This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the United States.
Alabama
Alaska
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The waterfront at Dyea, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush
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Flat, Alaska, August 1, 1911
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The abandoned copper mine complex at Kennecott, Alaska
- Afognak
- Belkofski
- Cape York
- Chena
- Chisana
- Council
- Curry
- Dickson
- Dyea
- Flat
- Gilmore
- Iditarod
- Independence Mines
- Kalakaket
- Katalla
- Kennicott
- Kern
- Kijik
- King Island
- Knik
- Loring
- Mary's Igloo
- Meehan
- Ohagamiut
- Olnes
- Ophir
- Pedro
- Poorman
- Port Wakefield
- Portage
- Portlock
- Prospect Creek
- Seaside
- Snettisham
- Speel River
- Sulzer
- Three Saints Bay
- Toklat
- Tin City
- Unga
- York
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
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An aerial view (from a kite) of Pleasure Beach, Connecticut
Delaware
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A destroyed Glenville, Delaware home, two weeks after Hurricane Isabel impacted Delaware (photo taken October 2, 2003)
- Banning
- Glenville
- New Market
- Owens Station
- Saint Johnstown
- Woodland
- Woodland Beach
- Zwaanendael (first settlement in the state)[1]
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
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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.[2]
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
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The sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana
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Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana
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An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana
- Anita
- Baltimore
- Barbersville
- Beeville
- Berlin
- Brisco
- Chatterton
- Chesapeake
- Collins
- Conrad
- Corwin (Henry County)
- Corwin (Tippecanoe County)
- Dresser
- Dunn
- Elkinsville
- Elizabethtown (Delaware County)
- Glen Hall
- Granville
- Heath
- Hindostan Falls (Martin County)
- Kickapoo
- Locust Grove
- Marshfield
- Martinsville
- Mollie
- Monument City (Huntington County)
- Point Pleasant
- Prairieville
- Quaker
- Randall
- Renner
- Sheff
- Sloan
- Springville (Clark County)
- Stringtown (Fountain County)
- Toronto
- Tremont
- Vermont
- Walnut Grove
- Warrenton
- West Union
Iowa
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Donnan, Iowa memorial sign, showing the former location of the City of Donnan
Kansas
Kentucky
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Main Street, Paradise, Kentucky in 1898
Louisiana
Maine
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Main Street, Flagstaff, Maine, circa 1915
- Appledore
- Askwith
- Flagstaff (submerged to form Flagstaff Lake)
- Perkins Township (Swan Island)
Maryland
- Altamont (Garrett County)
- Blooming Rose (Garrett County)
- Broad Creek (Queen Anne's County)
- Daniels (Baltimore and Howard counties)
- Davis (Garrett County)
- Frankville (Garrett County)
- Kempton (Garrett County)
- Kendall[3] (Garrett County)
- Lapidum (Harford County)
- Selbysport (Garrett County)
- Sinepuxent ( Worcester County)
- Skipnish (Garrett County)
- Thomas (Garrett County)
- Vindex (Garrett County)
- Wagner's Point (Baltimore City)
- Wallman (Garrett County)
- Wilson (Calvert County)
Massachusetts
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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
- Norton Furnace
- Prescott (submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir)
- Questing
- Whitewash Village
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
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Front of the former First Presbyterian Church in Rodney, Mississippi
Missouri
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A street in Hamburg, Missouri, 1933
- Ark
- Arlington
- Bloodland
- Columbia Conservation
- Cookville
- Georgia City
- Hamburg
- Holman
- Hopewell (Daviess County)
- Hopewell (Mississippi County)
- Hopewell Furnace
- Howell
- Lakeside Estate
- Melva
- Monark Springs
- Phenix
- Possum Trot
- Saint Annie
- Times Beach
- Toonerville
- Wayman
- Wakenda
- 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)[4])
Montana
Nebraska
Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska
- Andrews
- Appleton
- Armour
- Ashford
- Belmont
- Bookwalter
- Breslau
- Butler
- Cincinnati
- DeWitty
- Dobytown
- Duff
- Dunwell
- Factoryville
- Glen
- Gross (near ghost town)
- Homerville
- Jacksonville
- Koesterville
- Linton
- Marsland
- Mayberry
- Minersville
- Mission Creek
- Monowi (near ghost town)
- New Home
- North Summerfield
- Omadi
- Pittsburg
- Pleasant Valley
- Rock Bluff
- Scott's Valley
- Schafferville
- Spring Ranche
- St. Deroin
- Tate
- Tipp's Branch
- Unit
- Violet
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
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[6]
- 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
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A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel, North Dakota
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The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye, North Dakota
- External links
Ohio
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West entrance of the Moonville tunnel in Moonville, Ohio
Intersection of Black Run Road and Shady Glen Road in Knockemstiff, Ohio
- Atwood (Carroll County) - small town in Carroll County. Abandoned to make way for Atwood Lake in effort to control flooding
- Atwood (Summit County) - small town in southern Summit County.
- Blowville
- 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
- Moscow, Licking County
- New Burlington
- New Hampton
- Newville
- Oreton
- Providence
- Revenge
- Rumley[citation needed]
- Rural Hill (Once thriving, died after local slaughter house, the main employer, closed its doors)[citation needed]
- 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
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
- Glastenbury
- Lewiston
- Mansfield
- Philadelphia
- Ricker Basin
- Smith Family Farms
- Smithfield
- Somerset
- Sterling
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Atlantic City[9]
- Alva
- Baker Town
- Barrett Town
- Bear Rock
- Benton[9]
- Bessemer
- Bosler
- Bryan
- Buckhorn
- Buford
- Cambria
- Canyon Springs[10]
- Carbon Timber Town[9]
- Clifton
- The Duncan[9]
- Empire
- Forest City
- Fort Steele[9]
- Gebo
- Hecla
- Horton
- Jeffrey City
- Jireh
- Kane
- Lewiston[9]
- Manhattan
- Mineral Hill
- Miner's Delight[9]
- Moskee
- Pacific Springs[9]
- Piedmont
- Rocky Ford
- South Pass City[9]
- Sherman
- Spencer
- Sunrise
- Table Rock
- Tubb Town
- Van Tassell
- Walcott[9]
- Welcome
- Whoop-Up[10]
See also
- Dogpatch USA
- Ghost Town in the Sky
- Ghost Town, Oakland, California
- Ghost town
- List of ghost towns by country
- List of flooded towns in the United States
References
- ^ Keeling, Stephen (2020). "Delaware". USA. Donna Dailey, Mike Gerrard, Taraneh Ghajar Jerven, Patricia Harris, David Lyon, Paul Oswell. New York. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-241-40863-6. OCLC 1153969073.
- ^ "The Pu'u 'Ō'ō Eruption Lasted 35 Years". www.usgs.gov.
- ^ Packard, Aaron (May 22, 2011). "The Kendall Lumber Co. of Garrett County, Md". Nova Numismatics. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "DOE Weldon Spring Site History (WSSRAP)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on Apr 2, 2009.
- ^ "Livermore". whitemountainhistory.
- ^ Labuda, Brian (22 May 2016). "*GHOST TOWN* Parksville, NY". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Tadmor, Ohio at DennyGibson.com". www.dennygibson.com.
- ^ Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Ghosttowns.com
- Alabama Ghost Towns DigitalAlabama.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