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Welcome to Butte-Silver Bow
In beautiful Southwest Montana
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Welcome to Butte, Montana - "The Richest Hill on Earth" and our official website for Butte-Silver Bow! Butte is often referred to as a community with a storied past, an exciting present, and a promising future, and we have a lot to share with you.
We hope you find this website informational and easy to use. Within these pages, we hope that you find the information you need whether you are looking to:
- Find out information about our local government and its operations;
- Invest in our community through economic development opportunities by joining other innovative, environmental, and high-tech firms located in Butte that are rapidly gaining national and international recognition;
- View our Community Business Plan;
- Visit our fine city and experience our past, with our wealth of mining, political, architectural, and labor history that is more than 100 years old, and represents a diverse ethnic background of over 50 nationalities;
- Tour our museums and art studios and discover our art renaissance;
- Explore the area in and around Butte that boasts of clear blue skies, fresh air and open country where you can enjoy many outdoor activities where access to thousands of acres of public lands and blue ribbon trout streams are only minutes away from uptown Butte, and where being located halfway between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks makes us a natural stop for park visitors; or
- Visit or attend Butte's own Montana Tech of the University of Montana, an educational institution that has a worldwide reputation for its academic excellence, especially in environmental and petroleum engineering and its mineral geology and mining curriculum.
Yes, Butte has a lot to offer, and if we can be of further assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact my office at
(406) 497-6220.
Sincerely yours,
Paul Babb, Chief Executive
Butte-Silver Bow County, Montana
Most Requested Information
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Regional Historic Preservation Plan (PDF 724 MB) |  |
5-yr Transit Development Plan Update 2011-2016 (PDF 6.64MB) |
Contact Information
General contact information for the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse.
Postal address:
155 West Granite Street
Butte, MT 59701
Telephone: (406) 497-6200
FAX: (406) 497-6328
Chief
Executive Paul Babb
The governments of the city of Butte and Silver Bow County combined in 1977.
The government is lead by the Chief
Executive, Paul Babb and a 12-member
Council of Commissioners.
The Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse Centennial
The gala celebration of the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse centennial will cover five days of events culminating in the official re-dedication of the Courthouse on July 4, 2012. Follow the planning process on our blog or Facebook page.
Our Office hours are 8am to 5pm (with the exception of the Treasurer's office) with no noon closure.
The Treasurer's office is open 8am to 5pm for all matters (including tax payments). State Motor Vehicle Licensing is open 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Essential Public Works Services, (water, sewer, and road maintenance) are available 24 hours, seven days a week.
- To report a water problem, dial 497-6540;
- A sewer problem, 497-6550;
- A road maintenance problem, 497-6565;
- An animal control problem, 782-4467.