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Marysville

Ghost town · Lewis and Clark County, Montana

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

Marysville is a ghost town in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, recorded as place in Montana, United States. It is one of 18 former communities in Lewis and Clark County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

At its height the population reached about 82.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Marysville as a historical populated place: 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 46.7506° N, 112.3003° W.

Key facts

Peak population82
Last recorded population82
Elevation5,420 ft
Nearest living townCanyon Creek, MT
Distance to it4.4 miles
Coordinates46.75056, -112.30028

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What's there now

Marysville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Canyon Creek, MT (population 28), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,420 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

"View of mines at Marysville, Montana, including the Maskelyne Tunnel, established 1883, of the Drumlummon mine," mammoth plate photograph by American photograp
"View of mines at Marysville, Montana, including the Maskelyne Tunnel, established 1883, of the Drumlummon mine," mammoth plate photograph by American photograp · Carleton Watkins / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Marysville?

Marysville is in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, at 46.7506, -112.3003.

How many ghost towns are in Lewis and Clark County?

Lewis and Clark County, Montana has 18 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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