# SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

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# FORM S-8REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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UNITED FINANCIAL CORP.(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)

|Minnesota(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)                              | 81-0507591(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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|120 First Avenue North, Great Falls, Montana(Address of principal executive offices) | 59403(Zip Code)                               

UNITED FINANCIAL CORP.
2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE AND STOCK OPTION PLAN(Full title of the plan)

|Kevin P. ClarkChief Executive Officer
United Financial Corp.120 First Avenue NorthGreat Falls, Montana 59403(406) 761-6106 | Copy to: | John W. ManningDorsey & Whitney LLP
507 Davidson Building8 Third Street NorthGreat Falls, Montana 59401(406) 727-3632
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|(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)                                           

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# CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE

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|Common Stock, no par value
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|(1) |  | The
number of shares of common stock being registered is subject to adjustment           to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
          transactions.
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|(2) |  | Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in           accordance with
Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1). The proposed maximum aggregate           offering price is
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the           Common Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq consolidated reporting system on October           5, 2005.
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# PART II.INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.

The
following documents that have been filed by United Financial Corp. (the
Company) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by
reference into this registration statement:

| | l |  | the
Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004;
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| | l |  | the Companys
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, as amended on Form
10-Q/A filed on May 13, 2005, and June 30, 2005;
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| | l |  | the
Companys current reports on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2005 and June 3, 2005; and
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| | l |  | the
description of the Companys  common stock contained in any of the Companys
registration statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
the description.
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All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all
securities offered by this registration statement have been sold, or deregistering all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part of this registration statement from the respective
dates of filing of such documents.

Item 4.   Description
of Securities.

Not
applicable.

Item 5.   Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not
applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.

Section
302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act requires corporations to indemnify any
person who is made or threatened to be made a party to any proceeding, by reason of the
persons former or present official capacity, against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees and disbursements,
incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if certain statutory standards
are met. Proceeding means a threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal,
administrative, arbitration or investigative proceeding, including one by or in the right
of the corporation. The general effect of Section 302A.521 is to reimburse (or pay on
behalf of) the directors and officers of United Financial Corp. with respect to any
personal liability that may be imposed for certain acts performed in their capacity as our
directors and officers, except where they have not acted in good faith. Section 302A.521
contains detailed terms regarding this right of indemnification, and reference is made to
Section 302A.521 for a complete statement of indemnification rights.

Article
Three of the Companys Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provides that a
director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)
for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders;
(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
knowing violation of law; (iii) under Sections 302A.559 or 80A.23 of the Minnesota
Statutes; (iv) for any transaction from which a director derives an improper personal
benefit; or (v) for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the Article Three
first become effective.

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Article
Nine, Section 9.01 of the Companys Bylaws provides that the Company shall indemnify
all officers and directors of the Company, for such expenses and liabilities, in such
manner, under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by section 302A.521 of
the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board of
Directors may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of
individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Company shall
advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in
defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under
Section 9.01, all in the manner, under the circumstances and to the extent permitted by
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, as now enacted or hereafter
amended. Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, the Company shall not
indemnify any employee of the Company who is not otherwise entitled to indemnification
pursuant to section 9.01.

The
Company maintains a standard insurance policy covering certain directors and
officers liability.

Item 7.   Exemption
from Registration Claimed.

Not
applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

| | 4.1 |  | Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997).
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| | 4.2 |  | Bylaws of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997).
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| | 5.1 |  | Opinion
of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
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| | 23.1 |  | Consent
of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.
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| | 23.2 |  | Consent
of Moss Adams, LLP.
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| | 23.3 |  | Consent
of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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| | 24.1 |  | Power
of Attorney (included on signature page).
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Item 9.   Undertakings.

(a)
 The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

| | (1)
 To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
               post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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| | (i)
 To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
               1933, as amended (the Securities Act);
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| | (ii)
 To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the  registration  statement  (or the most  recent  post-effective  amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  any
 increase or decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the total dollar value of
securities would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated  maximum  offering range may be  reflected  in the  form of
 prospectus  filed  with the  Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price  represent  no more than a 20%
change in the maximum  aggregate offering  price set forth in the  Calculation  of
 Registration  Feetable in the effective registration statement; and
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| | (iii)
 To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
               previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to                such information in the registration statement;
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| | Provided,however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above will not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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| | (2)
 That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
               each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration                statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such                securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering                thereof.
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| | (3)
 To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
               securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
               offering.
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(b)
 The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
          any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants
          annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual
          report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
          reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration           statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such           securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering           thereof.

(c)
 Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
          be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
          advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
          indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
          is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or other controlling person of the
          registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
          asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
          securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
          counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
          of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
          against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by           the final adjudication of such issue.

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# SIGNATURES

Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Great Falls, State of Montana, on October 7,
2005.

| | UNITED FINANCIAL CORP.
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| | By:                   
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KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Kurt R. Weise and Kevin P. Clark, and each of them, the
undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (including the undersigneds capacity as a director
and/or officer of United Financial Corp.), to sign a registration statement on Form S-8 of
United Financial Corp. to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933 for the registration
of the sale or issuance from time to time of up to 60,000 shares of common stock of United
Financial Corp. issuable under the 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Stock Option Plan and any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons on October 7, 2005 in the capacities indicated.

|Name                       | Title                                                              
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|/s/ Kevin P. Clark         | Chief Executive Officerand Director (principal executive officer)  
|Kevin P. Clark             |                                                                    
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|/s/ Kurt R. Weise          | Chairman of the Board                                              
|Kurt R. Weise              |                                                                    
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|/s/ Paula J. Delaney       | Chief Financial Officer(Principal financial and accounting officer)
|Paula J. Delaney           |                                                                    
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|/s/ J. William Bloemendaal | Director                                                           
|J. William Bloemendaal     |                                                                    
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|/s/ William L. Madison     | Director                                                           
|William L. Madison         |                                                                    
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|/s/ Kenneth R. Murray      | Director                                                           
|Kenneth R. Murray          |                                                                    

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# EXHIBIT INDEX

| | 4.1 |  | Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997).
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| | 4.2 |  | Bylaws of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997).
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| | 5.1 |  | Opinion
of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
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| | 23.1 |  | Consent
of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.
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| | 23.2 |  | Consent
of Moss Adams, LLP.
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| | 23.3 |  | Consent
of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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| | 24.1 |  | Power
of Attorney (included on signature page).
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