Elkhorn
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1872
- Population
- 12
- Coordinates
- 46.275, -111.946
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: It was originally established as a mining town in the 19th century.
History
Elkhorn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States, in the Elkhorn Mountains of the southwestern part of the state. It was originally established as a mining town in the 19th century. As of the 2020 census, Elkhorn had a population of 12. The community is considered a ghost town, and two of its buildings are preserved as Elkhorn State Park.