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; -111.89444[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
Pony, Montana is located in Montana
Pony, Montana
Pony, Montana is located in the United States
Pony, Montana
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
CensusPop.Note%±
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 February 7, 2019.
  10. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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