BlockVanished settlements of Missoula County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Missoula County, Montana that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
6A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrum | near Marent Gulch, Northwest Missoula quadrangle | 0.6 miles east of Nagos | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1999 | |
| Grant Creek | Northwest Missoula quadrangle | 3.6 miles south-west of Westview Park | 15 sheets, 1912 to 1999 | |
| Hell Gate | on Grant Creek, Northwest Missoula quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Orchard Homes | 15 sheets, 1912 to 1999 | |
| Shangville | near Peppard Gulch, Petty Mountain quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Lothrop | 13 sheets, 1912 to 1999 | |
| Six Mile | on Corral Creek, Huson quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Huson | 10 sheets, 1956 to 1999 | |
| Stovepipe | on Roman Creek, Huson quadrangle | 0.3 miles north-west of Huson | 10 sheets, 1956 to 1999 |
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.