Union City, Montana
Encyclopedia
Union City is a ghost town
in Madison County
, Montana
, United States
. Its elevation is 7,582 feet (2,311 m), and it is located at 45°12′30"N 111°56′3"W (45.2082579, -111.9424776). Founded in 1867 as a mining camp, the community has since been abandoned. The entire site, now owned by the Bureau of Land Management, was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1999.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in Madison County
Madison County, Montana
-National protected areas:*Beaverhead National Forest *Deerlodge National Forest *Gallatin National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,851 people, 2,956 households, and 1,921 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile...
, Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its elevation is 7,582 feet (2,311 m), and it is located at 45°12′30"N 111°56′3"W (45.2082579, -111.9424776). Founded in 1867 as a mining camp, the community has since been abandoned. The entire site, now owned by the Bureau of Land Management, was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1999.