BlockVanished settlements of Fergus County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 31 places in Fergus County, Montana that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
31A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akerville | on Little Casino Creek, Lewistown quadrangle | 0.5 miles west of Lewistown | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Andersonville | on North Fork Warm Spring Creek, New Year quadrangle | 0.3 miles south-east of Warm Spring Creek | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Armells | on East Fork Armells Creek, Armells quadrangle | 5.6 miles east of Fergus | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Battrick | Milk Springs quadrangle | 9.0 miles north of Grass Range | 6 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Box Elder | Roy quadrangle | 2.1 miles west of Roy | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Box Springs | on Hansen Creek, Pike Creek quadrangle | 3.8 miles east of Heath | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Canyon | near Gold Hill, Judith Peak quadrangle | 0.9 miles west of Maiden | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Carroll | on Carroll Coulee, Hanson Flat quadrangle | 18.2 miles south of Valentine | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Cheadle | on Parr Creek, Horsethief Coulee West quadrangle | 5.1 miles north-west of Giltedge | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Chippewa | Fish Dam quadrangle | 2.8 miles north of Fords Creek Colony | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Cone Butte | Hilger NW quadrangle | 2.7 miles east of Suffolk | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Corbly | Pike Creek quadrangle | 3.3 miles south-west of Lewistown Junction | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Darrel | Pike Creek Hills West quadrangle | 19.5 miles north-west of Becket | 6 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Dryland | Fish Dam quadrangle | 1.8 miles south-east of Becket | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Everson | near The Peak, Spring Coulee quadrangle | 18.5 miles east of Winifred | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1964 | |
| Judith | on Judith River, P N Ranch quadrangle | 16.7 miles south-east of Winifred | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1959 | |
| Kendall | near Mason Canyon, Kendall quadrangle | 5.3 miles south-east of Hilger | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Little Crooked | Carter Coulee quadrangle | 14.9 miles south-east of Valentine | 10 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| Mobridge | on Armells Creek, Hessler Ridge quadrangle | 23.8 miles south-west of Roy | 11 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| Nelson | near Flat Mountain, Horsethief Coulee West quadrangle | 2.3 miles north-east of Giltedge | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Novary | Horsethief Coulee East quadrangle | 4.2 miles east of Ayers Ranch Colony | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Rockford | West Fork Beaver Creek quadrangle | 4.5 miles north-west of Moore | 11 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Rocky Point | Kepple Bottoms quadrangle | 19.9 miles south of Valentine | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Ruby Gulch | in Ruby Gulch, Pike Creek quadrangle | 4.2 miles north of New Year | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Rumble Creek | Winifred West quadrangle | 5.8 miles east of Winifred | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Rustle | near Big Grassy Peak, Judith Peak quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Maiden | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Salt Creek | on Middle Fork Salt Creek, Hilger NW quadrangle | 5.9 miles east of Suffolk | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1985 | |
| Seright | Moore quadrangle | 2.7 miles west of Moore | 11 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Skaggs | Horsethief Coulee West quadrangle | 4.7 miles south of Piper | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1985 | |
| Warr | Tyler quadrangle | 12.0 miles north-west of Becket | 6 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Woodhawk | Woodhawk Hill quadrangle | 13.5 miles south-west of Winifred | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1985 |
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.