BlockVanished settlements of Garfield County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 21 places in Garfield County, Montana that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
21A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice | near Black Butte, McWilliams Springs quadrangle | 5.1 miles north of Chimney Crossing | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Allen | on Hay Creek, Calamity Coulee quadrangle | 6.4 miles west of Cohagen | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Anad | near Adams Rocky Butte, Edwards quadrangle | 3.0 miles north of Steve Forks | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Blackfoot | Blackfoot School quadrangle | 7.8 miles east of Brusett | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Braggville | on North Fork Lone Tree Creek, Smoky Butte Creek quadrangle | 7.6 miles north-west of Brusett | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Bruce | Twin Buttes quadrangle | 4.1 miles east of Steve Forks | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Brunelda | Emma Butte quadrangle | 16.7 miles north of Edwards | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Butte Creek | Brusett quadrangle | 3.7 miles south of Brusett | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Freedom | near Darby Buttes, Darby Buttes quadrangle | 9.8 miles north of Jordan | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Grisdella | on Wildcat Creek, Mother Butte quadrangle | 16.9 miles east of Cohagen | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Hazny | Spring Creek School quadrangle | 13.4 miles east of Brusett | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Keplerville | near Allen Coulee, Ada Creek quadrangle | 10.0 miles east of Van Norman | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Martin | Dutton Ranch quadrangle | 8.7 miles north-west of Mosby | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| McTwiggan | near Timber Butte, Froehlich Butte quadrangle | 4.3 miles east of Chimney Crossing | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Mecaha | on Lodgepole Creek, Nelson Coulee quadrangle | 7.7 miles south of Ross Hall | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Metersville | Spring Creek School quadrangle | 16.2 miles east of Brusett | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Phon | near Redbank Coulee, Gilbert Creek SE quadrangle | 14.0 miles south-east of Van Norman | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1978 | |
| Purewater | Hedstrom Lake NW quadrangle | 11.6 miles north-west of Van Norman | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1983 | |
| Smithson | Germaine Coulee West quadrangle | 16.6 miles south of Ross Hall | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Tindall | near Trace Coulee, Coffin Butte quadrangle | 7.3 miles south-east of Sand Springs | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1993 | |
| Watson Flats | on Uall Creek, Sleepy Hollow quadrangle | 13.3 miles south-west of Hillside | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1983 |
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.