Hungry Horse, MT

Hungry Horse is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census counted 828 residents. The community sprang up during the construction of Hungry Horse Dam when the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation placed more than one hundred prefabricated buildings at the site to house workers. In 1948, Flathead County commissioners changed the name of the newly formed "Damtown" to Hungry Horse. International Larix Arboretum. In Hungry Horse, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Hungry Horse, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Hungry Horse is located in central Flathead County at the confluence of the Flathead River and its South Fork. Bad Rock Canyon lies less than one mile to the west of Hungry Horse.