Welcome to Dawson County and Eastern Montana’s Business Development Website!

Dawson County, Montana is a rural county of 8,558 residents, most of whom live in its economic hub, Glendive. The city of Glendive proper has a population of 4,655, while its neighbor West Glendive has a population of 1,800. Dawson County has 522 current farms and ranches, and 296 commercial businesses, with over $40,000,000.00 in total sales—and we are willing and ready to grow.

Our largest employers include Glendive Medical Center, the BNSF Railway, Glendive Public Schools, Dawson County, Nabors Oil Well Service, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., MidRivers Communications, Dawson Community College, Albertsons, Reynolds Market, and the Dawson County Correctional Facility. We are also home of some great manufacturing companies including SRS Crisafulli. Don't forget we have a wide variety of smaller businesses, with room for more.

The area is served by Dawson Co. Airport, Interstate 94, and the BNSF Railroad, daily bus service, Great Lakes Airlines and freight service. We have excellent high speed broadband cable and internet connections through Mid-Rivers Communications. Dawson County offers quality education—Glendive Public Schools and the Dawson Community College—and offers a trained workforce, or can provide training specific to your needs.

Dawson County features excellent recreation opportunities: dinosaurs, paddlefishing, motocross, hunting and fishing, golf, folf, walking paths, sports including college rodeo, basketball, volleyball and golf—and shopping in unique stores. We have outstanding tourist attractions such as Makoshika State Park, the Dawson County Fair, the Makoshika Dinosaur Museum, paddlefishing on the Yellowstone River, the Frontier Gateway Museum, the historic Bell Street Bridge, and more!