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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Pennsylvania. Many of the ghost towns in Pennsylvania are located in Western Pennsylvania, particularly in the Appalachian and Allegheny regions of the Rust Belt. [1] During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the mountainous parts of Pennsylvania were home to a booming coal industry. [2]
Centralia (/ s ɛ n ˈ t r eɪ l i ə / sen-TRAY-li-ə) is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 [8] because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.
November 21, 2003. Fricks Locks Historic District or more simply Frick's Lock is an abandoned village, along the also abandoned Schuylkill Canal, in the northeast portion of East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. This 18th-century village outlasted the canal, being abandoned in the late 20th century with the construction of the ...
W. Wehrum, Pennsylvania. West Overton, Pennsylvania. Categories: Ghost towns in the United States by state. Former populated places in Pennsylvania. Commons category link is on Wikidata.
73001667 [2] Pithole, or Pithole City, is a ghost town in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Oil Creek State Park and the Drake Well Museum, the site of the first commercial oil well in the United States. [3] Pithole's sudden growth and equally rapid decline, as well as its status as a ...
Area code. 814. GNIS feature ID. 1204595 [1] Scotia is a ghost town located in Patton Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Although the community was called Scotia, the name of the local post office was Benore. [2] (. Ben is Gaelic for "mountain [of]" but further etymology of the name is unknown.) [citation needed]
Masten, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41°30′26″N 76°49′14″W. Masten is a ghost town in Cascade and McNett Townships in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was a lumber mill company town from 1905 to 1930, served as the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp from 1933 to 1940, and the last family left it in 1941.
Area code. 814. GNIS feature ID. 1177810 [1] Ingleby is a ghost town located in Haines Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is nearest to the town of Coburn and borders the Bald Eagle State Forest. Other nearby towns include Aaronsburg, Millheim, and Woodward. It was at one time also named Fowler.