BlockVanished settlements of Valley County, Montana
The Geographic Names Information System records 21 places in Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | Larslan NW quadrangle | 6.0 miles south of Larslan | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Bakers | near Thiessen Coulee, Todd Lakes quadrangle | 5.0 miles north of Lustre | 8 sheets, 1910 to 1983 | |
| Barr | on Snake Creek, Papoose Hills quadrangle | 11.4 miles north-east of Thoeny | 6 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Delano Heights | Fort Peck quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-west of Wheeler | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Free Deal | near Scout Island, Fort Peck quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-west of Park Grove | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Genevieve | Genevieve quadrangle | 15.3 miles north-east of Thoeny | 6 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Idlewile | near Scout Island, Fort Peck quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-west of Park Grove | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Kaiver | on Sargent Creek, Uhlan Coulee quadrangle | 10.0 miles south-west of Whately | 9 sheets, 1918 to 1984 | |
| Kansas Flat | near Kansas Flats, Wards Dam quadrangle | 7.7 miles south-east of Baylor | 8 sheets, 1919 to 1984 | |
| Lakeview | Fort Peck quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-west of Wheeler | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Larb | near Dead Mans Hill, Flat Coulee quadrangle | 14.6 miles north of Beaverton | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Lismas | Skunk Coulee quadrangle | 4.9 miles north of Wheeler | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1978 | |
| Midway | Cameron Point quadrangle | 7.7 miles north of Baylor | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Minot | on Wheeler Coulee, Wheeler quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Wheeler | 9 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| New Deal | on Galpin Coulee, Fort Peck quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-east of Park Grove | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Park Dale | near Scout Island, Fort Peck quadrangle | 0.9 miles south of Park Grove | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Riverside | near Chapman Coulee, Chapman Coulee quadrangle | 5.0 miles north-west of Tampico | 9 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| Rose Hill | Hawk Coulee quadrangle | 3.6 miles north-east of Saint Marie | 9 sheets, 1943 to 1984 | |
| Square Deal | on Galpin Coulee, Fort Peck quadrangle | 1.1 miles south-east of Park Grove | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Wild Rose | Baylor NE quadrangle | 6.2 miles west of Baylor | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1984 | |
| Wiota | near Milk River Coulee, Milk River Hills quadrangle | 5.0 miles north-west of Nashua | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1984 |
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.