List of ghost towns in the United States

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

Alabama[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Alabama

Alaska[]

The waterfront at Dyea, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush
Flat, Alaska, August 1, 1911
The abandoned copper mine complex at Kennecott, Alaska

Arizona[]

  • American Flag
  • Bumble Bee
  • Castle Dome Landing
  • Fairbank
  • Gleeson
  • Jerome
  • Nothing
  • Oatman
  • Paradise
  • Ruby
  • Santa Claus
  • Vulture City

Arkansas[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Arkansas

California[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in California

Colorado[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Colorado

Connecticut[]

An aerial view (from a kite) of Pleasure Beach, Connecticut
  • Bara-Hack
  • Dudleytown
  • Gay City
  • Johnsonville Village
  • Pleasure Beach
  • Little Danbury, Connecticut

Delaware[]

A destroyed Glenville, Delaware home, two weeks after Hurricane Isabel impacted Delaware (photo taken October 2, 2003)

Florida[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Florida

Georgia[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Georgia

Hawaii[]

A house in Kaimū, Hawaii in 1888. Kaimu was completely destroyed by an eruptive flow of lava from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of the Kīlauea volcano in 1990.[1]

Idaho[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Idaho

Illinois[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Illinois

Indiana[]

The sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana
Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana
An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana

Iowa[]

Donnan, Iowa memorial sign, showing the former location of the City of Donnan

Kansas[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Kansas

Kentucky[]

Main Street, Paradise, Kentucky in 1898

Louisiana[]

Maine[]

Main Street, Flagstaff, Maine, circa 1915
  • Appledore
  • Askwith
  • Flagstaff (submerged to form Flagstaff Lake)
  • Perkins Township (Swan Island)

Maryland[]

  • Altamont (Garrett County)
  • (Garrett County)
  • Broad Creek (Queen Anne's County)
  • Daniels (Baltimore and Howard counties)
  • (Garrett County)
  • (Garrett County)
  • (Garrett County)
  • [2] (Garrett County)
  • Lapidum (Harford County)
  • Selbysport (Garrett County)
  • Sinepuxent ( Worcester County)
  • (Garrett County)
  • (Garrett County)
  • Vindex (Garrett County)
  • Wagner's Point (Baltimore City)
  • (Garrett County)
  • Wilson (Calvert County)

Massachusetts[]

An example of a "Babson Boulder" at Dogtown, Massachusetts
  • Catamount
  • Dana (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
  • Davis
  • Dogtown
  • Enfield (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
  • Greenwich (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
  • Hillsboro
  • Long Point
  • Prescott (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
  • Questing
  • Whitewash Village

Michigan[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Michigan

Minnesota[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Minnesota

Mississippi[]

Front of the former First Presbyterian Church in Rodney, Mississippi

Missouri[]

A street in Hamburg, Missouri, 1933

Montana[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Montana

Nebraska[]

Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska

Nevada[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Nevada

New Hampshire[]

New Jersey[]

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

New Mexico[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in New Mexico

New York[]

  • Conklingville (evacuated and used to dam the Great Sacandaga Lake)
  • Delta (submerged into the Delta Reservoir)
  • Doodletown
  • Elko (Quaker Bridge)
  • Love Canal
  • Kensico, New York (submerged into the Kensico Reservoir)
  • New Ireland
  • Onoville (see Kinzua Dam)
  • Oswego, New York (hamlet), not to be confused with the city of Oswego, New York
  • Parksville[5]
  • Red House (see Allegany State Park)
  • Tahawus

North Carolina[]

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

North Dakota[]

A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel, North Dakota
The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye, North Dakota
Main article: List of ghost towns in North Dakota
External links

Ohio[]

West entrance of the Moonville tunnel in Moonville, Ohio
Intersection of Black Run Road and Shady Glen Road in Knockemstiff, Ohio
  • - small town in Carroll County. Abandoned to make way for Atwood Lake in effort to control flooding
  • - small town in southern Summit County.
  • Blue Ball
  • Boston (aka "Helltown")
  • Claylick, Licking County 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 Dillon Dam floodplain project destroyed this town.[citation needed]
  • Elk Lick (Destroyed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake)[citation needed]
  • Galatea
  • Hibernia
  • Ingham
  • Knockemstiff
  • Moonville
  • New Burlington
  • New Hampton
  • Newville
  • Oreton
  • Providence
  • Rumley[citation needed]
  • (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)[citation needed]
  • San Toy
  • Tadmor[6]
  • [7] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
  • Utopia
  • Winchester
  • Wonderland

Oklahoma[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Oklahoma

Oregon[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Oregon

Pennsylvania[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Pennsylvania

Rhode Island[]

  • Hanton City

South Carolina[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in South Carolina

South Dakota[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in South Dakota

Tennessee[]

Texas[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Texas

Utah[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Utah

Vermont[]

  • Glastenbury
  • Lewiston
  • Somerset

Virginia[]

See also: Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

Washington[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Washington

West Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

Main article: List of ghost towns in Wisconsin

Wyoming[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Pu'u 'Ō'ō Eruption Lasted 35 Years". www.usgs.gov.
  2. ^ Packard, Aaron (May 22, 2011). "The Kendall Lumber Co. of Garrett County, Md". Nova Numismatics. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "DOE Weldon Spring Site History (WSSRAP)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on Apr 2, 2009.
  4. ^ "Livermore". whitemountainhistory.
  5. ^ Labuda, Brian (22 May 2016). "*GHOST TOWN* Parksville, NY". YouTube. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Tadmor, Ohio at DennyGibson.com". www.dennygibson.com.
  7. ^ Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Hafnor, John. Black Hills Believables: Strange-but-true Tales of the Old West. Fort Collins, Colorado: Lone Pine Productions, 2002. 54. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.

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