Box Elder, Montana

About Box Elder

Box Elder, MT is a small unincorporated community located in northern Montana.

Box Elder holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.79 square miles.

📰 Box Elder News Today

• Roy vs Box Elder Football - Sep 10, 2026 Sports Illustrated · Aug 15
• Sentencing exposes drug pipeline from California prison to Rocky Boy's Reservation Bozeman Daily Chronicle · Jun 20
• Box Elder man sentenced to 13 months for drug trafficking NBC Montana · Jun 18
• Northern C boys: Defending champ Box Elder, Cascade, C-J-I advance to semifinals montanasports.com · Feb 26
• Box Elder (MT) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, and more MaxPreps · Feb 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Box Elder Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northern 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 10 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Box Elder

• Jitter Bug's Bar/Cafe/Casino/C-Store

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Box Elder

• Box Elder 7-8
• Box Elder High School
• Box Elder School
• Rocky Boy 7-8
• Rocky Boy High School
• Rocky Boy School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Box Elder

🏘️ Nearby Communities