Welcome to Sanders County

Published: 2022
By Juli Thurston

MSU Extension in Sanders County provides educational programs in the areas of Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Resources, 4-H Youth Development, Community Development, and Family and Consumer Sciences. Sanders County is located in Northwestern Montana. It is bordered on the west by Idaho’s Panhandle and is Montana’s 15th most populous county with a population of about 12,400. There is a diverse mix of agricultural land, small acreage subdivisions, rural communities and range or forested land. The highest number of jobs are in farming, fishing, forestry, and construction. Sanders County includes the city of Thompson Falls as the county seat, Plains, Hot Springs, Dixon, Trout Creek, Noxon, and Heron. Sanders County is supported by Commissioners Anthony Cox, John Holland and Dan Rowan.