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Cedar Mouth

Ghost town · Mineral County, Montana

Superior quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:62,500)
Superior quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cedar Mouth is a ghost town in Mineral County, Montana. It is one of 6 former communities in Mineral County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 28th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cedar Mouth as a historical populated place on the Idaho Gulch 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 47.1791° N, 114.8621° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleIdaho Gulch
Elevation2,801 ft
Nearest living townSuperior, MT
Distance to it2.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1781679
Coordinates47.17909, -114.86207

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What's there now

Cedar Mouth is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Superior, MT (population 995), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,801 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Cedar Mouth?

Cedar Mouth is in Mineral County, Montana, at 47.1791, -114.8621.

How many ghost towns are in Mineral County?

Mineral County, Montana has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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