List of ghost towns in Montana

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Montana.

Bannack, a Montana ghost town

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, el. 6,427 feet (1,959 m),^[1][2]
• Bannack, Beaverhead County, 45°09′40″N 112°59′44″W, el. 5,728 feet (1,746 m)^[3]
• Coloma, Missoula County 46°50′35″N 113°22′50″W, el. 5,928 feet (1,807 m)^[4]
• Diamond City, Broadwater County, 46°35′50″N 111°25′26″W, 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
• Rancher, Treasure County
• Rocky Point, Fergus County, 47°36′22.54″N 108°26′45.72″W
• Thoeny, Valley County 48°52′37″N 106°55′03″W
• Wheat Basin, Stillwater County

Towns with residual population

• Albion, Carter County 45°11′14″N 104°16′37″W, 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, el. 3,159 feet (963 m)^[10]
• Carter, Chouteau County
• Castle Town, Meagher County, 46°26′29″N 110°40′19″W, 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, 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

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• History of Montana
  • Timeline of Montana history
    • Timeline of pre-statehood Montana history
• List of cities and towns in Montana
• List of counties in Montana
• List of places in Montana
• Outline of Montana

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.