List of ghost towns in California
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns on California.
Classification[edit]
Barren site[edit]
- Sites no longer in existence
- Sites that have been destroyed
- Covered with water
- Reverted to pasture
- May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most
Neglected site[edit]
- Only rubble left
- Roofless building ruins
- Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
Abandoned site[edit]
- Building or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses all abandoned
- No population, except caretaker
- Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
Semi abandoned site[edit]
- Building or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses largely abandoned
- few residents
- many abandoned buildings
- Small population
Historic community[edit]
- Building or houses still standing
- Still a busy community
- Smaller than its boom years
- Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.
List[edit]
Fresno
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 739. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Agua Fria". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ a b "NO. 121 AGUA MANSA". ohp.parks.ca.gov. Office of Historical Preservation. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Agua Mansa". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names (Fourth ed.). University of California Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
- ^ Article by Jon M. Corry, http://ghosttowns.com/states/ca/lexingtonandalma.html
- ^ "THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES" (PDF). pubs.usgs.gov. 1905. p. 33.
- ^ Randall, Guy. "Amboy Area". www.theroadwanderer.net. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "The Most Haunted Ghost Towns". United States Ghost Towns. November 21, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Older towns dot valley when Lodi established". Lodi News-Sentinel. September 9, 1969. pp. 8C. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 70-84.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1216. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.