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">48°33′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">113°0′52″W</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states" class="wl">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/U.S._state" title="U.S. state" class="wl">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Montana" title="Montana" class="wl">Montana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/List_of_counties_in_Montana" title="List of counties in Montana" class="wl">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Glacier_County,_Montana" title="Glacier County, Montana" class="wl">Glacier</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">0.28<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (0.72<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Land</th><td class="infobox-data">0.28<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (0.72<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.00<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (0.00<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,377<span>&nbsp;</span>ft (1,334<span>&nbsp;</span>m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"><span>&nbsp;</span></span>(<a href="/en/2020_United_States_Census" title="2020 United States Census" class="mw-redirect wl">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">1,018</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,688.41/sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (1,422.32/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Time_zone" title="Time zone" class="wl">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/UTC-7" title="UTC-7" class="mw-redirect wl">UTC-7</a> (<a href="/en/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone" class="wl">Mountain (MST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Summer (<a href="/en/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time" class="wl">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/UTC-6" title="UTC-6" class="mw-redirect wl">UTC-6</a> (MDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/ZIP_code" title="ZIP code" class="mw-redirect wl">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">59417</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan" class="wl">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Area_code_406" title="Area code 406" class="wl">406</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard" class="mw-redirect wl">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">30-10375</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System" class="wl">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0802063</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" 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<p>The town was named in 1885 for <a href="/en/Commissioner_of_Indian_Affairs" title="Commissioner of Indian Affairs" class="mw-redirect wl">Commissioner of Indian Affairs</a> Daniel M. Browning.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-mhs_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-mhs-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> The post office was established in 1895.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-names_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-names-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></p>



Browning  is a town in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is the headquarters for the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the only incorporated town on the Reservation. The population was 1,018 at the 2020 census. The town was named in 1885 for Commissioner of Indian Affairs Daniel M. Browning. 