Billings

About Billings

Population

106,954 in city
154,553 in metro

Size

106 km² (41 mi²)

Altitude

971.997683492 m

Billings is Montana's largest city and was first settled in 1877 in the Montana Territory as a trading post called Coulson (now known as Coulson Park). Renamed after Frederick Billings, former president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and was incorporated on March 15, 1882. By the mid 1960s Billings surpassed Great Falls as the state's largest city. Billings is located in the state's most populous county, Yellowstone County in South Central Montana, which is the commercial, cultural, and financial center for the region. It is the largest city between Calgary, Denver, Spokane, and Minneapolis. Most of the city sits in the Yellowstone Valley which was carved out by the Yellowstone River and is surrounded by five beautiful mountain ranges with the Beartooth Mountains to the west, the Crazy Mountains to the northwest, and the Pryor, Big Horn, and Wolf Mountains to the south. It is considered the Gateway to Yellowstone National Park.

Zones

Cathedral District (8), Civic District (15), Medical Corridor (11)

Boroughs

Central-Terry (15), Downtown (139), Heights (6), North Elevation (19), Northwest (2), Shiloh (8), Southeast (11), Southwest (5), West End-Descro (90)

Metro Cities

Ballantine, Billings, Broadview, Custer, Huntley, Laurel, Lockwood, Newton, Nibbe, Pompeys Pillar, Roberts, Rockvale, Shepherd, Worden

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
313	All Buildings
269	existing
2	under construction
11	planned
17	unbuilt
14	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	First Interstate Center	255 ft	1985
2	DoubleTree by Hilton Billings	245 ft	1980
3	Wells Fargo Plaza	176 ft	1976
4	Granite Tower	130 ft	1975
5	Northern Hotel	129 ft	1942

Building types

No.	Type
93	low-rise building
57	sculpture
17	mast (pole)
16	fountain
16	bridge
15	high-rise building
14	monument
12	open-air structure
12	tunnel
11	mast (wired)
9	church
5	hall
5	stadium
5	mast (framework)
4	building with towers
3	clock/bell tower
2	silo
2	amusement ride
2	house
2	windmill
2	chimney
2	water tower
2	airport tower
1	industrial framework
1	temple
1	outdoor theater
1	observation tower
1	synagogue

Other buildings

No.	Type
5	Famous buildings
11	Buildings with construction images