Vida, Montana

About Vida

Vida, MT is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern Montana.

Vida holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.09 square miles.

📰 Vida News Today

• Dennis Lee Erickson Obituary (2026) - Vida, MT - Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home - Circle Legacy obituary · May 27
• Dustin Lee Kluth Obituary (2026) - Miles City, MT - Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home - Miles City Legacy obituary · Mar 24
• Kathryn “ Kay” Kersey Johnson michelottisawyers.com · Feb 13
• Costa Vida in Kalispell closing NBC Montana · Mar 9
• Shirley Schillinger Obituary Sep 5, 2016 Stevenson Funeral Homes · Sep 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Vida Unique

• The only place in America named Vida — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.09 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Montana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 24 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Vida

• BLM · Nature reserve reviews ★
• State Trust · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Vida

• Vida School

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Vida

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