Country United States County Gallatin FIPS code 30-01550 Area code 406 | State Montana Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) Population 180 (2010) | |
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Area 7.058 km² (7.011 km² Land / 5 ha Water) | ||
Amsterdam is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was formerly part of the Amsterdam-Churchill CDP.
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Geography
Amsterdam is located at 45°44′18″N 111°20′20″W (45.738262, -111.339096).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), all of it land.
History
Originally called Walrath for farmer A. J. Walrath, Amsterdam was established in 1911 by the Northern Pacific Railway on a branch line between Manhattan and Anceney. The railroad changed the name to Amsterdam because of the large number of Dutch settlers who had moved to the area in the 1890s to grow malting barley to supply the Manhattan Malting Company.