BlockVanished settlements of Blaine County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 19 places in Blaine County, Montana that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
19A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.
| Where in the county | Place | Where it stood | Nearest place today | Mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearpaw | near White Pine Canyon, Big John Butte quadrangle | 7.7 miles south-east of Maddux | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1993 | |
| Big Warm | Ball Coulee quadrangle | 4.0 miles west of Lodge Pole | 7 sheets, 1953 to 1984 | |
| Cherry Ridge | near Irvins Coulee, Richmond Reservoir NE quadrangle | 0.3 miles east of Cherry Ridge Ranch | 8 sheets, 1912 to 1984 | |
| Cow Island | on Cow Creek, Cow Island quadrangle | 17.8 miles north-east of Hays | 11 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| Dogtown | on Wayne Creek, Savoy quadrangle | 3.6 miles east of Savoy | 7 sheets, 1953 to 1984 | |
| Elloam | North Chinook Reservoir NW quadrangle | 5.2 miles north-west of Hartland Colony | 8 sheets, 1912 to 1984 | |
| Golf Bench | Ragland Bench quadrangle | 8.9 miles east of Leroy | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1964 | |
| Hollandville | Rabbit Hills quadrangle | 8.0 miles south of North Fork | 10 sheets, 1904 to 1984 | |
| Hosey | Ragland Bench quadrangle | 8.3 miles east of Leroy | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1964 | |
| Hungry Hollow | near Murphy Butte, Maddux quadrangle | 4.8 miles south of Maddux | 8 sheets, 1953 to 1993 | |
| Minnesota Settlement | near North Fork Chouteau Coulee, Richmond Reservoir quadrangle | 8.9 miles north-east of Cherry Ridge Ranch | 8 sheets, 1912 to 1984 | |
| Norheim | North Chinook Reservoir NE quadrangle | 8.4 miles west of Hartland Colony | 8 sheets, 1912 to 1984 | |
| Power Plant | Baker Monument quadrangle | 19.7 miles north-east of Hays | 10 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| Ragland Bench | Ragland Bench quadrangle | 8.0 miles north-east of Leroy | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1964 | |
| Ramburg | Miles Butte quadrangle | 7.4 miles south-west of Cleveland | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1993 | |
| Riedel | Nolan Reservoir quadrangle | 7.7 miles south of Leroy | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Silver Bow | Hogeland quadrangle | 3.1 miles south-east of Hogeland | 9 sheets, 1913 to 1984 | |
| Sour Dough Flat | Nolan Reservoir quadrangle | 9.0 miles south of Leroy | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Wing | Hogeland SE quadrangle | 5.5 miles north-west of Hogeland | 9 sheets, 1913 to 1984 |
Provenance
- Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
- Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
- Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
- Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.