List of ghost towns in the United States

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

**Contents:** U.S. states (links in *italic* lead to a new page)
Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

Listing by state

Alabama

Alaska

File:Dyea Waterfront March 1898 (Maslan) 1.jpg

The waterfront at Dyea, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush

File:Flat AK 1911.jpg

Flat, Alaska, August 1, 1911

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The abandoned copper mine complex at Kennecott, Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

File:Ghost Town - Pleasure Beach.jpg

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

Delaware

File:Abandoned house in Glenville Delaware.jpg

A destroyed Glenville, Delaware home, two weeks after a storm destroyed the community (photo taken October 2, 2003)

Banning
Glenville
New Market
Owens Station
Saint Johnstown
Zwaanendael (first settlement in the state)

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

A house in Kaimu, 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

Illinois

Indiana

File:Baltimore, Indiana house.png

the sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana

File:Corwin, Indiana.png

Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana

File:Sloan, Indiana building and silos.png

An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana

Iowa

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

Kansas

Kentucky

File:MainStreetParadise1898.jpg

Main Street, Paradise, Kentucky in 1898

Alexandria, Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

File:Main Street, Flagstaff, ME.jpg

Main Street, Flagstaff, Maine, circa 1915

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

Maryland

Altamont (Garrett County)
Blooming Rose (Garrett County)
Broad Creek
Daniels
Davis (Garrett County)
Frankville (Garrett County)
Kempton (Garrett County)
Kendall^[2]
Lapidum
Selbysport (Garrett County)
Sinepuxent
Skipnish (Garrett County)
Thomas (Garrett County)
Vindex^{[disambiguation needed]} (Garrett County)
Wagner's Point
Wallman (Garrett County)
Wilson

Massachusetts

File:Nevertry.jpg

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

Minnesota

Ashton
Beaver
Blue Eagle
Bodum
Bruce
Carnegie
Cazenovia
Chengwatana
Childs
Cisco
Clayton
Costin Village
Dale
Dorothy
Elcor
Enterprise
Fermoy
Forestville (see also Forestville Mystery Cave State Park)
Garen
Grover
Homedahl
Huot
Imogene
Leaf River
Lewiston
Lewisville
London
Lude
Mallard
Manganese
Muskoda
New Prairie
Nininger
Oak Lake
Old Crow Wing
Parkton
Pelan
Philbrook
Pinewood
Pitt
Pomme De Terre
Radium
San Francisco
Shell City
Spina
Vawter
Vicksburg
West Newton
Whitewater Falls
Winner
Winnipeg Junction

Mississippi

File:First Presbyterian Church in Rodney.jpg

Front of the former First Presbyterian Church in Rodney, Mississippi

Missouri

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A street in Hamburg, Missouri, 1933

(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

Nebraska

File:Rock Bluff School from S 1.JPG

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

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)
Doodletown
Elko (Quaker Bridge)
Love Canal
Onoville (see Kinzua Dam)
Oswego, New York (hamlet), not to be confused with the city of Oswego, New York
Red House (see Allegany State Park)
Tahawus

North Carolina

Brunswick Town (former state capital)
Buffalo City
Cataloochee
Diamond City
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

File:Petrel, North Dakota.jpg

A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel, North Dakota

File:Verendrye School.jpg

The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye, North Dakota

External links

Ohio

File:Moonville tunnel.jpg

West entrance of the Moonville tunnel in Moonville, Ohio

File:Knockemstiff, Ohio.JPG

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, Ohio (aka "Helltown")
Claylick, Licking County, Ohio 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]}
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 ^[9]
Sprucevale ^[10] (Canal town abandoned in 1870 with the closing of the canal, whose locks are still present)
Utopia
Winchester
Wonderland

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Hanton City

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

References

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↑ DOE Weldon Spring Site History (WSSRAP)
↑ Livermore
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 New Milwaukee Towns, Mandan [North Dakota] Pioneer 4/8/1910
↑ Brisbane, ND Postal Application 1910
↑ Brisbane North Dakota
↑ Where was Dogtooth North Dakota?
↑ Tadmor, OH
↑ Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page
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↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 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
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

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[3] DOE Weldon Spring Site History (WSSRAP)

[4] Livermore

[milwaukee-5] 5.0 ^5.1 New Milwaukee Towns, Mandan [North Dakota] Pioneer 4/8/1910

[6] Brisbane, ND Postal Application 1910

[7] Brisbane North Dakota

[8] Where was Dogtooth North Dakota?

[9] Tadmor, OH

[10] Sprucevale on Dead Ohio web page

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