List of ghost towns in Montana
Bannack, a Montana ghost town
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Montana .
A ghost town is a town or city which has lost all of its businesses and population. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as a flood, government action, uncontrolled lawlessness, or war.
The term is sometimes used in a deprecated sense on the internet to include cities, towns, and neighborhoods which, while still populated, are significantly less so than in years past.
Abandoned towns
Aldridge , Park County , 45°05′13″N 110°49′18″W / 45.08694°N 110.82167°W / 45.08694; -110.82167 (Aldridge ) , el. 6,427 feet (1,959 m),[ 1] [ 2]
Bannack , Beaverhead County , 45°09′40″N 112°59′44″W / 45.16111°N 112.99556°W / 45.16111; -112.99556 (Bannack, Montana ) , el. 5,728 feet (1,746 m)[ 3]
Coloma , Missoula County 46°50′35″N 113°22′50″W / 46.84306°N 113.38056°W / 46.84306; -113.38056 (Coloma ) , el. 5,928 feet (1,807 m)[ 4]
Diamond City , Broadwater County , 46°35′50″N 111°25′26″W / 46.59722°N 111.42389°W / 46.59722; -111.42389 (Diamond City, Montana ) , el. 5,005 feet (1,526 m), and satellite communities of El Dorado, Boulder, Jim Town, and Cement Gulch City, all in Confederate Gulch
Junction City , Yellowstone County , 46°8′34.97″N 107°32′48.40″W / 46.1430472°N 107.5467778°W / 46.1430472; -107.5467778
Rancher , Treasure County
Rocky Point , Fergus County , 47°36′22.54″N 108°26′45.72″W / 47.6062611°N 108.4460333°W / 47.6062611; -108.4460333
Thoeny , Valley County 48°52′37″N 106°55′03″W / 48.87694°N 106.91750°W / 48.87694; -106.91750
Wheat Basin , Stillwater County
Towns with residual population
Albion , Carter County 45°11′14″N 104°16′37″W / 45.18722°N 104.27694°W / 45.18722; -104.27694 (Albion ) , el. 3,376 feet (1,029 m)[ 5]
Aldridge , Park County
Alton , built in 2009, Glacier
Argo
Barker , Judith Basin County [ 6]
Bean , Carbon County
Bear Creek , Carbon County
Bearmouth , Granite County
Beehive , Stillwater County
Bighorn , Treasure County
Bowler , Carbon County
Cable , Deer Lodge County [ 2] [ 7]
Capitol , Carter County [ 8] [ 9]
Carlyle , Wibaux County , 46°39′18″N 104°04′34″W / 46.65500°N 104.07611°W / 46.65500; -104.07611 (Carlyle ) , el. 3,159 feet (963 m)[ 10]
Carter , Chouteau County
Castle Town , Meagher County , 46°26′29″N 110°40′19″W / 46.44139°N 110.67194°W / 46.44139; -110.67194 (Castle Town ) , el. 5,978 feet (1,822 m)[ 11] [ 12]
Chico , Park County
Coburg , Blaine County
Comanche , Yellowstone County
Comertown , Sheridan County , 48°53′49″N 104°15′0″W / 48.89694°N 104.25000°W / 48.89694; -104.25000 (Comertown ) , el. 2,270 feet (690 m)[ 13]
Comet , Jefferson County
Coolidge , Deer Lodge County
Copperopolis , Meagher County
Corwin [ 2]
Coulson , Yellowstone County
Dean , Stillwater County
Dooley , Sheridan County
Electric , Park County [ 2]
Elkhorn , Jefferson County
Ewing , Carbon County [ 14]
Exeter , Phillips County
Finch , Rosebud County
Fox , Carbon County
Garnet , Granite County
Giltedge , Fergus County [ 15]
Glendale , Beaverhead County
Gold Creek , Powell County
Granite , Granite County [ 2]
Hassel , Broadwater County [ 16] [ 17]
Hecla , Beaverhead County
Hesper , Yellowstone County
Hillsboro , Big Horn County
Hughesville , Judith Basin County
Independence , Park County [ 18]
Ingomar , Rosebud County
Jardine , Park County [ 2]
Kendall , Fergus County [ 19]
Keystone , Mineral County
Kirkville , Granite County [ 2] [ 20]
Landusky , Phillips County
Laurin , Madison County [ 21]
Lennep , Meagher County
Leroy , Blaine County
Limestone , Stillwater County
Lion City , Beaverhead County
Lonetree , Chouteau County
Maiden , Fergus County
Mammoth , Madison County
Marysville , Lewis and Clark County
Maudlow , Gallatin County
Melrose , Silver Bow County
Minden , Meagher County
Mondak , Roosevelt County
Nevada City , Madison County [ 2]
Pardee , Mineral County
Perma , Sanders County
Pioneer , Beaverhead County
Pioneer , Powell County
Pony , Madison County [ 2]
Princeton , Granite County [ 22]
Quartz , Mineral County
Quietus , Big Horn County
Red Bluff , Madison County [ 2] [ 23]
Red Lion , Granite County [ 2]
Rimini , Lewis and Clark County
Rimrock , Yellowstone County
Ringling , Meagher County
Rockvale , Carbon County
Ruby , Madison County [ 2]
Ruby Gulch , Phillips County
Silesia , Carbon County
Silver Bow , Silver Bow County
Sixteen , Meagher County
Southern Cross , Deer Lodge County
Square Butte , Chouteau County
Stark , Missoula County
Storrs , Gallatin County
Sumatra , Rosebud County
Taft , Mineral County
Thoeny , Valley County
Tower , Granite County [ 2]
Trapper City , Beaverhead County
Trident , Gallatin County
Vananda , Rosebud County
Vandalia , Valley County
Virginia City , Madison County [ 2]
Wagner , Phillips County
Washoe , Carbon County
Wheat Basin , Stillwater County
Wickes , Lewis and Clark County
Yellowstone City , Park County
Zortman , Phillips County [ 24]
See also
Further reading
Weis, Norman D. (1981). Ghost Towns of the Northwest . Atlanta, GA: Caxton Printers. ISBN 0-87004-201-7 .
Miller, Don C. (1982). Ghost Towns of Montana . Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing. ISBN 0-87108-606-9 .
Lambert, Florin (1987). Ghost Towns of the Rockies . New York: Promontory Press. ISBN 0-88394-067-1 .
Lambert, Florin (1992). Ghost Towns of the West . New York: Promontory Press. ISBN 0-88394-013-2 .
Baker, Don (1997). Ghost Towns of the Montana Prairie . Boulder, CO: Fred Pruett Books. ISBN 0-87108-050-8 .
Fifer, Barbara (2002). Montana Mining Ghost Towns . Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press. ISBN 1-56037-195-1 .
Whitfield, William W. (2007). Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps - A Pictorial Guide . Stevensville, Montana: Stoneydale Press Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-931291-38-5 .
Notes
^ "Aldridge" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest . Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7 .
^ "Bannack, Montana" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "Coloma" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "Albion" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "Barker and Hughesville, Montana Ghost Camps" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Cable" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "Capitol Populated Place Profile / Carter County, Montana Data" . montana.hometownlocator.com .
^ "July 1, 2009 Capitol, MT storm" . stormbruiser.com .
^ "Carlyle" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "Castle Town" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Castle Town" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "Comertown" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Ewing" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "Gilt Edge" . Montana, Official State Travel Site . Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "Hassel (St. Louis)" . Montana, Official State Travel Site . Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Hassel" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Independence" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Kendall" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Kirkville" . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "Laurin" . Montana, Official State Travel Site . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Princeton" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "More Montana Ghost Towns - Red Bluff" . Legends of America: Montana Legends . Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012 .
^ "Town Site of Zortman and Landusky" . Montana, Official State Travel Site . Retrieved December 29, 2012 .