Dooley, Montana

Dooley
—  Ghost town  —
Dooley Location of Dooley in Montana
Coordinates: 48°52′52″N 104°23′22″W / 48.88111°N 104.38944°W / 48.88111; -104.38944Coordinates: 48°52′52″N 104°23′22″W / 48.88111°N 104.38944°W / 48.88111; -104.38944[1]
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Sheridan
Established	1913
Abandoned	1957
Elevation	2,461 ft (750 m)

Dooley is a ghost town in northeastern Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The town was established as a station stop on the Soo Line Railroad branch line to Whitetail, Montana, constructed in 1913.

Although the land around Dooley attracted numerous homesteaders during the first years following the railroad's completion, the region proved to be unsuited for intensive agricultural use, and by the 1920s the town was in decline. Though the railroad remains in operation, Dooley is now a ghost town.

The post office at Dooley operated from 1914 to 1957.^[2]

The only remaining building in Dooley is the long-abandoned Rocky Valley Lutheran Church, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ "Dooley". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:770722. 
2. ^ "Sheriden [sic] County Post Offices". Postalhistory.com. http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MT&county=Sheriden. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
3. ^ "MONTANA - Sheridan County". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MT/Sheridan/state.html. Retrieved 2008-01-30.