Augusta, MT

Augusta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. The 2010 census counted 309 residents. The most accepted version in the naming of this town is after Augusta Hogan, thought to be the first child born in this town, the daughter of J. D. Augusta has a public school system serving grades K-12. The through line in Augusta is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Augusta makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.

Hogan, an early rancher. Augusta is located in northern Lewis and Clark County on the north side of Elk Creek, which flows out of the Lewis and Clark Range to the southwest and leads northeast to the Sun River, part of the Missouri River watershed. Augusta is a gateway to the Bob Marshall Wilderness and Scapegoat Wilderness areas and the Lewis and Clark National Forest.