Grant Creek
Ghost town · Missoula County, Montana

Grant Creek is a ghost town in Missoula County, Montana. It is one of 7 former communities in Missoula County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Grant Creek as a historical populated place on the Northwest Missoula 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 46.9583° N, 114.0093° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Northwest Missoula |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,735 ft |
| Nearest living town | Missoula, MT |
| Distance to it | 5.9 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1781285 |
| Coordinates | 46.95826, -114.00928 |
What's there now
Grant Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Missoula, MT (population 75,600), about 5.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,735 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Ardrumghost town · Missoula County · 6 mi
- Hell Gateghost town · Missoula County · 6.4 mi
- Stovepipeghost town · Missoula County · 15.6 mi
- Six Mileghost town · Missoula County · 17 mi
- Shangvilleghost town · Missoula County · 18.8 mi
- Eight Mileghost town · Ravalli County · 22.1 mi
- Sweeney Creekghost town · Ravalli County · 24.3 mi
- Bitter Rootghost town · Ravalli County · 26.7 mi
- Bairdghost town · Granite County · 28.6 mi
- Colomaghost town · Missoula County · 30.8 mi
- Nimrodghost town · Granite County · 30.9 mi
- Stump Townghost town · Granite County · 32.6 mi
Questions
Where is Grant Creek?
Grant Creek is in Missoula County, Montana, at 46.9583, -114.0093.
How many ghost towns are in Missoula County?
Missoula 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.