Wayfarrow

Lonetree

Ghost town · Chouteau County, Montana

Geraldine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1978, 1:24,000)
Geraldine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1978, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lonetree is a ghost town in Chouteau County, Montana, recorded as human settlement in Chouteau County, Montana, United States of America. It is one of 14 former communities in Chouteau County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lonetree as a historical populated place on the Geraldine 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 47.5416° N, 110.2841° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Montana before 1931 that mention “Lonetree”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 348 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGeraldine
Elevation3,131 ft
Nearest living townGeraldine, MT
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1750142
Coordinates47.54164, -110.28409

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.

Lonetree today, aerial view
Geraldine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1978, 1:24,000)

Left: Geraldine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1978, 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

Lonetree is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Geraldine, MT (population 264), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,131 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 Lonetree?

Lonetree is in Chouteau County, Montana, at 47.5416, -110.2841.

How many ghost towns are in Chouteau County?

Chouteau County, Montana has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.