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Anad

Ghost town · Garfield County, Montana

Edwards quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Edwards quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Anad is a ghost town in Garfield County, Montana. It is one of 21 former communities in Garfield County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Anad as a historical populated place on the Edwards topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 47.2275° N, 107.3329° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEdwards
Elevation2,984 ft
Nearest living townJordan, MT
Distance to it20.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1716022
Coordinates47.22750, -107.33287

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Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Anad today, aerial view
Edwards quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)

Left: Edwards quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Anad is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jordan, MT (population 299), about 20.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,984 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Anad?

Anad is in Garfield County, Montana, at 47.2275, -107.3329.

How many ghost towns are in Garfield County?

Garfield County, Montana has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.