List of ghost towns in the United States

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

Alabama[edit]

Alaska[edit]

The waterfront at Dyea, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush

Flat, Alaska, August 1, 1911

The abandoned copper mine complex at Kennecott, Alaska

Arizona[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

An aerial view (from a kite) of Pleasure Beach, Connecticut

Delaware[edit]

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
Zwaanendael (first settlement in the state)

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Hawaii[edit]

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[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

The sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana

Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana

An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana

Iowa[edit]

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

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Main Street, Paradise, Kentucky in 1898

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Main Street, Flagstaff, Maine, circa 1915

Appledore
Askwith
Flagstaff (submerged to form Flagstaff Lake)
Perkins Township (Swan Island)

Maryland[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

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[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

Front of the former First Presbyterian Church in Rodney, Mississippi

Missouri[edit]

A street in Hamburg, Missouri, 1933

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)^[3])

Montana[edit]

Nebraska[edit]

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

Nevada[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

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[edit]

New York[edit]

Conklingville (evacuated and used to dam the Great Sacandaga Lake)
Delta (submerged into the Delta Reservoir)
Doodletown
Elko (Quaker Bridge)
Love Canal
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[edit]

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[edit]

A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel, North Dakota

The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye, North Dakota

External links

Ghosts of North Dakota

Ohio[edit]

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
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^[6]
Sprucevale^[7] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
Utopia
Winchester
Wonderland

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

Hanton City

South Carolina[edit]

South Dakota[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

Utah[edit]

Vermont[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

References[edit]

^ Summary of the Pu`u `Ō `ō-Kupaianaha Eruption, 1983-present
^ 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) Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Livermore
^ Labuda, Brian (22 May 2016). "*GHOST TOWN* Parksville, NY". YouTube. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ Tadmor, OH
^ 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[edit]

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

[autogenerated1-1] Summary of the Pu`u `Ō `ō-Kupaianaha Eruption, 1983-present

[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) Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Livermore

[5] Labuda, Brian (22 May 2016). "*GHOST TOWN* Parksville, NY". YouTube. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[6] Tadmor, OH

[7] Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page

[Weis-8] ^ ^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.

[bhb-9] 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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