Ingomar is an unincorporated community in northwestern Rosebud County, Montana, United States, along the route of

U.S. Route 12 U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highways, United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) an ...

. The town was established in 1908, as a station stop on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, then under construction in Montana. Although the land around Ingomar attracted numerous

homesteaders The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than of public land, or nearly 10 percent of th ...

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 only a handful of people remain in Ingomar today. Three of the town's surviving buildings: the

Ingomar Public School The Ingomar Public School, also known as Ingomar High School, on Second Avenue in Ingomar, Montana, was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is an L-shaped hipped roof A hip roof, hip-roof or ...

, J. A. Bookman General Store, and

Wiley, Clark & Greening Bank The Wiley, Clark & Greening Bank, on Main St. in Ingomar, Montana, was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's offici ...

have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. JerseyLillyIngomar

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Ingomar has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Rosebud County, Montana Unincorporated communities in Montana Ghost towns in Montana 1908 establishments in Montana Populated places established in 1908 {{RosebudCountyMT-geo-stub