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Prairie Dale

Ghost town · Carter County, Montana

Dead Boy Divide quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1979, 1:24,000)
Dead Boy Divide quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1979, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Prairie Dale is a ghost town in Carter County, Montana. It is one of 8 former communities in Carter County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Prairie Dale as a historical populated place on the Dead Boy Divide 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 45.6972° N, 104.5033° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDead Boy Divide
Elevation3,242 ft
Nearest living townEkalaka, MT
Distance to it13.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1688716
Coordinates45.69722, -104.50328

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What's there now

Prairie Dale is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ekalaka, MT (population 366), about 13.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,242 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 Prairie Dale?

Prairie Dale is in Carter County, Montana, at 45.6972, -104.5033.

How many ghost towns are in Carter County?

Carter County, Montana has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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