Hingham Map
Hingham is a town in Hill County, Montana, United States. The population was 157 at the 2000 census.
Hingham is a small agricultural community on the Hi-line of northern Montana. The town was founded on February 11, 1910 and developed as a grain storage and shipping center along the Great Northern Railway. In 1909 M.A. Johnson and P.A. Peterson came to the area to homestead, they purchased a relinquishment for the townsite. A year later they had a 22-block town plotted out on a broad grid with a central square as its dominant feature, hence the nickname "The Town on the Square". Hingham was incorporated in 1917 and has been governed by a mayor and town council ever since. In its heyday Hingham had around forty businesses surrounding the square and many more leading off from it. Much of this business district has faded into history. Two of the four remaining historic buildings on the square burned in late 2010 the former Montana Woodmen of America Hall and the former Hingham State Bank(the most architectural building in town). Local efforts have developed the square into one of the best parks on the Hi-line with lush grass, mature trees and a picnic shelter. A landmark of the town is the water tower built in 1958 it towers 100 feet tall and can be seen for miles. On July 10, 2010 Hingham hosted its Centennial Celebration.
Students in Hingham met in several buildings around town until a school was built in 1914. The building was known to sway in the bad wind storms. In 1930 a new school building was constructed with a gymnasium added in 1936 several additions were made in later years including a indoor swimming pool. The school mascot was the Hingham Rangers with red, black and white as their colors. Due to shrinking enrollment the schools have consolidated to maintain a school in the area. Hingham and Rudyard consolidated schools in 1981 creating Blue Sky schools with Eagles as their mascot and dark blue, light blue and white as their colors. After a few years the school moved the remaining students and operations to the Rudyard school. The Hingham Economic Development Association(H.E.D.A.) was created and operates the building as a community center and also rents out spaces for businesses, events and personal gatherings. Another consolidation occurred in 2005 creating North Star Schools which is a merger of Rudyard and Hingham(Blue Sky), Kremlin and Gildford(KG)schools. Their mascot is the Knights with royal blue, black and white as their colors. Hingham hosted a school reunion on July 9, 2010.
Nearby cities include Inverness, Kremlin, Joplin, Gildford, Rudyard.