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The small lakeside resort town of Villa Epecuén was abandoned on 10 November 1985, after a series of heavy rains caused the lake water levels to rise and flood the town. The remains of the town re-emerged on 11 May 2013, when the waters of the lake receded.
This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state. List of ghost towns in Alabama; List of ghost towns in Alaska; List of ghost towns in Arizona;
Many of the ghost towns in Oregon were once mining or lumber camps that were abandoned after their respective industries became unprosperous. [ 2 ] This list includes towns and communities that have been described as ghost towns, and may be abandoned, unpopulated, or have populations that have declined to significantly small numbers; [ a ] some ...
The following is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Georgia. Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings.
Rhyolite eventually won out before becoming a ghost town as well. Bullionville: Lincoln: 1870: 1882: Barren site: A reliable water supply supported milling in town until nearby Pioche built waterworks to supply water to Pioche mills. Afterward, Bullioniville was slowly abandoned. [3] Cactus Springs: Nye: 1910: 1935: Cactus Springs is a ghost ...
This is a list of some notable ghost towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. A ghost town is a former community that now has no year-round residents or less than 1% of its peak population. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns, although visible remains of only about 640 still exist. Due to incomplete records, no exhaustive list can be produced.
Town Other names County Latitude/Longitude Founded Abandoned Status Remarks Agua Fria: Mariposa: 1850 1862 [1]: Barren [2]: Truly was abandoned after a fire burnt down the town in 1866.
A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye Abandoned church in Temple. Several ghost towns have been recorded in North Dakota and are in various states of disrepair; some are mostly intact but have no residents, while others have completely barren or inaccessible sites. Other communities might have a ...