Bynum,_Montana

Bynum, Montana

Bynum, Montana

Census-designated place & Unincorporated community in Montana, United States

Bynum is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States, approximately 13 miles north of Choteau.[2] Its population was 31 as of the 2010 census.[3]

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Bynum is the site of a one-room country school, a general store, post office, an agate shop, and Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, which provides displays and educational programs about dinosaurs.

The town's name is derived from the surname of a family of early settlers in the area.[4] The post office was established in 1885.[5] In 1908 work on the Bynum Reservoir began.[4]

In 2017, the NBC Today Show produced a segment highlighting Bynum's school and its tradition of starting each school day with a song and a dance.[6]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Bynum, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. [3]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Montana Place Names Companion". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  5. [5]
    Carkeek Cheney, Roberta (1983). Names on the Face of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-150-5.
  6. [6]
    "These small-town students sing and dance every morning to learn how to get along". TODAY.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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