April 16, 2006
If you’re looking for a quick reference to the license plate numbers assigned to each county in Montana, look no further. And if you wondered what Montana plates looked like in 1976, here you go. If you’re looking to buy plates for collections or display, check this out. Of course, you can always check out the official Montana state license plate page, too. And for some do-it-yourself fun, check out the ACME License Plate Maker!
And be sure to check out the “Great Montana Plates” site!

4 responses to "License Plates"
The ‘76 plates are what I got when I got here in ‘88. I have a couple sets of them….
quick reference to license plate numbers assigned to each county
1 Silver Bow, . . ., 4 Missoula, . . ., How many counties can you get? Take the quiz.
http://silverfb.com/FB/2008/gc/MT_License_Plate_Quiz.pdf
Did you know, if you changed the county numbers based on current county population (which is the way they were set up in the beginning), they would look like this: (largest town listed, but based on county population):
New Town old
1 Billings 3
2 Missoula 4
3 Bozeman 6
4 Kallispell 7
5 Great Falls 2
6 Helena 5
7 Hamilton 13
8 Butte 1
9 Polson 15
10 Libby 56 (biggest change)
11 Havre 12
12 Livingston 49
*These are the MT counties over 15,000 population
Based on 2009 County Health Profiles.
Interesting how far west MT has the largest growth. Bozeman, Kallispell,and Hamilton have the biggest percentage growth since 2000.
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