Cut Bank is a city in and the county seat of Glacier County, Montana, United States, located just east of the "cut bank" (gorge) along Cut Bank Creek. The population was 3,056 at the 2020 census. The town was founded in 1891 with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway.
Geography
Cut Bank is located in eastern Glacier County. The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is located just west of Cut Bank, on the western side of Cut Bank Creek.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
The city is located south of the Canada–United States border. The name of the city comes from the cut bank (gorge) a scenic hazard to navigation and a geologic feature of the same name. The Cut Bank Creek river is spanned cliffs to cliffs by a scenic elevated railway bridge high above the canyon floor less than a mile from the edge of the town.
Climate
Cut Bank experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with long, cold, dry winters and short, warm, wetter summers. In winter, bitterly cold arctic air masses move south and impact the eastern side of the American Continental Divide. During such invasions, Cut Bank, with its comparatively high elevation and topography, is frequently the coldest location in the lower 48 U.S. States. Being close to the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains also makes the area subject to occasional Chinook winds that can rapidly increase the local temperature.