Map of Pony CDP

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.

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.

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.

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.

Montana Highway 283 passes through town. It is about 6 miles from Harrison.

Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.

Pony CDP overview:
Name:	Pony CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Montana
County:	Madison County
Total Area:	1.34 sq mi (3.48 km²)
Land Area:	1.34 sq mi (3.48 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	127
Population Density:	94.63/sq mi (36.54/km²)
FIPS code:	3058900
GNISfeature ID:	789074
Website:	www.ponyhomecoming.com

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Pony online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.