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[[File:Great Falls MT - Greetings from Great Falls Montana (NBY 429828).jpg|thumb|Postcard from Great Falls]]
'''Great Falls''' is a [[city]] in west-central [[Montana]]. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Cascade County, Montana|Cascade County]]. The 2020 census put the [[population]] at 60,442 people.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: Great Falls city, Montana|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/greatfallscitymontana|access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref>

Great Falls takes its name from the [[Great Falls (Missouri River)|series of five waterfalls]] close together along the upper [[Missouri River]]. It is home to the [[C. M. Russell Museum Complex]], the [[University of Providence]], and [[Great Falls College Montana State University|Great Falls College]].Near the town is [[Malmstrom Air Force Base]].

==Notable people==
* [[Mal Bross]], [[National Football League]] player
* [[Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey)|Patrick Dwyer]], [[National Hockey League]] player
* [[Norman A. Fox]], Western author
* [[Paris Gibson]], U.S. Senator, city founder<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Paris Gibson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000164|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Charles Marion Russell]], western artist

==References==
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{{Cascade County, Montana}}
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[[Category:Cities in Montana]]
[[Category:County seats in Montana]]


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