Babb, MT

Babb is an unincorporated farming and ranching community in Glacier County, Montana, United States, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The 2020 census counted 130 residents. The community experiences a large influx of tourists in the summer months as it is the gateway to the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park. Community infrastructure includes one school, a U.S. Post Office, a fire station that houses the Babb/St. Mary Volunteer Fire Department, Thronson's General Store and Motel, several restaurants, two churches, and a gas station.

A newcomer can read Babb through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Babb comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Established in 1905 as a post office, Babb was named for Cyrus C. Babb, the engineer in charge of surveying the U.S. Reclamation Service's St. Mary Irrigation Canal. Babb is located in northwestern Glacier County in the valley of the St. Mary River.