Haugan (also Waugan) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mineral County, Montana, United States. Haugan is situated east of the Idaho border and west of Missoula on Interstate 90 at the Haugan Exit #16.Haugan , Montana Office of Tourism, 2009. Accessed 2009-03-14. The St. Regis River flows through the community. As of the 2020 census, the population of Haugan was 58.
Demographics
History Haugan was named for H. G. Haugan, Land Commissioner of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Haugan was established and maintained to serve as a pusher station for the Milwaukee Road railroad trains ascending the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains., Montana Railroad History. Accessed 2009-03-14.
Haugan was one of several area towns to be destroyed during the Great Fire of 1910.Cheney, Roberta Carkeek. Names on the Face of Montana: The Story of Montana's Place Names. Missoula: Mountain, 1983. Haugan had a post office for nearly seventy years in the twentieth century. Opened on March 25, 1911, the post office closed on August 31, 1944, only to reopen four years later. This second post office operated from June 16, 1948, to July 22, 1983.
Geography Nearby Haugan is surrounded by the Lolo National Forest and is the site of the Savenac Nursery Historic District. The nearby Haugan/Randolph Creek Loop Snowmobile Trail offers cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and other winter sport. Also nearby is the summit of Haugan Mountain.
The community is most commonly known for its Silver Dollars tourist area. Billboards and signs telling drivers the distance are seen on Interstate 90 around western Montana and northern Idaho.Lincoln's Silver Dollar: 46,785 and growing , Montana Gaming Group, November 2006. Accessed 2009-03-14.
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References
Further reading Lutz, Dennis J. Montana Post Offices and Postmasters Rochester: Johnson, 1986. Pyne, Stephen J. Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910. Missoula: Mountain, 2008.
External links Milwaukee Road Historical Association Haugan/Randolph Creek Loop Snowmobile Trail. Haugan, MT About Beautiful Haugan, MT Mineral County Chamber of Commerce The Milwaukee Road Rocky Mountain Division CMSP&P Haugan, MT