Coalville, Montana, also known as Gebo, Montana, was a community by the Gebo Mine, in

Carbon County, Montana Carbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,473. Its county seat is Red Lodge. Carbon County is part of the Billings, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Carbon Count ...

near

Fromberg, Montana Fromberg is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 392. History The community is near the Gebo Mine, developed by Samuel Gebo, a coal mine nearby. Coalville, Montana, also know ...

. "Coalville (historical)" is a "Locale", identified as GNIS number 1726660 in the

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, at elevation . It had a railroad station (per GNIS number 1726660)GNIS entry for Coalville (historical) / Gebo
/ref> and a post office, the "Coalville Post Office" (per GNIS number 1726661). The mine was developed by Samuel Gebo. It attracted the

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to build a railroad line up the Clarks Fork Valley, on the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River. It was the location of a

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operated by Hester E. Suydam, before she tried to have it moved to

. It was destroyed in a wind storm. The Hester E. Suydam Boarding House, a new building she had built in Fromberg, is listed on the

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. The

Gebo Cemetery The Gebo Cemetery, in Carbon County, Montana near Fromberg, Montana, was established in 1899 to serve the coal mining town of Gebo, Montana, which had population of 500 to 1,000 in the early 1900s, but was virtually abandoned after the Gebo Mine ...

, also listed on the National Register, is about to the west, on the way to Fromberg. With

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Former populated places in Carbon County, Montana {{CarbonCountyMT-geo-stub

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