Billings

city in and county seat of Yellowstone County, Montana, United States
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Summary

Billings is a city in the United States[1]. Billings ranks in the top 1% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,912 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yellowstone County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Bill Cole[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], county seat[7]
  • Shares border with: Helena[8]
  • Named after: Frederick H. Billings[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Kemerovo[10]
  • Postal code: 59101[11], 59102[12], 59103[13], 59104[14], 59105[15], 59106[16], 59107[17], 59108[18], 59111[19], 59112[20], 59114[21], 59115[22], 59116[23], 59117[24]
  • Commons category: Billings, Montana[25]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−07:00[26], Mountain Time Zone[27]
  • Local dialing code: 406[28]
  • Inception: 1877[29]
  • Official website: https://www.billingsmt.gov/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Billings, Montana[31]
  • Population: 104,170[32], 117,116[33]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Billings, Montana[34]
  • Capital of: Yellowstone County[35]
  • Official name: Billings[36]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Billings, Montana[37]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32655298[38]
  • Number of households: 47,484[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Billings, Montana[40]
  • Owner of: Dehler Park[41]
  • Different from: Billings[42]
  • Elevation above sea level: 952 m[43]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 113.467037 km²[44] and 112.735248 km²[45].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Billings include Billings Logan International Airport[46], an international airport[47], in United States[48], founded in 1928[49].

Why It Matters

Billings has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Billings is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for Billings include Billings Logan International Airport[46], an international airport[47], in United States[48], founded in 1928[49].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . ci.billings.mt.us. Retrieved . ci.billings.mt.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Territory overlaps → Billings urban area
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+113.467037'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+112.735248'}
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.2616'}
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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