Quietus, Montana

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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 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]
4,702 ft (1,433 m)
Population
 (2010) [2]
  TotalN/A
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
59027
Area code(s) 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. No one lives at the site of the former town. The surrounding area is now an unincorporated community. It appears on the U.S. Geological Survey Map.

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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 2011-05-14.
  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.