List of ghost towns in the United States

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the United States.

Contents: U.S. states (links in italic lead to a new page)

Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

Listing by state

Alabama

See List of ghost towns in Alabama

Alaska

• Afognak
• Cape York
• Chena
• Chisana
• Council
• Curry
• Dyea
• Flat
• Gilmore
• Iditarod
• Independence Mine
• Kalakaket
• Katalla
• Kennicott
• Kern
• Kijik
• King Island
• Knik
• Kwigiumpainukamiut
• Loring
• Mary's Igloo
• Meehan
• Ohagamiut
• Olnes
• Ophir
• Pedro
• Port Wakefield
• Portage
• Prospect Creek
• Seaside
• Snettisham
• Speel River
• Sulzer
• Three Saints Bay
• Unga

Arizona

See List of ghost towns in Arizona

Arkansas

See List of ghost towns in Arkansas

California

See List of ghost towns in California

Colorado

See List of ghost towns in Colorado

Connecticut

• Bara-Hack
• Cuties Island
• Dudleytown
• Gay City
• Little People Village
• Pleasure Beach

Delaware

• Banning
• Glenville
• New Market
• Owens Station
• Saint Johnstown
• Zwaanendael (first settlement in the state)

Florida

See List of ghost towns in Florida.

Georgia

See List of ghost towns in Georgia.

Hawaii

• Apua
• Kaimu
• Kalapana
• Kapoho
• Mana
• Waialee

Idaho

• Bayhorse^[1]
• Bonanza^[1]
• Boulder City, Idaho
• Burke
• Cobalt^[1]
• Comeback Mining Camp^[1]
• Custer^[1]
• De Lamar
• Florence
• Gilmore
• Golden Age camp^[1]
• Idaho City^[1]
• Leesburg^[1]
• Mount Idaho
• Placerville^[1]
• Rocky Bar
• Ruby City
• Sawtooth City^[1]
• Silver City
• Strevell
• Vienna^[1]
• Yellow Jacket^[1]

Illinois

See List of ghost towns in Illinois.

Indiana

• Baltimore
• Beeville
• Brisco
• Chatterton
• Chesapeake
• Collins
• Corwin (Henry County)
• Corwin (Tippecanoe County)
• Elkinsville
• Glen Hall
• Granville
• Heath
• Hindostan Falls (Martin County)
• Kickapoo
• Locust Grove
• Monument City (Huntington County)
• Paxton, Indiana
• Point Pleasant
• Quaker
• Randall
• Sheff
• Sloan
• Toronto
• Tremont
• Walnut Grove
• Warrenton

Iowa

• Bryantsburg
• Buxton
• Buchanan
• Conover
• Donnan
• Doris
• Dudley
• Elkport
• Green Island
• Littleport
• Motor
• National
• Shady Grove
• Siegel

Kansas

see List of ghost towns in Kansas.

Kentucky

• Blue Heron
• Creelsboro
• Fudge
• Paradise
• Scuffletown

Louisiana

• East Krotz Springs
• Elliot City
• Sherburne
• Waterloo
• Ruddock
• Laurel Valley Village

Maine

• Flagstaff (submerged to form Flagstaff Lake)
• Perkins Township (Swan Island)

Maryland

• Broad Creek
• Collington
• Lapidum
• Sinepuxent
• Wagner's Point

Massachusetts

• Catamount
• Dana (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
• Davis
• Dogtown
• Enfield (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
• Greenwich (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
• North Bridgewater (located in between the current towns of West Bridgewater and Brockton)
• Prescott (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
• Whitewash Village

Michigan

See List of ghost towns in Michigan.

Minnesota

See List of ghost towns in Minnesota.

Mississippi

• Bankston
• Brewton
• Camargo
• Cotton Gin Port
• Gainesville
• Grand Gulf
• Holmesville
• Napoleon
• Rocky Springs
• Rodney
• Westville
• Woolworth

Missouri

• Arlington
• Bloodland
• Columbia
• Cookville
• Goldman
• Hamburg
• Howell
• Monark Springs
• Possum Trot
• Saint Annie
• Times Beach
• Toonerville
• Wayman
• Xenia

(Note: Hamburg, Howell, and Toonerville were all located in St. Charles County, Missouri. All three towns became part of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works in 1941 for WWII, which later became part of the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project (WSSRAP)^[2])

Montana

See List of ghost towns in Montana.

Nebraska

• Appleton, Pawnee County
• Armour, Pawnee County
• Bookwalter, Pawnee County
• Breslau
• Butler, Pawnee County
• Cincinati, Pawnee County
• De Soto
• DeWitty
• Dobytown
• Duff
• Jacksonville, Pawnee County
• Koesterville, Pawnee County
• Linton, Pawnee County
• Mascot, Nebraska
• Mayberry, Pawnee County
• Mission Creek, Pawnee County
• New Home, Pawnee County
• North Summerfield, Pawnee County
• Omadi
• Pittsburg
• Pleasant Valley, Pawnee County
• Rock Bluff
• Scott's Valley, Pawnee County
• Schafferville, Pawnee County
• Spring Ranche
• Tate, Pawnee County
• Tipp's Branch, Pawnee County
• Violet, Pawnee County

Nevada

See List of ghost towns in Nevada.

New Hampshire

• Beebe River
• Carrigain
• Livermore
• Johnson and Little Canada
• Livermore
• Monson
• True Francestown
• Zealand

New Jersey

• Batsto Village (a ghost town later transformed into an outdoor museum)
• Feltville Historic District
• Double Trouble
• Borough of Island Beach
• Ong's Hat
• Walpack Center in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Millbrook Village in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Port Elizabeth (not to be confused with Elizabethport)
• Raritan Landing
• South Cape May+
• Whitesbog Village

New Mexico

See List of ghost towns in New Mexico.

New York

• Doodletown
• Tahawus
• Conklingville (evacuated and used to dam the Great Sacandaga Lake)
• Love Canal
• Red House (see Allegany State Park)
• Elko (See Coldspring, New York)
• Onoville (see Kinzua Dam)

North Carolina

• Buffalo City
• Brunswick Town (former state capital)
• Cataloochee
• Diamond City
• Judson (submerged under Lake Fontana)
• Lost Cove
• Mortimer
• Portsmouth
• Roanoke Colony
• Whitney (partially submerged by Badin Lake)
• Proctor (isolated by Lake Fontana and abandoned)
• Glenville (town submerged by Lake Glenville, some residents relocated to the eastern edge of the lake)
• Ruby City (Mining town once located near Willets in Jackson County, now the site of the Balsam Mountain Preserve)

North Dakota

• Alfred
• Aurelia
• Bently^[3]
• Brisbane^[4][5]
• Charbonneau
• Churchs Ferry
• Dogtooth.^[6]
• Fort Buford
• Hartland
• Heaton
• Leipzig^[3]
• Lonetree
• Melville
• Omeemee
• Petrel
• Sims
• Tagus
• Temple
• Temvik
• Van Hook
• Verendrye
• Wheelock

External links

• Ghosttowns of North Dakota
• Ghosts of North Dakota

Ohio

• Ai
• Atwood - Small town in southern Summit county.
• Atwood - small town in Carroll County. Abandoned to make way for Atwood Lake in effort to control flooding
• Blowville
• Blue Ball
• Claylick, Licking County, Ohio Located at the intersection of Claylick and the Licking River, this was one of the largest towns to be destroyed and caused primarily by 2 floods 1 in 1919 and 1 in 1959. After the 2nd flood the Dillan Dam floodplain project destroyed this town.
• Elk Lick (Destructed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake)
• Boston, Ohio (aka "Helltown")
• Hibernia
• Ingham
• Knockemstiff
• Moonville
• New Burlington
• New Hampton
• Newville
• Oreton
• Providence
• Revenge
• Rumley
• Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)
• San Toy
• Tadmor ^[7]
• Sprucevale ^[8] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
• Utopia
• Winchester
• Wonderland

Oklahoma

See List of ghost towns in Oklahoma.

Oregon

See List of ghost towns in Oregon.

Pennsylvania

See List of ghost towns in Pennsylvania.

Rhode Island

• Hanton City

South Carolina

• Andersonville
• Dorchester
• Dunbarton
• Ellenton
• Hamburg
• Hawthorne
• Leigh
• Meyers Mill
• Mettzendorf
• Newell
• Robbins

South Dakota

• Ardmore
• Emmet
• LeBeau
• Manchester
• Minnesela

Tennessee

• Beardstown
• Cades Cove
• Devonia
• Elkmont
• Fork Mountain
• Hopewell
• Loyston
• Morganton
• Olympus
• Rhea Springs
• Wasp
• Wheat

Texas

See List of ghost towns in Texas.

Utah

See List of ghost towns in Utah.

Vermont

• Glastenbury
• Lewiston
• Ricker Basin
• Smith Family Farms
• Somerset

Virginia

• Bigler's Mill
• Ca Ira
• Elko Tract
• Falling Creek
• Jamestown
• Lackey
• Lignite
• Potomac
• Warwick
• Westham
• Rockfish

See Lost counties, cities, and towns of Virginia.

Washington

See List of ghost towns in Washington.

West Virginia

• Blue Sulphur Springs
• Brink
• Devon
• Eagle
• Fire Creek
• Freed
• Glade
• Goodwill
• Jerryville
• Layland
• Lobelia
• Pearlytown
• Putney
• Royal
• Rutherford
• Sewell
• Stotesbury
• Thurmond
• Virginius Island
• Whitney

Wisconsin

• Aurora
• Delhi
• Muskego Settlement
• Nya Upsala
• Ranney
• Ulao

Wyoming

• Atlantic City^[1]
• Benton^[1]
• Bessemer
• Bryan
• Carbon Timber Town^[1]
• The Duncan^[1]
• Fort Steele^[1]
• Hecla
• Jeffrey City
• Jireh
• Kane
• Lewiston^[1]
• Lost Springs
• Miner's Delight^[1]
• Pacific Springs^[1]
• Piedmont
• South Pass City^[1]
• Sherman
• Superior
• Table Rock
• Tubb Town
• Van Tassell
• Walcott^[1]

Notes

See also

• Ghost town
• List of ghost towns
• Dogpatch USA
• Ghost Town in the Sky
• Ghost Town, Oakland, California
• List of places with fewer than ten residents

External links

• Ghosttowns.com
• Unlocking the Past by Madeline DeJournett and Elfreda Cox (May 2007) ghost towns in Stoddard County, Missouri.
• Ghost towns of the American West
• Ghost town Gallery
• Lost America
• Monument Gallery
• Ghosttowns of the US at Rootsweb
• Ghosttowns.de

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