Superior is a town in, and the county seat of, Mineral County, Montana, United States. The population was 830 at the 2020 census.
History
Superior was named after its founders' hometown of Superior, Wisconsin, in 1869. The post office was established in 1871 after Mineral County became the site of one of the largest gold strikes that helped settle the West.
In the 1860s and '70s, several thousand miners converged on Cedar Creek. Mining has remained central to the economy, along with the development of logging and United States Forest Service activities.
In 1908, the Superior Hotel received the first Bibles to be placed in hotel rooms by The Gideons.
Geography
Superior is located on the northeast side of the Bitterroot Range of mountains in western Montana. Via Interstate 90, it is northwest of Missoula and southeast of Wallace, Idaho. The Clark Fork flows through downtown, heading northwest towards St. Regis and ultimately emptying into Lake Pend Oreille near Cabinet, Idaho. The Bitterroots to the west of Superior along the Montana/Idaho border receive a large amount of precipitation annually, mostly due to the amount of snow in the winter months. Nearby Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area receives approximately of snow each winter. The snow pack melts throughout the spring and summer months, feeding the many mountain streams and creeks with water. All the water eventually reaches the Clark Fork in the valley below, where Superior is located.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 10.75%, are water.
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