Quietus, Montana

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Quietus
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Quietus
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Quietus
Quietus (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°05′47″N106°16′59″W / 45.09639°N 106.28306°W / 45.09639; -106.28306
Country United States
State Montana
County Big Horn
Elevation
[1]
4,072 ft (1,241 m)
Population
 (2010) [2]
 • Total
0
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59027
Area code 406
GNIS feature ID775514 [1]

Quietus is the site of a former town, centered on a post office now closed, and a community in the surrounding area. It was located in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. The surrounding area is now an unincorporated community.

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History

Quietus was established as a post office in 1907 to service homesteaders and ranchers living in the valleys of the Otter and Quietus Creeks. Though never a large community, the local population eventually dwindled to less than a dozen residents, until the post office closed in 1957. Today, Quietus is a "ghost town," the loop road and the post office building remains, though it has collapsed. [3]

Etymology

According to local anecdote Frank Brittain sent a list of fifteen names with the town's application for a post office in 1914, and all of them were rejected. "Well, I guess they put a quietus on that," Brittain said to his wife. She saw the opportunity, and renewed the application, and a few weeks later the name Quietus was approved. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quietus, Montana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Google Maps".
  4. ↑ Cheney, Roberta Carkeek (August 1, 1983). Names on the Faces of Montana: The Story of Montana's Place Names. Mountain Pr. ISBN   0878421505.


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