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Johnstown

Ghost town · Cascade County, Montana

Great Falls quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500)
Great Falls quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Johnstown is a ghost town in Cascade County, Montana. It is one of 15 former communities in Cascade County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Johnstown as a historical populated place on the Northwest Great Falls 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 47.5027° N, 111.3175° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNorthwest Great Falls
Elevation3,324 ft
Nearest living townGreat Falls, MT
Distance to it0.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1762360
Coordinates47.50274, -111.31747

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What's there now

Johnstown is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Great Falls, MT (population 60,412), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,324 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 Johnstown?

Johnstown is in Cascade County, Montana, at 47.5027, -111.3175.

How many ghost towns are in Cascade County?

Cascade County, Montana has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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