BlockVanished settlements of Gallatin County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 20 places in Gallatin County, Montana that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
20A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogtown | on South Dry Creek, Bozeman Hot Springs quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-west of Cowan | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Eldridge | on Buffalo Horn Creek, Sunshine Point quadrangle | 11.3 miles north of Big Sky Canyon Village | 23 sheets, 1888 to 2000 | |
| Gallatin | on Spring Creek, Logan quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-east of Trident | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Gallop | on Gallop Creek, Flathead Pass quadrangle | 3.6 miles west of Menard | 24 sheets, 1888 to 2000 | |
| Jefferson | Three Forks quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-west of Three Forks | 20 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Lay Settlement | Gallatin Gateway quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Country Court | 22 sheets, 1888 to 2000 | |
| Little Bear | on Little Bear Creek, Gallatin Gateway quadrangle | 3.5 miles north-west of Gallatin Gateway | 22 sheets, 1888 to 2000 | |
| Lower Bridger | on Place Creek, Kelly Creek quadrangle | 4.3 miles south-east of Chestnut | 22 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Lower Madison | Manhattan SW quadrangle | 3.7 miles north of Carpenter | 20 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Middle Creek | on South Dry Creek, Bozeman Hot Springs quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Kerns | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Monforton | on South Dry Creek, Bozeman Hot Springs quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of Korner Kourt | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Nelsons Crossing | Manhattan quadrangle | 1.4 miles west of Belgrade Junction | 20 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Penwells | on Jones Creek, Saddle Peak quadrangle | 1.9 miles west of Springhill | 20 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Reasville | Bozeman quadrangle | 0.4 miles south of King Arthur Park | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Reese Creek | on Limestone Creek, Miser Creek quadrangle | 2.9 miles south-east of Springhill | 23 sheets, 1888 to 2000 | |
| Sheds | Bozeman Hot Springs quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-west of Greenwood | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Storrs | on Goose Creek, Bozeman Pass quadrangle | 2.5 miles north-west of Chestnut | 22 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Thomasville | Miser Creek quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Springhill | 23 sheets, 1888 to 2000 | |
| Upper Bridger | on Spring Creek, Kelly Creek quadrangle | 6.1 miles south of Chestnut | 22 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Walker | on Walton Creek, Miser Creek quadrangle | 2.5 miles west of Camona | 23 sheets, 1888 to 2000 |
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.