Argenta, MT

Argenta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census counted 35 residents. Argenta is in southwestern Montana, 13 miles northwest of Dillon, the Beaverhead county seat. Argenta is in the valley of Rattlesnake Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Beaverhead River, part of the Jefferson River watershed leading to the Missouri and finally the Mississippi River. The through line in Argenta is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Argenta makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Argenta was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.