CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.missoulachamber.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.missoulacvb.org/

Population:
57053 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
25-Nov-1862 (post office), 14-May-1866 (renamed)

County:
Missoula County

In 1866, renamed from Hellgate to Missoula.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Montana	1893

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael J. Birck	Business	25-Jan-1938	6-Jul-2015	CEO of Tellabs, 1975-2004
Steve Bullock	Politician	11-Apr-1966		Governor of Montana
Scott Michael Campbell	Actor	14-Aug-1971		Radioland Murders
Dana Carvey	Comic	2-Jun-1955		Saturday Night Live
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Actor	22-Oct-1975		Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family
Deane R. Hinton	Diplomat	12-Mar-1923		US Ambassador to Panama, 1990-94
Leroy Hood	Biologist	10-Oct-1938		Systems biology and Human Genome Project
Larry Krystkowiak	Basketball	23-Sep-1964		Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach, 2007-08
David Lynch	Film Director	20-Jan-1946		Blue Velvet
Brian P. Schmidt	Astronomer	24-Feb-1967		Accelerating universe

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Crumley	Novelist	12-Oct-1939	17-Sep-2008	The Mexican Tree Duck

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