Lewis and Clark County recorded a flurry of property activity in late July, including a deed transferring county-held land to the Unionville Community Collaborative and a certificate of survey covering two sections in Township 10 North — moves that together suggest the county is actively reshaping how it holds and distributes public land in the area.
The deed to the Unionville Community Collaborative was recorded July 22 in Book M65, Page 6226, making it the earliest of the cluster of five filings the county recorded across three sources in the span of about a week. The Unionville Community Collaborative, which takes its name from the Unionville area northeast of Helena, is the only third-party recipient in the batch — the rest of the filings show the county transferring property to itself, a common bookkeeping mechanism used when parcels are re-platted, re-designated, or moved between county departments or funds.
The self-to-self deed, recorded July 30 in Book M65, Page 6521, was filed the same day as a certificate of survey covering sections 13 and 24 of Township 10 North, Range 4 West. Certificates of survey are typically recorded when a property is subdivided, boundary lines are adjusted, or a parcel is formally described for the first time under current survey standards. The combination of a same-day deed and survey on the same township sections points to a deliberate administrative realignment rather than a routine transfer.
The five filings span sources covering real estate transactions, development records, and capital flows — an unusual cross-section that suggests the county's activity touches multiple departments or funding streams. Taken together, the records show Lewis and Clark County touching three distinct properties in eight days, with the Unionville Community Collaborative walk away as the one outside recipient of county-held land.