List of ghost towns in Oklahoma

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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Oklahoma, United States of America

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[edit] Classification

Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted back to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past.

[edit] Maps

To view a map of all ghost towns in Oklahoma sorted by classification, visit Abandoned Oklahoma's Ghost Town Map

[edit] Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Deserted
  • Covered with water
  • Barren site
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

[edit] Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

[edit] Abandoned site

  • 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

[edit] Semi-abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

[edit] Historic community

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

[edit] Ghost towns

Town name   Other name(s)   County   Established   Disestablished   Current status   Remarks   
Aaron Jackson
Abbott Pushmataha 1897 1899
Acme[1][2] Grady 1911 1930 Neglected site Grew around the Acme Cement and Plaster Company mill and power plant.
Adamson[1] Pittsburg Former coal mining town in eastern Oklahoma
Addington[1] Jefferson 1890's present Historic community
Agawam[2]

[3]

 Grady 1909 1919
Alhambra[2] Johnston 1896 1904 Barren site
Alluwe[1] Lightning Creek Nowata 1872 1950's Barren site Founded by the Delaware Indians. Moved to New Alluwe after the creation of the Oologah Reservoir.
Alpha Kingfisher 1893 1903
America[1][2][4] McCurtain 1903 1944 Neglected site
Alsuma Tulsa 1906 1926
Antioch[3] Garvin 1895 1932
Arthur[3] Stephens 1890 1934
Autwine[1] Pierceton, Arta, Virginia City Kay 1894 1930 Barren site
Avard[1] Woods 1904 still present Semi-abandoned site
Avery[1][2] Mound City Lincoln 1902 1957 Neglected site
Avoca Asher Pottawatomie 1894 1906
Bailey[5] Grady All black town.
Bathsheba[2]

[6]
Beck[2]
Beer City[1][2][6][7] White City Texas 1888 1890 Barren site
Bell LeFlore 1891 1897
Benton[1][2] Beaver 1880's 1920 Barren site
Bernice[1][2] Needmore Delaware 1880's 1941 Barren site Original site flooded by Grand Lake o' the Cherokees.
Bethel Grant 1895 1895
Bickford[1][7] Blaine 1904 1927 Barren site Site occupied by Roman Nose State Park
Big Canyon[3] Arbuckle Murray 1961
Big Cedar[1] Bigcedar LeFlore 1903 1943
Blackburn[1][2] Pawnee 1893 1960 Semi-abandoned site
Boggy Depot[1][2][3][7] Old Boggy Depot Atoka 1837 1883 Barren site Site occupied by Boggy Depot State Park
Bookertee[5] Okfuskee All black town.
Braithwaite[2] Washita 1910 1923
Bridgeport[1][2][3] Caddo 1890's present Semi-abandoned site
Brinkman[1][2] Greer 1910 1965 Abandoned site
Bromide[1][2] Juanita, Zenobia[8] Coal, Johnston 1905 present Historic community
Burke City[7] Okfuskee
Button Springs[2] Johnston
Canadian Colored[5] All black town.
Carpenter[2] Roger Mills
Cayuga[1][2] Delaware 1884 1913 Semi-abandoned site
Center[1] Pontotoc 1880's 1900 Semi-abandoned site Destroyed by fire. Old site 1/2 mile north of new community of Center, Oklahoma.
Centralia[1][2] Lucas[8] Craig Semi-abandoned site
Cestos[1][2] Dewey 1898 1923 Semi-abandoned site
Chahta Tamaha[1] Armstrong Academy Bryan 1844 1920 Barren site Former capital of the Choctaw Nation
Charleston Harper
Chase[5] All black town.
Cheek[2]
Cherokee Town[1][2] Garvin 1874 1877 Barren site
Chism[2] McClain
Chisholm Spring Pottawatomie
Citra[2] Hughes
Clarkson Payne
Clebit[7] A logging camp of the Dierks Lumber Company
Clemscott[3] Carter An oil camp in the Healdton Oil Field.
Cloud Chief[1][2][7] Tacola Washita 1892 1964 Semi-Abandoned site Former county seat of Washita County.
Cohn Pushmataha
Cold Springs[1][2] Kiowa 1903 Barren site Cleared for Tom Steed Reservoir.
Conditville[3] Stephens
Cooperton[1][2] Kiowa 1903 still present Semi-abandoned site
Corbett[1][2] Cleveland 1893 1930's Neglected site
Corner[7] Pottawatomie 1903 1906
Cowboy Flats[2] Campbell, Pleasant Valley Logan
Cox City[3] Grady 1927 1964
Cross[1][2][7]
Crum Creek Pushmataha
Dale[2] Pottawatomie
Dawson[2] Tulsa Annexed by the City of Tulsa.
Denoya[7] Whizbang
Dillard[2] Carter
Doaksville[1][2] Choctaw 1847 1903 Barren site Choctaw capital from 1850-1863.
Doby Springs[1] Bellaire Harper 1907 1922
Douglas City[1] Oklahoma 1894 Black community
Douthat[2] Century Ottawa Neglected site
Downs[1] Kingfisher 1889 1900
Eagle City[1][2] Blaine
Eagletown Eagle, Eagle Town McCurtain 1834 Moved to present site in 1920.
Eddy[2][6][7] Kay
Empire[2] Stephens
Erin Springs[3] Garvin
Eubanks Pushmataha
Eschiti[7]
Fallis[1][2] Lincoln 1892 Abandoned site
Fame[2] McIntosh
Fennell[2] Choctaw
Ferguson[5] All black town.
Fisher[2] Fisher's Bottom, Fisherman's Bottom Tulsa
Fleetwood[1][2] Jefferson
Foraker[1][2][6] Osage 1903
Foss[1]

[3][9]

 Washita 1900
Fowlerville[2] McCurtain
Francis[1][2] Newton[2][8] Pontotoc Historic community
Frazer[1][2] Jackson Relocated to higher ground and renamed Altus
Garnetville[2] Oklahoma 1892
Gas City[3] Stephens
Gee Pushmataha
Gene Autry[1][3] Lou, Dresden, Berywn Carter 1883 present
Gibson Station[5] All black town.
Glenwood[2] Oklahoma
Gotebo[2] Kiowa Semi-abandoned site
Grand[1][2][4] Ellis 1892 1943 Former county seat of Day County.
Gumbo Pit[2][6] Oklahoma
Hale Tulsa
Hanson[1][2] LeFlore Flooded by Arkansas River.
Harrison Sequoyah 1908 1912
Helsel[2] Cleveland
Hext[2] Beckham 1901 1902 Along historic Route 66.
Hochatown[7] McCurtain
Hockerville[2] Ottawa 1916 Neglected site
Holder[2]
Hollister[2] Tillman
Hope[2] Stephens
Hoxbar[3] Carter
Humphreys[2] Jackson Semi-abandoned site
Huntville[3] Kingfisher Barren site
Indianapolis[2] Grady
Independence[1][2][6] Custer 1892 1922
Ingalls[1][2][4][6] Payne 1889
Ingersoll[1][2][7] Alfalfa
Iron Post[2] Creek
Jefferson[1][2] Grant 1887
Jennings[2] Pawnee
Jester[2] Greer
Johns Pushmataha
Jumbo[7] Pushmataha 1906 Named for Jumbo Asphalt Company.
Kell City[7]
Keokuk Falls[1][2][4][6][7] Pottawatomie 1892 1918
Keystone[1][2][6][7] Appalachia Pawnee Flooded by Keystone Lake.
Kiamichi Pushmataha
Kibby[2] Harper
Kosoma[7] Pushmataha 1888 1854
Kusa[2] Okmulgee 1916 1936
Lacey[2] Kingfisher 1890 1909
Lake Creek[2]
La Kemp[2] Lakemp Beaver 1909 1919
Lehigh[1][2] Coal 1882 still present Semi-abandoned site Former county seat of Coal County.
Lenna[2]
Lenora[1] Lanora
Liberty[5] Nobel 1893 All black town.
Lone Pine[2]
Lone Star[2] Lonestar Custer 1895 1904
Loveland[1] Harriston Tillman 1908 Semi-abandoned site
Lovell[1] Perth Logan 1889 1957
Lugart[1][6][7] Jackson 1902 1950 Cleared for Lake Altus-Lugart Reservoir
Lyceum Pushmataha
Lyman[2]
Magee[2]
Marina[2]
Marshall Town[5] All black town.
Mayes[1] Adair 1883 1896 Abandoned site Formed around Flint Courthouse, Flint District, Cherokee Nation.
Maxwell[2]
Meers[1][2][3][6][7] Comanche 1902 Abandoned site
Miller Court House McCurtain
Milton[1] Needmore LeFlore 1870 1950's Neglected site Site of the Milton Colony.
Mineral[1] Mineral City Cimarron 1886 1911
Moral[7]
Mouser[1] Texas 1928
Navajoe[4] Jackson 1887
New Spring Place[2]
Newby[2]
Nicksville[1][2] Sequoyah 1828 1829 Former county seat of Lovely County, Arkansas. Site of Dwight Mission.
Nolia Pushmataha
Non[1] Cannon Hughes 1901 1954 Abandoned site
North Fork[5][7] North Fork Town All black town.
Oakdale[2]
Oak Wall[2]
Oil City[3] Wheeler Carter A Healdton Oil Field camp.
Old Kaw City[7]
Olney Parmicho[8] Coal
Omega[3] Kingfisher
Orr[1][2] Love 1892 1957 Neglected site
Paw Paw[4] Sequoyah 1882 1915
Park Hill[1] Cherokee 1838
Parkland[2]
Parkersburg[1][7] Custer 1901 1906 Barren site
Parr[3] Grady 1883
Pavilion[3] Murray
Perryville[7]
Phroso[1] Major 1900 1937 Neglected site
Picher[1][2] Ottawa 1915 2009 Abandoned Large zinc mining town.
Pine Valley[1][7] LeFlore 1926 1953 Neglected site
Piney[1] Adair 1824 Cherokee Nation capital from 1824-1828.
Prot[1][2] Washita 1901
Provine[2][6]
Quay[1] Lawson Pawnee, Payne 1894
Pyramid Corners
Quinlan[1]
Radium Town[2][6]
Redden Atoka
Redland[6]
Reed[1] Greer County, Oklahoma 1892 Semi-abandoned site
Reeding
Reno City[1]
Richards Spur Comanche Semi-abandoned site
Roxana[2][6] Logan
Rodney Pushmataha
Roy Rogers[2]
Sacred Heart[1][2] Pottawatomie
San Bernardo[2][4] Petersburg Jefferson
Sante Fe[1][2]
Sardis[7] Pushmataha
Scipio[2] Pittsburg
Shamrock[2][9]
Silver City[1] Creek
Smackover[3] Kay Barren site
Stecker[2] Caddo
Sumpter[2] Kay
Stuart[2] Hughes
Texanna[2] McIntosh 1839
Texola[2][9] Texokla, Texoma Beckham On old Route 66.
Three Sands[1][2][7] Kay, Noble
Trousdale[2] Pottawatomie
Tuskegee[2] Creek
Uncas[2] Kay
Violet Springs[7]
Washunga[2] Kay
Warwick[9]
Webb[2] Dewey Semi-abandoned site
Wellston Colony[5] All black town.
White Bead[1][3] Garvin
Whizbang Osage
Wildman[1][2] Kiowa
Wirt[1][2] Ragtown Carter 1913 present Incorporated into Healdton.
Witcher[2] Oklahoma
Wolf[2] Seminole Semi-abandoned site
Womack[2] McClain 1899 1909 Barren site
Woodford[1][2][3] Bywater Carter
Wybark[5] All black town.
Yewed[1][2][6] Alfalfa
Yonkers[2] Wagoner
Zena[2] Delaware
Zincville[2] Ottawa

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd Morris, John (1977). Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 229. ISBN 0806114207, 9780806114200. http://books.google.com/?id=fSqmnpHFEF0C. 
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  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Historic All-Black Towns in Oklahoma". African-American Resource Center. Tulsa City-County Library. http://www.tulsalibrary.org/aarc/towns/towns.php. Retrieved May 10, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Ghost Towns, Oklahoma (History)". Ghost Towns. Online Highways. 2008. http://www.ohwy.com/ok/g/ghosttow.htm. Retrieved May 10, 2009. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Wilson, Linda. "Ghost Towns". Oklahoma Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GH002.html. Retrieved July 27, 2009. 
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  9. ^ a b c d "Route 66 Ghost Towns". Legends of America. www.legends of america.com. 2009. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-GhostTowns.html. Retrieved May 10, 2009. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Berry, Shelley, Small Towns, Ghost Memories of Oklahoma: A Photographic Narrative of Hamlets and Villages Throughout Oklahoma's Seventy-seven Counties (Virginia Beach, Va.: Donning Company Publishers, 2004).
  • Blake Gumprecht, "A Saloon On Every Corner: Whiskey Towns of Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 74 (Summer 1996).
  • Carson, Mary. Guide to Treasure in Oklahoma Volume 1. 144.
  • Shirk, George (1987). Oklahoma Place Names. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806120282. http://books.google.com/?id=KpAmsIFdutAC. 
  • "Ghost Towns," Vertical File, Research Division, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City.

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