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Pleasant Valley

Ghost town · Chouteau County, Montana

Fort Benton NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Fort Benton NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Valley is a ghost town in Chouteau County, Montana. It is one of 14 former communities in Chouteau County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Valley as a historical populated place on the Fort Benton NW 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 47.9500° N, 110.6841° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFort Benton NW
Elevation2,942 ft
Nearest living townFort Benton, MT
Distance to it8.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1750298
Coordinates47.94997, -110.68411

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What's there now

Pleasant Valley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Benton, MT (population 1,470), about 8.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,942 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 Pleasant Valley?

Pleasant Valley is in Chouteau County, Montana, at 47.9500, -110.6841.

How many ghost towns are in Chouteau County?

Chouteau County, Montana has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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