Sumatra is an unincorporated community in far northwestern Rosebud County, Montana, United States.[2] It consists of a church and a post office, with respective houses, surrounded by open ranch land.
Sumatra was established in 1905 as a station stop, called Summit, on the Milwaukee Road. The town name was changed to Sumatra, after an Indonesian island, with the opening of the post office in 1910.[3]
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- ^ "Sumatra ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ a b "Sumatra, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Sumatra". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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