Vananda, Montana

	Vananda Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Abandoned schoolhouse
Nearest city	Forsyth, Montana
Area	32 acres (13 ha)
Built	1907
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	90000629
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1990

Vananda is a former unincorporated village in northwestern Rosebud County, Montana, USA, along the route of U.S. Highway 12.^[2] The town was established in 1908 as a station stop on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, then under construction across Montana. The railway used Vananda as a water stop for its steam locomotives, and built a small reservoir near the townsite to ensure an adequate water supply.

Although the land around Vananda attracted numerous homesteaders during the decade following the railroad's completion, the region proved to be far too arid and inhospitable for intensive agricultural use, and by the 1920s the town was in decline. The railroad through the area was abandoned in 1980, and Vananda is now a ghost town.

The Vananda townsite has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Vananda, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "MONTANA - Rosebud County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2007-04-18.

46°23′31″N 107°00′08″W / 46.39194°N 107.00222°W / 46.39194; -107.00222

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Vananda, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[3] "MONTANA - Rosebud County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2007-04-18.

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County seat: Forsyth
Cities	Colstrip Forsyth	Rosebud County map
CDPs	Ashland Birney Lame Deer Rosebud
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Indian reservation	Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation‡
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