Monteith

Ghost town · Prince George's County, Maryland

Laurel quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1892, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Monteith is a ghost town in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is one of 3 former communities in Prince George's County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Monteith as a historical populated place on the Beltsville 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 39.0401° N, 76.8791° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Beltsville
Elevation	185 ft
Nearest living town	Beltsville, MD
Distance to it	2.2 miles
GNIS feature ID	1714276
Coordinates	39.04011, -76.87914

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What's there now

Monteith is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Beltsville, MD (population 19,086), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 185 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Good Luck
ghost town · Prince George's County · 4.1 mi
Portland Station
ghost town · Anne Arundel County · 7.2 mi
Magnolia
ghost town · Howard County · 8.1 mi
Admiral
ghost town · Anne Arundel County · 8.5 mi
Forest Grove
ghost town · Montgomery County · 8.8 mi
Forestvale
ghost town · Montgomery County · 8.8 mi
Bridewell
ghost town · Anne Arundel County · 9 mi
Monastery Lot
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 9.8 mi
Sauis Addition
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 10.2 mi
Morris Addition
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 10.5 mi
Dobbins Addition
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 10.6 mi
Nacotchtanke
ghost town · District of Columbia County · 11.1 mi

Questions

Where is Monteith?

Monteith is in Prince George's County, Maryland, at 39.0401, -76.8791.

How many ghost towns are in Prince George's County?

Prince George's County, Maryland has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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.