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Mona

Ghost town · Richland County, Montana

Elm Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1983, 1:24,000)
Elm Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1983, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mona is a ghost town in Richland County, Montana. It is one of 5 former communities in Richland County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 32nd among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mona as a historical populated place on the Elm Coulee 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 47.9695° N, 104.6983° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleElm Coulee
Elevation2,119 ft
Nearest living townCulbertson, MT
Distance to it14.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1714971
Coordinates47.96946, -104.69829

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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.

Mona today, aerial view
Elm Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1983, 1:24,000)

Left: Elm Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1983, 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

Mona is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Culbertson, MT (population 578), about 14.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,119 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 Mona?

Mona is in Richland County, Montana, at 47.9695, -104.6983.

How many ghost towns are in Richland County?

Richland County, Montana has 5 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.