Pony, Montana | |
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Pony, Montana | |
Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W [1] | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Madison |
Area | |
• Total | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
• Land | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 127 |
• Density | 94.63/sq mi (36.54/km2) |
FIPS code | 30-58900 |
GNIS feature ID | 789074 [4] |
Pony Historic District | |
Area | 192 acres (78 ha) |
Architect | H.M. Patterson |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
MPS | Pony MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87001264 [5] |
Added to NRHP | August 4, 1987 |
Pony is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States, on the eastern edge of the Tobacco Root Mountains. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 127. [3] It includes the 192-acre (78 ha) Pony Historic District, a historic district with 95 contributing buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [5] [6] [7]
The town gained its name from one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size. [8] [9]
Settled in the 1860s, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community in the late nineteenth century, with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century, and all were closed by 1922. [8]
A number of historic buildings from Pony's boom era remain in the old town today. Major buildings are managed, voluntarily, by the Pony Homecoming Club, a non-profit organization that maintains the town's public spaces. [10]
Montana Highway 283 (Pony Road) connects the town with U.S. Route 287 in Harrison, 6 miles (10 km) to the northeast. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Pony CDP has an area of 1.34 square miles (3.47 km2), all of it recorded as land. [2] North Willow Creek flows through the community, running northeast and joining the Jefferson River south of Three Forks.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 118 | — | |
2020 | 127 | 7.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [11] |
Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.[ citation needed]
Pony, Montana | |
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Pony, Montana | |
Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Madison |
Area | |
• Total | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
• Land | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 127 |
• Density | 94.63/sq mi (36.54/km2) |
FIPS code | 30-58900 |
GNIS feature ID | 789074 [4] |
Pony Historic District | |
Area | 192 acres (78 ha) |
Architect | H.M. Patterson |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
MPS | Pony MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87001264 [5] |
Added to NRHP | August 4, 1987 |
Pony is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States, on the eastern edge of the Tobacco Root Mountains. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 127. [3] It includes the 192-acre (78 ha) Pony Historic District, a historic district with 95 contributing buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [5] [6] [7]
The town gained its name from one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size. [8] [9]
Settled in the 1860s, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community in the late nineteenth century, with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century, and all were closed by 1922. [8]
A number of historic buildings from Pony's boom era remain in the old town today. Major buildings are managed, voluntarily, by the Pony Homecoming Club, a non-profit organization that maintains the town's public spaces. [10]
Montana Highway 283 (Pony Road) connects the town with U.S. Route 287 in Harrison, 6 miles (10 km) to the northeast. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Pony CDP has an area of 1.34 square miles (3.47 km2), all of it recorded as land. [2] North Willow Creek flows through the community, running northeast and joining the Jefferson River south of Three Forks.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | 118 | — | |
2020 | 127 | 7.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [11] |
Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.[ citation needed]