Welcome to Richland County

Published: 2019
By Tim Fine

Named in an attempt to attract settlers, Richland County is Montana’s twenty-first most populous county, with an estimated 10,810 residents as of the 2012 census. Sidney, the county seat, is the state’s seventeenth-largest city, with a population estimated at 5,934 in 2012. Other towns in Richland County include Crane, Fairview, Lambert, and Savage. Agriculture and oil production are widely recognized as two of the staples of Richland County’s economy. Much of Richland County is located in the Bakken Oil Zone and cattle, wheat, sugar beets, pulse crops, and other small grains are the top agricultural commodities produced.