Lonetree, Montana Explained

Lonetree
Location:Chouteau County, Montana
Nearest City:Geraldine, Montana
Coordinates:47.5417°N -110.2842°W
Built:1885
Architect:Christopher Wilson, Edward Wilson
Added:September 11, 1980
Refnum:80002410

Lonetree (also Lone Tree or Steele) is a ghost town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. Founded circa 1885, it is located at 47.5417°N -110.2842°W (47.5416396, -110.2840931), at an altitude of 3,123 feet (952 m). For nearly thirty years Lonetree possessed a post office, which was opened under the name of Steele on March 9, 1888; its name was changed to Lonetree on May 15, 1914. It bore this name for less than a year before closing on March 31, 1915.

The entire community of Lonetree was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1980.