| Official Name: | Piltzville, Montana |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Piltzville |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Missoula |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.94 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.94 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.75 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.75 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 372 |
| Population Density Km2: | 192.13 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 497.33 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Elevation M: | 1006 |
| Coordinates: | 46.8547°N -113.8525°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 59802 (Missoula) |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 30-57475 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583832 |
Piltzville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missoula County, Montana, United States. The population was 372 at the 2020 census.[2]
The Piltzville neighborhood was home to workers at the lumber mill in neighboring Bonner. It is named after Billy Pilz, who became a yard boss at the Bonner Mill. His house was built in 1904.[3]
Artist Michael Cadieux, known for his watercolors and oil paintings on environmental themes, is a native of Piltzville.[4] [5]
Piltzville is in east-central Missoula County, bordered to the northwest by Bonner and 7miles east of Missoula. Interstate 90 passes through the community, with the nearest access from Exit 109 at West Riverside to the northwest or from Exit 113 to the southeast in Turah. Montana Secondary Highway 210 is the local highway through Piltzville, running parallel to the Interstate.
Piltzville is in the valley of the Clark Fork River, which forms the southwest border of the community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 0.75sqmi, all land.[1]
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Piltzville has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.[6] Piltzville is located at the base of Bonner Mountain, and sheltered from the winds.[3]
It is in the Bonner Elementary School District and the Missoula High School District.[7]