Cable City
Ghost town · Deer Lodge County, Montana

Cable City is a ghost town in Deer Lodge County, Montana. It is one of 7 former communities in Deer Lodge County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 25th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cable City as a historical populated place on the Silver Lake 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 46.1952° N, 113.2092° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Silver Lake |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 6,588 ft |
| Nearest living town | Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT |
| Distance to it | 7.7 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1786417 |
| Coordinates | 46.19520, -113.20922 |
What's there now
Cable City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT (population 9,512), about 7.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,588 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Southern Crossghost town · Deer Lodge County · 1.7 mi
- Silver Lakeghost town · Deer Lodge County · 2.1 mi
- Gold Coinghost town · Deer Lodge County · 2.3 mi
- Echo Lakeghost town · Granite County · 3.8 mi
- Graniteghost town · Granite County · 8.5 mi
- Clarkghost town · Granite County · 9.3 mi
- Fredricksonghost town · Deer Lodge County · 18.6 mi
- French Gulchghost town · Deer Lodge County · 19.3 mi
- Gregsonghost town · Silver Bow County · 21.7 mi
- Championghost town · Deer Lodge County · 28.6 mi
- Haskellghost town · Granite County · 30 mi
- Gold Creekghost town · Powell County · 30.5 mi
Questions
Where is Cable City?
Cable City is in Deer Lodge County, Montana, at 46.1952, -113.2092.
How many ghost towns are in Deer Lodge County?
Deer Lodge County, Montana has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- 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.