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Search. Appearance. Donate; Create account; Log in; Personal tools. ... This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state. List of ghost towns in ...
Abandoned Melmont: Pierce: 1900 Early 1920s Barren Mendota: Lewis: 1909 (post office established) 1923 (post office closed) Mineral City: Snohomish: North of Galena on Silver Creek 1873 (settled as Silver City) 1892 (established as Mineral City) Barren Mock: Spokane: Molson [1] [5] Okanogan: 1900 August 1967 (post office closed) Historic ...
a Cherokee settlement that was overtaken by European-Americans and later abandoned for larger towns. [16] Constitution: DeKalb: 1952 Absorbed absorbed into Atlanta in 1952. Corinth: Sumter: 12 miles east of Americus: Clyde: Bryan: Formerly the county seat of Bryan County. [17] Dewsville: Baker: Doctortown: Wayne: Due: Fannin: Ebenezer ...
Began as a land promotion in 1909. Mostly abandoned during the Great Depression in the United States. [401] Pumpville: Val Verde: Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. [402] Pyote: Ward [403] Quigley: Jasper [404] Quincy: Bee: Originally known as the John Quincy Ranch. [405] Rath City: Stonewall [406 ...
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Massachusetts. 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.
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]
When railroads were established towns developed along the tracks or even moved to where the tracks were. Politics – In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county ...
Area was once occupied by the United States Army to keep surveillance on the Apache. [12] Canelo: Santa Cruz: c. 1904: Semi-abandoned site: Several historic buildings remain, including a one-room schoolhouse and a United States Forest Service ranger station complex. Canyon Diablo: Exit 230 off Interstate 40: Coconino: 1882: Before 1947: Neglected