Malta, Montana
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'''Malta''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Phillips County, Montana|Phillips County]], [[Montana]], [[United States]],{{GR|6}} located at the intersection of U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 2|2]] and [[U.S. Route 191|191]]. The population was 2,120 at the 2000 census.
==History==
After [[James Hill]] and his partners built the St Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway (which in 1890 became the [[Great Northern Railway (US)|Great Northern Railway]]) across Montana's "High Line" in 1887<ref>{{cite book |last=Malone |first=Michael P. |coauthors=Richard B. Roeder |title= Montana: A History of Two Centuries, page 135 |origyear=1976 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=0-295-95520-1 |pages=352}}</ref>, Malta evolved from [[rail siding]] number 54. What came to be [[Saco, Montana]] to the east and [[Dodson, Montana]] to the west grew from other nearby sidings. A post office was established in Malta in 1890. Its name is said to have been determined by a spin of the globe by a Great Northern official whose finger came to rest on the island of [[Malta]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]<ref>[http://www.malta-montana.com/ Malta Montana Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
On July 3, 1901 Kid Curry ([[Harvey Logan]]), as part of [[Butch Cassidy]]'s Wild Bunch, robbed a train just west of Malta, near Wagner, Montana<ref>[http://www.prospector-utah.com/curry.htm Kid Curry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, making off with about $60,000.
One of the best preserved dinosaurs ever discovered and one of only four that were mummified is a 77 million-year-old ''[[Brachylophosaurus]]'' nicknamed Leonardo, unearthed north of Malta in 2000<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1010_021010_dinomummy.html "Mummified" Dinosaur Discovered In Montana<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20021019/fob2.asp Dear Mummy: Rare fossil reveals common dinosaur's soft tissue: Science News Online, Oct. 19, 2002<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Leonardo<ref>[http://www.montanadinosaurdigs.com/brachleo.htm Montana Leonardo dinosaur discovery: Brachylophosaurus - Judith River Dinosaur Institute<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, together with brachylophosaurs Elvis<ref>[http://www.montanadinosaurdigs.com/brach.htm Brachylophosaurus Dinosaur discovery: Judith River Dinosaur Institute<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (1994), Roberta<ref>[http://www.montanadinosaurdigs.com/roberta.htm Brachylophosaurus Dinosaur - Roberta discovery: Judith River Dinosaur Institute<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (2003) and Peanut<ref>[http://www.montanadinosaurdigs.com/peanut.htm Brachylophosaurus Dinosaur - Peanut discovery: Judith River Dinosaur Institute<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (2002), is on display at The Phillips County Museum.
Two stops on The Montana Dinosaur Trail<ref>[http://mtdinotrail.org/ Follow The Montana Dinosaur Trail For Adventure<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> are located in Malta.
*The Dinosaur Field Station (home to the Judith River Dinosaur Institute<ref>[http://www.montanadinosaurdigs.com/ Montana Dinosaurs - dinosaur digs: Judith River Dinosaur Institute of Montana<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>)
*The Phillips County Museum<ref>[http://www.maltachamber.com/museum/ Museum of Phillips County: Judith River Dinosaur Institute<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Geography==
Malta is located at {{coor dms|48|21|20|N|107|52|17|W|city}} (48.355496, -107.871361){{GR|1}}.
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 1.1 [[square mile]]s (2.7 [[km²]]), all of it land.
==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 2,120 people, 907 households, and 565 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,006.1 people per square mile (772.2/km²). There were 1,067 housing units at an average density of 1,009.7/sq mi (388.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.83% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.05% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 4.67% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.24% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.98% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.04% of the population.
There were 907 households out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,212, and the median income for a family was $41,422. Males had a median income of $30,117 versus $18,636 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,405. About 8.8% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
==Transportation==
*[[Malta (Amtrak station)]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Malone |first=Michael P. |coauthors=Richard B. Roeder |title= Montana: A History of Two Centuries |origyear=1976 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=0-295-95520-1 |pages=352}}
* Murphy, N.L., D. Trexler, and M. Thompson. 2002. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a mummified ornithopod dinosaur from the Campanian Lower Judith River Formation. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting. Oct. 9-12. Norman, Okla.
==External links==
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