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Broadus is an incorporated town and the county seat of Powder River County in southeastern Montana.

Broadus counted 456 residents in the 2020 census, down slightly from 468 in 2010 and well below its 1970 peak of 799.

At the 2010 census, Broadus had 218 households and 254 housing units.

The Broadus post office was established in 1900, and the town is named for the Broaddus family, early settlers in the area.

When Broadus was laid out, its streets were made wide enough for a horse-drawn carriage to turn around, and the original streets remain that wide today.

In 1920, Broadus became the county seat of the newly established Powder River County, helped by rancher Margaret Trautman's promised donation of 80 acres of her ranch to the town.

The town's newspaper began publication in 1918 as the Broadus Independent and is still published weekly today as the Powder River Examiner.

The Powder River Battles of September 1865, part of the U.S. Army's Powder River Expedition against Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, were fought near the present-day town.

On March 17, 1876, the Battle of Powder River was fought about 34 miles southwest of present-day Broadus, and that June companies of the 7th Cavalry under Major Marcus Reno marched along the Powder River to within about 10 miles of the townsite before turning west toward the Little Bighorn.

The Powder River Historical Museum in Broadus preserves local history alongside Mac's Museum, a large collection of seashells, minerals and arrowheads, plus an original one-room schoolhouse and a pioneer cabin, while the Powder River (Reynolds) Battlefield southwest of town is marked by a rock monument, the headstones of four soldiers and a small Northern Cheyenne memorial.