Jordan, MT

Jordan is a town in and the county seat of Garfield County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census counted 356 residents. Jordan is Garfield County's only incorporated community. Jordan was settled in 1896. Garfield County Museum has several fossils and a full-size Triceratops. There are replicas of a cabin and black smith shop inside and the old jail and school house are on museum grounds. Jordan Public Schools educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade. They are known as the Mustangs. In Jordan, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Jordan, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The founder, Arthur Jordan, had hunted the area and decided to settle with his family in 1896 along the banks of the Big Dry Creek. Montana Highway 59 and Montana Highway 200 intersect just south of town.