Santa Rita, Montana

About Santa Rita

Set in the northern part of Montana, Santa Rita is a small unincorporated community.

Santa Rita holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.46 square miles.

📰 Santa Rita News Today

• Rain, snow showers continue through Saturday; next weather maker to arrive Sunday NBC Montana · Mar 5
• Travel Warning to Go Into Effect for Thousands Later This Week Newsweek · Mar 23
• Warm, calm weather today; next weather maker arrives this weekend with rain and snow NBC Montana · Feb 6
• Joshua Hunter Obituary (1998 - 2025) - Yorktown, VA - Daily Inter Lake Legacy obituary · Oct 26
• Fire precations, Health and safety: Clubs in Malaga restrict use of sparklers after fire incidents in Switzerland and Madrid Sur in English · Jan 16

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What Makes Santa Rita Unique

• The only place in America named Santa Rita — 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.
• 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 6 miles.

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