Harlowton is a city in and the county seat of Wheatland County, Montana, United States. The population was 955 at the 2020 census.

The city was bearing in mind the eastern terminus of electric operations (1914–74) for the “Pacific Extension” of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”). Here, steam or diesel locomotives were tainted or hooked stirring to electric locomotives for 438-mile (705 km) trip through the Rocky Mountains to Avery, Idaho. Harlowton was founded in 1900 as a station stop on the Montana Railroad, a predecessor to the Milwaukee, and was named for Richard A. Harlow, the Montana Railroad’s president.

The area around Harlowton is wealthy in agriculture, the leading products being wheat, barley, cattle, sheep and honey bees. Major employers are Wheatland Memorial Healthcare, Harlowton High School, Hillcrest Elementary School, Musselshell Ranger District, Midtown Market 2 Grocery Store, Rays Sport and Western Wear, Cream of the West, Rocky Mountain Cookware, TicketPrinting.com, and the Judith Gap Wind Farm. The local newspaper is the Times Clarion.

Harlowton is together with the Crazy, Little Belt and gigantic Snowy Mountains, which are a part of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The National Forest offers loads of acreage for recreational activities; camping, sightseeing, hunting, OHV riding, snowmobiling, etc. Fishing admission sites are located along the Musselshell River or at comprehensible Deadman’s Basin or Martinsdale Reservoir. There are three parks located within Harlowton: Chief Joseph Park, Deer Park, and Fischer Park. The old-fashioned Milwaukee Railroad trackbed has been converted into the “Smoking Boomer” trail. Of special combination are the opportunist bronze sculpture (entitled And They Called the Land Montana) and the Veteran’s Honor Wall located in stomach of the Wheatland County Court House.