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Ore mill in Pony

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]

History

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]

Geography

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.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010118—
20201277.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]

Notable people

Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Pony, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Montana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Pony CDP, Montana: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pony, Montana
  5. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  6. ^ Mark T. Fiege (November 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pony Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2016. with 35 photos from 1985
  7. ^ Mark T. Fiege (November 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Pony, Montana". Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Pony, Montana". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Pony, Montana". Travel Montana. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "Pony, Montana". Pony Homecoming Club. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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