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Avondale

Ghost town · Valley County, Montana

Larslan NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Larslan NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Avondale is a ghost town in Valley County, Montana. It is one of 25 former communities in Valley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Avondale as a historical populated place on the Larslan NW 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 48.6650° N, 106.1853° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLarslan NW
Elevation2,879 ft
Nearest living townOpheim, MT
Distance to it16.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1688569
Coordinates48.66503, -106.18530

Open the location on a map

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.

Avondale today, aerial view
Larslan NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Larslan NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 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

Avondale is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Opheim, MT (population 109), about 16.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,879 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 Avondale?

Avondale is in Valley County, Montana, at 48.6650, -106.1853.

How many ghost towns are in Valley County?

Valley County, Montana has 25 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.