Billings

Billings may refer to:

Places

In Canada:

  • Billings, Ontario
  • In Germany:

  • Billings, Hesse
  • In Russia:

  • Billings, Russia
  • In the United States:

  • Billings, Montana, most populous and well known city with this name
  • Billings, Missouri
  • Billings, New York
  • Billings, Oklahoma
  • Billings County, North Dakota
  • Billings Township, Michigan
  • Other uses

  • Billings (surname)
  • Billings Learned Hand (1872–1961), an American judge
  • Billings ovulation method, a form of natural family planning
  • Billings-Burns, English automobile built only in 1900
  • Billings Bridge, a bridge over the Rideau River in Ottawa, Canada, named after Braddish Billings
  • Billings Reservoir, a reservoir in São Paulo, Brazil
  • See also

  • Billing (disambiguation)
  • Billinge (disambiguation)
  • Billings, Montana

    Billings is the largest city in the state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area with a population of 166,855. It has a trade area of over half a million people.

    Billings is located in the south-central portion of the state and is the county seat of Yellowstone County, which had a 2014 population of 155,634. The 2013 Census estimates put the Billings population at 109,059 the only city in Montana to surpass 100,000 people. The city is experiencing rapid growth and a strong economy; it has had and is continuing to have the largest growth of any city in Montana. Parts of the metro area are seeing hyper growth. From 2000 to 2010 Lockwood, an eastern suburb of the city, saw growth of 57.8%, the largest growth rate of any community in Montana. Billings has avoided the economic downturn that affected most of the nation 2008–2012 as well as avoiding the housing bust. With the Bakken oil development in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, the largest oil discovery in U.S. history, as well as the Heath shale oil discovery just north of Billings, the city's already rapid growth rate is escalating.

    Billings Depot

    The Northern Pacific Billings Depot is a historic train depot in the Historic District of downtown Billings, Montana. The depot was constructed to serve as a passenger station for the Northern Pacific Railroad, Great Northern and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. All three railroad merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970, along with the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. In 1971 Amtrak took over passenger service throughout the country.

    The station has been a contributing property on the Billings Historic District since 1978. The last regular Amtrak train, the North Coast Hiawatha, departed in October 1979.

    Today, the depot has been renovated into a popular events center.

    External links

  • Official Website
  • References

    Coordinates: 45°47′01″N 108°29′57″W / 45.7837°N 108.4993°W / 45.7837; -108.4993


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