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Tipville

Ghost town · Glacier County, Montana

Headlight Butte quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Headlight Butte quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Tipville is a ghost town in Glacier County, Montana. It is one of 6 former communities in Glacier County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Tipville as a historical populated place on the Headlight Butte 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 48.8514° N, 112.3203° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHeadlight Butte
Elevation4,141 ft
Nearest living townGlacier Colony, MT
Distance to it5 miles
GNIS feature ID1750411
Coordinates48.85138, -112.32033

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What's there now

Tipville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Glacier Colony, MT (population 390), about 5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,141 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 Tipville?

Tipville is in Glacier County, Montana, at 48.8514, -112.3203.

How many ghost towns are in Glacier County?

Glacier County, Montana has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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