Pony is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States on the eastern edge of the Tobacco Root Mountains. It includes the 192-acre (78 ha) Pony Historic District, a historic district with 95 contributing buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4][5][6]

Pony
Census-designated place
Pony, Montana
Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Madison
Area [2]
• Total	1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2)
• Land	1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	127
• Density	94.63/sq mi (36.54/km2)
FIPS code	30-58675
GNIS feature ID	789074[3]
Website	www.ponyhomecoming.com
Pony Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Area	192 acres (78 ha)
Architect	H.M. Patterson
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Pony MRA
NRHP reference No.	87001264[4]
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1987

The town gained its name from the nickname of one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a small man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size.[7][8]

Settled in the 1860s, in the late nineteenth century, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century and all were closed by 1922.[7]

A number of historic buildings from Pony's boom era remain in the old town today. Major buildings are managed, voluntarily, by The Pony Homecoming Club, a non-profit organization that maintains the town's public spaces.[9]

Montana Highway 283 passes through town. It is about 6 miles from Harrison.

Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.^{[citation needed]}

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