Huntley, Montana

Huntley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.

Today, Huntley is an eastern suburb of Billings and is located east of Shepherd and west of Worden.

Surveying for a railroad led to the so-called "Baker Battle" between Sioux Indians and Army engineers in 1872.

Much of the original town of Huntley was destroyed and significant portions of the land it occupied was claimed or compromised by the Yellowstone River.

The flood damage included washing away the suspension bridge that allowed adjacent Highway 312 to cross the river.

After the flood, the site of the town was relocated from the north side of the river to the higher elevation on the south bank.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all land.

Huntley's economy is based primarily on agriculture, including yam farming, sugar beets, corn, wheat, and barley.

George N. Smith and family at the Yellowstone River, Huntley, Montana, 1881
Yellowstone County map