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.
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.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quietus, Montana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ 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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