Official Name: | Pioneer Junction, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pioneer Junction |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 9.13 |
Area Land Km2: | 9.13 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.52 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.52 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 902 |
Population Density Km2: | 98.82 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 255.96 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 2438 |
Coordinates: | 48.3358°N -115.5183°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-57950 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583833 |
Pioneer Junction is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. The population was 959 at the 2010 census.[2]
The community is south of the center of Lincoln County, along U.S. Route 2. It is bordered to the north by the White Haven CDP. Libby, the county seat, is 4miles to the north via US 2 westbound, and Kalispell is eastbound on US 2.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Pioneer Junction CDP has an area of 9.1sqkm, all land.[3] It sits between two creeks, Libby Creek to the east and its tributary, Big Cherry Creek, to the west. Libby Creek flows north to the Kootenai River at Libby and is part of the Columbia River watershed.