Wayfarrow

Purewater

Ghost town · Garfield County, Montana

Hedstrom Lake NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Hedstrom Lake NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Purewater is a ghost town in Garfield County, Montana. It is one of 21 former communities in Garfield County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Purewater as a historical populated place on the Hedstrom Lake NW 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 47.2222° N, 106.2339° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHedstrom Lake NW
Elevation2,477 ft
Nearest living townBrockway, MT
Distance to it22.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1715962
Coordinates47.22222, -106.23392

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Purewater is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Brockway, MT (population 2), about 22.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,477 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Purewater?

Purewater is in Garfield County, Montana, at 47.2222, -106.2339.

How many ghost towns are in Garfield County?

Garfield County, Montana has 21 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 2026-11-05.