Alder, MT

Alder is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Madison County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census counted 86 residents. The community takes its name from Alder Creek, the site of the second major gold discovery in Montana. Alder is located in west-central Madison County. Alder's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Montana setting. The local scoop is how Alder's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Alder Creek enters the valley from the east and passes east of the community. Alder includes the Ruby River.