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Glenbeg

Ghost town · Jefferson County, Montana

Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)
Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Glenbeg is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Montana. It is one of 8 former communities in Jefferson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 21st among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Glenbeg as a historical populated place on the Mount Thompson 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 46.3694° N, 112.1481° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Thompson
Elevation5,998 ft
Nearest living townJefferson City, MT
Distance to it5.6 miles
GNIS feature ID799034
Coordinates46.36937, -112.14806

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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.

Glenbeg today, aerial view
Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)

Left: Jefferson City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500), 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

Glenbeg is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jefferson City, MT (population 446), about 5.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,998 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 Glenbeg?

Glenbeg is in Jefferson County, Montana, at 46.3694, -112.1481.

How many ghost towns are in Jefferson County?

Jefferson County, Montana has 8 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.