BlockVanished settlements of Madison County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 9 places in Madison County, Montana that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
9A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe | near Dry Hollow, Bucks Nest quadrangle | 7.3 miles north-west of Woodward Place | 23 sheets, 1888 to 1997 | |
| Adobe | near Herman Gulch, Virginia City quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-west of Junction | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1989 | |
| Centerville | on Baker Slough, Beaverhead Rock quadrangle | 8.1 miles north-east of Twin Bridges | 14 sheets, 1893 to 1983 | |
| Central City | on Daylight Creek, Virginia City quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-east of Virginia City | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1989 | |
| Eau Clair | on South Boulder River, Jefferson Island quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-west of Jefferson Island | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1996 | |
| Iron Rod | near Clipper Gulch, Silver Star quadrangle | 3.5 miles north of Silver Star | 17 sheets, 1893 to 1996 | |
| Missouri Flats | on Missouri Flats, Cliff Lake quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Cliff Lake | 17 sheets, 1950 to 1997 | |
| Stringtown | Harrison quadrangle | 2.1 miles south of Harrison Mill | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1992 | |
| Sweetwater | Belmont Park Ranch quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-east of Ball Place | 13 sheets, 1893 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.