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Been

Ghost town · Wibaux County, Montana

Odland Dam NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1982, 1:24,000)
Odland Dam NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1982, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Been is a ghost town in Wibaux County, Montana. It is one of 2 former communities in Wibaux County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 50th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Been as a historical populated place on the Odland Dam 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 47.2097° N, 104.1724° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOdland Dam NW
Elevation2,507 ft
Nearest living townWibaux, MT
Distance to it15.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1696626
Coordinates47.20974, -104.17244

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.

Been today, aerial view
Odland Dam NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1982, 1:24,000)

Left: Odland Dam NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1982, 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

Been is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wibaux, MT (population 686), about 15.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,507 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 Been?

Been is in Wibaux County, Montana, at 47.2097, -104.1724.

How many ghost towns are in Wibaux County?

Wibaux County, Montana has 2 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.