Medicine Lake, Montana

Medicine Lake is a town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.

[4] Edward Stubban named this place Flandrem for his home town in Norway and established a post office and store in 1906.

The town moved about 2 miles with the construction of the Great Northern Railway in 1910.

They changed the name to Medicine Lake after the nearby lake the Assiniboine referred to as Bda wauka, “Medicine water.”[5] On November 14, 2020, the high school football team, which co-ops with Froid, known as the RedHawks, won the 6-man State Championship.

[citation needed] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.40 square miles (1.04 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the town was 92.19% White, 3.72% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, and 3.35% from two or more races.

Medicine Lake School District educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

[13] Medicine Lake High School's team name is the Redhawks.

Sheridan County map