Lincoln is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States.

[3] Meriwether Lewis passed through the area on his return to St. Louis in 1806, following the famous "River of the Road to the Buffalo" created by Native Americans centuries before.

[5] Recreational, logging and mining activities along the Blackfoot River in the early 20th century made it a convenient commercial center.

In 1865, David Culp and Thomas Patterson staked a claim in what they designated Abe Lincoln Gulch in honor of the recently assassinated president.

[6] Word broke out, gold-seekers descended upon the area, and a small community soon formed at the mouth of the gulch with the abbreviated name – Lincoln.

[7] After several starts and stops, a continuously operating post office was finally established in 1887.

On April 3, 1996, federal officers arrested Ted Kaczynski at his remote cabin 5 miles (8 km) south of Lincoln on Stemple Pass Road, under suspicion of being the "Unabomber", a domestic terrorist who placed pressure-sensitive bombs inside mailed packages.

Summers are warm to hot while winters are cold and snowy, with annual average snowfall totaling 85.4 inches (217 cm).

[16] Rogers Pass, 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Lincoln on Highway 200, is known for being the location of the coldest recorded temperature in the United States outside of Alaska.

[24] The Blackfoot Valley Dispatch[25] was a community newspaper published in Lincoln for 44 years until ceasing in 2025.