Pony, Montana

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Pony
Census-designated place
Pony, Montana
Pony, Montana
Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W / 45.65861; -111.89444Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W / 45.65861; -111.89444[1]
Country United States
State Montana
CountyMadison
Area
[2]
 • Total1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2)
 • Land1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total127
 • Density94.63/sq mi (36.54/km2)
FIPS code30-58675
GNIS feature ID789074[3]
Websitewww.ponyhomecoming.com
Pony Historic District
Area192 acres (78 ha)
ArchitectH.M. Patterson
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSPony MRA
NRHP reference No.87001264[4]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1987
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. 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.[4][5][6]

The town gained its name from the nickname of one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a small man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size.[7][8]

Settled in the 1860s, in the late nineteenth century, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century and all were closed by 1922.[7]

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.[9]

Montana Highway 283 passes through town. It is about 6 miles from Harrison.

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

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
2020127—
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

Notes

  1. ^ "Pony, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pony, Montana
  4. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Mark T. Fiege (November 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Pony, Montana". Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Pony, Montana". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. ^ "Pony, Montana". Travel Montana. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Pony, Montana". Pony Homecoming Club. Retrieved Feb 7, 2019.
  10. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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