Proctor, Montana

Proctor, Montana
Unincorporated community
Proctor Show map of Montana Proctor Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 47°53′33″N 114°18′19″W
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Lake
Elevation	3,166 ft (965 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	59929
Area code	406
GNIS feature ID	789200[1]

Proctor is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Montana, United States. Proctor is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of Dayton. The community has a ZIP code 59929.[2][3]

It is near Skags Lake.

History

In 1869, Kootenai settlement began in the Proctor area, and a federal commissary opened there. Clarence E. Proctor, for whom the community is named, founded a ranch and opened a store at Proctor in 1883.[4] The town was known as Dayton until 1910, when many of the town's residents relocated to the current site of Dayton due to its shorefront location on Flathead Lake; the old townsite then acquired its current name.[5]

References

1. "Proctor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
4. "Proctor". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
5. "Proctor". Montana Official State Travel Site. Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved July 9, 2014.