List of ghost towns

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The following is a partial list of ghost towns.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Belgium 3 Cambodia 4 Canada 5 Chile 6 China 7 Cyprus 8 Faroe Islands 9 Finland 10 France 11 Guyana 12 Hungary 13 India 14 Iraq 15 Iran 16 Ireland 17 Italy 18 Ivory Coast 19 Japan 20 México 21 Montserrat 22 Namibia 23 The Netherlands 24 Norway 25 Pakistan 26 Poland 27 Russia 28 Saudi Arabia 29 Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands 29.1 South Georgia 30 Spain 31 Turkey 32 Turkmenistan 33 Ukraine 34 United Kingdom 35 United States 36 See also 37 References 38 External links

[edit] Australia

See also: :Category:Ghost towns in Australia

• Big Bell, Western Australia
• Boydtown, New South Wales; Originally settled and then abandoned in the 1840s. Remained abandoned until the 1930s. It is now a growing town with commercial and residential developments.
• Broad Arrow, north of Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
• Cassilis, Victoria
• Cook, South Australia
• Copperfield, Queensland
• Cossack, Western Australia
• Crotty, Tasmania
• Farina, South Australia
• Glen Davis, New South Wales
• Goldsworthy, Western Australia
• Gwalia, north of Kalgoorlie, and 4 km south of Leonora (Western Australia)
• Hill End, New South Wales; Never fully abandoned, now a popular tourist town.
• Jay Creek, Northern Territory
• Joadja near Mittagong
• Kanowna, near Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
• Kiandra, New South Wales
• Linda, Tasmania
• Malcolm, east of Leonora (Western Australia)
• Mary Kathleen, Queensland,55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry(Queensland)
• Maytown, Queensland, in the Palmer River goldfields (Queensland)
• Moliagul, Victoria, 202 km north west from Melbourne
• Nannine, Western Australia
• Newnes, New South Wales
• Old Tallangatta, Victoria, most of the township was moved 5 miles west due to the enlargement of Lake Hume. The current township of Tallangatta has approximately 1000 residents.
• Ophir, New South Wales
• Ora Banda, Western Australia
• Pillinger, Tasmania
• Ravenswood, Queensland
• Silverton, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
• Tarcoon, New South Wales
• Walhalla, in the Baw Baw mountains (Victoria)
• Western Tyers, Victoria
• Wittenoom, Western Australia
• Yerranderie in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

[edit] Belgium

• Oosterweel, near Antwerp
• Lillo, near Antwerp
• Oorderen, near Antwerp
• Wilmarsdonk,near Antwerp
• Doel, near Antwerp

[edit] Cambodia

• Angkor Wat and vicinity [1]

[edit] Canada

Main article: List of ghost towns in Canada

[edit] Chile

• Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
• Puerto Hambre (also called Port Famine)
• Sewell, Chile

[edit] China

• Niya

[edit] Cyprus

• Varosha (Famagusta), region of Famagusta

[edit] Faroe Islands

• Blankskáli, Kalsoy
• Fossá, Borðoy
• Múli, Borðoy
• Skarð, Kunoy
• Skarvanes, Sandoy
• Skálatoftir, northwesternmost village on Borðoy
• Slættanes, Vágar
• Strond, north of Ánir
• Víkar, Vágar
• Víkarbyrgi, Suðuroy

[edit] Finland

• Jussarö, an old village near the Jussarö mines

[edit] France

Six of the French villages destroyed in the First World War have never been rebuilt. All are found in the département of Meuse, and were destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916:

• Beaumont-en-Verdunois
• Bezonvaux
• Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
• Fleury-devant-Douaumont
• Haumont-près-Samogneux
• Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre

Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by a Waffen-SS battalion during the Second World War and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.

[edit] Guyana

• Jonestown, created by cult leader Jim Jones. On November 18, 1978, he conducted a mass suicide with his cult, resulting in 913 of the 1,110 inhabitants dead.

[edit] Hungary

• Derenk, in north-east Hungary, was depopulated between 1938-1943, so that the surrounding area could be used as hunting grounds for Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary.

[edit] India

• Daulatabad
• Dholavira
• Fatehpur Sikri
• Gaur
• Hampi
• Lakhpat
• Lothal
• Mandu
• Old Goa
• Pandua
• Pavagadh
• Ross island (Andaman)
• Somnathpur

[edit] Iraq

• Babylon

[edit] Iran

• Soltaniyeh
• Choqa Zanbil

[edit] Ireland

• Slievemore(Sliabh Mór) ^[1]

[edit] Italy

• Bussana Vecchia, Liguria
• Melito Vecchio (Old Melito), Avellino, Campania
• Poggioreale, Sicily
• Tocco Caudio, Benevento, Campania

[edit] Ivory Coast

• Grand Bassam

[edit] Japan

• Hashima Island

[edit] México

• Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí
• San Antonio de la Iguana, Nuevo León, Lat 26° 53' 60N, Long 100° 13' 0W
• San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacan Abandoned due to Paricutin volcano

[edit] Montserrat

• Plymouth
• St. Patrick's

[edit] Namibia

• Kolmanskop and Elizabeth Bay old Diamond mining town

[edit] The Netherlands

• Schokland

[edit] Norway

• Pyramiden, a Russian settlement on Svalbard

[edit] Pakistan

• Amri (Fortified town between 3600 to 3300 BC)
• Chanhudaro (Settlement between 4000-1700 BC)
• Ganeriwala (Urban center around 3000 BC)
• Harappa (Fortified city between 3300-1600 BC)
• Kot Diji (Ancient site about 3000 BC)
• Mehrgarh (Ancient settlement around 7000 BC)
• Mohenjo Daro (Ancient city about 2600-1700 BC)
• Sokhta Koh (Harappan settlement around 2600-1900 BC)
• Takht Bhai (Remains of a famous Buddhist monastery from the 1st century CE)

[edit] Poland

• Kłomino

[edit] Russia

• Atil
• Ksnyatin
• Mangazeya
• Mologa
• Sarai Berke - said to be 10 times larger than London in the 14th century
• Sarkel
• Sviyazhsk
• Tmutarakan

[edit] Saudi Arabia

• Albaten
• Najd
• Shaqra
• Tharmida

[edit] Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands

• Deception Island, a Chilean-Norwegian whaling settlement.

[edit] South Georgia

• Grytviken, a Norwegian whaling settlement on the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia
• Leith Harbour
• Ocean Harbour
• Husvik
• Stromness
• Prince Olav Harbour

[edit] Spain

• Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón
• Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León
• La Cornudilla, Valencia
• Fiscal, Towns of Lacort, Jánovas and more in the region called "Solana de Fiscal" - Huesca (Aragón)
• Pernui in Sort, Lleida, Cataluña

[edit] Turkey

• Troy

[edit] Turkmenistan

• Merv
• Old Urgench

[edit] Ukraine

• Chernobyl
• Pripyat

[edit] United Kingdom

• Ashopton, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
• Derwent, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
• Bothwellhaugh, North Lanarkshire (Under Strathclyde Loch)
• Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
• Dunwich, Suffolk (under the sea)
• Hallsands, Devon (destroyed by a storm in 1917)
• Imber, Wiltshire (taken over by Army in 1943)
• Knaptoft, Leicestershire (deserted in Seventeenth Century)
• Lynford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
• Martinsthorpe, Rutland
• Nether Hambleton and Middle Hambleton, Rutland (both under reservoir)
• North Rona, a remote island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (evacuated in 1844)
• Over the Border, Middlesbrough, (largely abandoned but plans to regenerate the area) [2])
• Saint Kilda, an island off Scotland (evacuated in 1930)
• Shipden, Norfolk (under the sea)
• Stanford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
• Sturston, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
• Tottington, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
• Tyneham, Dorset (taken over by Army in 1943)
• West Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)

[edit] United States

Main article: List of ghost towns in the United States

[edit] See also

• Ghost town
• Category:Ghost towns
• List of places with fewer than ten residents
• List of unused highways

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ghosttowns.com
• GhostTownsCanada.ca Lots of pictures of Canadian ghost towns