Ballantine, Montana

About Ballantine

Ballantine is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Montana.

Ballantine holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.91 square miles.

📰 Ballantine News Today

• Yellowstone County sheriff seeks tips in Ballantine Tiger Town theft NonStop Local Billings · Jul 8
• Ballantine man with history of strangulation, murder convicted of raping teen Billings Gazette · May 26
• Woman sentenced for sexually abusing girl at Ballantine home Billings Gazette · Mar 12
• Montana FWP seeking suspect in self-pay station break-ins at Ballantine fishing site KTVQ · Jun 10
• 'The best gift': A thousand miles from home, quadruplets' first journey ends in Billings Bozeman Daily Chronicle · Jan 18

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What Makes Ballantine Unique

• The only place in America named Ballantine — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Montana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

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