Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Harlem, MT

Harlem is a city in Blaine County, Montana, on the Hi-Line in the Milk River Valley; its motto is "Heartbeat of the Milk River Valley."

The population was 769 at the 2020 census, down from a peak of 1,267 in 1960.

A. A. Cecil platted the Harlem townsite in 1889, and Great Northern Railway officials named the new town for Haarlem in the Netherlands, following the Hi-Line custom of borrowing European city names.

The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, home of the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) and Assiniboine (Nakoda) peoples, begins just south of Harlem, across the Milk River.

At the 2010 census, Harlem had 808 residents in 307 households, and Native Americans made up 52.2 percent of the population.

Harlem is home to Aaniiih Nakoda College, the two-year tribal college of the Fort Belknap tribes, which offers associate degrees in eleven disciplines and vocational training in five others.

Harlem Public Schools operate an elementary school, a middle school, and Harlem High School, whose teams are the Wildcats.

U.S. Route 2 forms the southern border of the town, and Montana Highway 241 leads north from Harlem to the Turner-Climax border crossing into Canada.

Amtrak's Empire Builder passes through Harlem on BNSF tracks without stopping; the nearest stations are Havre, 43 miles west, and Malta, 45 miles east.

Harlem Airport, a public-use airfield, is located three miles north of town.