Whitlash, Montana
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Whitlash is an unincorporated community
in northwestern Liberty County
, Montana
, United States
, about five miles south of the province of Alberta
across the Canadian border.
Whitlash has a post office and an elementary school that provides educational services in grades prekindergarten through 8. The community is accessible only by unpaved road. The Whitlash Border Crossing is about five miles to the north.
Whitlash is located near the East Butte of the Sweet Grass Hills
which are major historic and physical landmarks of the Great Plains. Sacred to the American Indians, "The Hills" served as hunting grounds, battlegrounds, spiritual grounds, and of course were used for navigational purposes as well.
It is approximately tied with Lothair, Montana as the closest of any community in the contiguous United States
to being antipodal
of land, with the opposite point on the Earth being about 5 km offshore of Cape d'Aiguillon of Kerguelen Island, in the southern Indian Ocean. (See http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/tool.html. Lothair is within about 5 km of a tiny islet to the north of Kerguelen.)
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in northwestern Liberty County
Liberty County, Montana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,158 people, 833 households, and 583 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 1,070 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...
, Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, about five miles south of the province of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
across the Canadian border.
Whitlash has a post office and an elementary school that provides educational services in grades prekindergarten through 8. The community is accessible only by unpaved road. The Whitlash Border Crossing is about five miles to the north.
Whitlash is located near the East Butte of the Sweet Grass Hills
Sweet Grass Hills
The Sweet Grass Hills are a small group of low mountains rising more than 3,000 feet above the surrounding plains southwest of Whitlash, Montana in Liberty and Toole County, Montana. The tallest point in the hills is West Butte at...
which are major historic and physical landmarks of the Great Plains. Sacred to the American Indians, "The Hills" served as hunting grounds, battlegrounds, spiritual grounds, and of course were used for navigational purposes as well.
It is approximately tied with Lothair, Montana as the closest of any community in the contiguous United States
Contiguous United States
The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....
to being antipodal
Antipodes
In geography, the antipodes of any place on Earth is the point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it. Two points that are antipodal to one another are connected by a straight line running through the centre of the Earth....
of land, with the opposite point on the Earth being about 5 km offshore of Cape d'Aiguillon of Kerguelen Island, in the southern Indian Ocean. (See http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/tool.html. Lothair is within about 5 km of a tiny islet to the north of Kerguelen.)