Java, Montana

Java, Montana is a ghost town in Richland County near Mondak.^[1] Named for its first postmaster, Anton Jevnager, who owned a grocery and hardware store in the community when its post office was established in 1907, Java straddles the border with North Dakota, and was noteworthy among local North Dakota residents as the home of the Blind Pig Saloon on the Montana side.^[1]

References

1 2 Roberta Carkeek Cheney: Names on the Face of Montana, The Story of Montana's Place Names, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Mont., second edition, 1983, p. 146.

Municipalities and communities of Richland County, Montana, United States

County seat: Sidney

City	Sidney

Town	Fairview

CDPs	Crane Fox Lake Knife River

Unincorporated community	Savage

Ghost town	Java

Coordinates: 47°59′22″N 104°03′07″W / 47.9894645°N 104.0518787°W / 47.9894645; -104.0518787

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/11/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.