Vida is an

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in northern

McCone County McCone County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,729. Its county seat is Circle, Montana, Circle. The county was created in 1919. It w ...

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, United States, located on

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along the Big Sky Back Country Byway, approximately south of

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, and north of

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History

At this location, Vida was known as Presserville until 1951, when the post office at a previous incarnation of Vida was moved to that town and Presserville's citizens agreed to change the town name to conform with the name under which the post office was registered. Over the intervening decades, the population has dwindled significantly. At the 2000

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, the Vida area had a population of approximately 70 people. The post office remains active, however, along with a "one room schoolhouse" servicing northern McCone County and covering grades PK through 8, two Christian churches (one Catholic, one Protestant), two grain elevators, a convenience store, and a gas station. Vida is a part of a

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(CDP) which bears the village's name and which was identified in 1980 or later. Vida is also the boyhood home of nine time Montana sportscaster of the year

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Demographics

Climate

According to the

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system, Vida has a

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, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Vida, Montana
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References

Unincorporated communities in McCone County, Montana Unincorporated communities in Montana Census-designated places in McCone County, Montana Census-designated places in Montana {{McConeCountyMT-geo-stub