Helena, Montana Area is 205th in size, as defined by Nielsen Media Research, and is the fifth smallest media market in the nation. Helena, Montana Helena is the state capital of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and was established in 1864. Over $3.6 billion of gold was extracted in the city limits over a duration of two decades, making it one of the wealthiest cities in the United States by the late nineteenth century. The concentration of wealth contributed to the
Helena, Alabama Broadway star Rebecca Luker, who has appeared as Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera", Maria in "The Sound of Music", Marian in "The Music Man", Claudia in "Nine", and Mrs. Banks in "Mary Poppins". Luker has been nominated for a Tony Award three times. Helena native Liz Cochran is Miss Alabama 2009 competed in the 2010 Miss America Pageant Helena, Alabama Helena (pronunciation hel-LE-nah) is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in the state of Alabama. Helena is considered a suburb of Birmingham and part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was