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Sabra

Ghost town · Rosebud County, Montana

Mitchell Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Mitchell Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sabra is a ghost town in Rosebud County, Montana. It is one of 12 former communities in Rosebud County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sabra as a historical populated place on the Mitchell 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 46.0939° N, 106.4384° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMitchell Coulee
Elevation2,664 ft
Nearest living townRosebud, MT
Distance to it12.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1716765
Coordinates46.09389, -106.43835

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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.

Sabra today, aerial view
Mitchell Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Mitchell Coulee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 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

Sabra is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rosebud, MT (population 53), about 12.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,664 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.

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Questions

Where is Sabra?

Sabra is in Rosebud County, Montana, at 46.0939, -106.4384.

How many ghost towns are in Rosebud County?

Rosebud County, Montana has 12 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.