Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "Ghost towns in Illinois" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Brownsville is a ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. Brownsville, located close to a salt creek that empties into the Big Muddy River, is the former county seat of Jackson County. It is 3.25 miles (5.23 km) due west of Murphysboro and 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of Illinois Route 149. It was moved when the courthouse and ...
Cardiff, Illinois. Cardiff is a ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. [1] Founded as a coal mining town in 1899, it boomed in its first few years. The closure of the mine in 1912 soon led to the community's demise. [2] It is located in Round Grove Township, [3] between the villages of Campus and Reddick .
Crawfordsville, Illinois. / 38.86667°N 87.66944°W / 38.86667; -87.66944. Crawfordsville is a ghost town in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Crawfordsville was 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Flat Rock, and about the same distance north of Birds. The townsite lies on both sides of the dividing line between Honey Creek Township and ...
By 1970, the population had fallen to 79, and it continued to decline to 33 in 1980. The town was submerged under nine feet of water by the Great Flood of 1993, which reached the roofs of the buildings. By 2000, with nine residents, Kaskaskia was almost a ghost town, the least populous incorporated community in the state of Illinois.
Fort Daniel Conservation Area is a 200-acre (0.8 km 2) park located 4 miles (6.5 km) east of Mount Zion, Illinois. The land preserve protects the site of a ghost town, Whistleville. Today, the site centers on hiking and picknicking in the Big Creek watershed southeast of Decatur.
Tuscumbia, Illinois. Tuscumbia is a ghost town in Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, US, that sprang up in the township and was platted by Wade Hampton on 2 March 1837. [1] It consisted of 54 lots. It flourished for a while and had a school, but by 1855, it was abandoned. A sign on County Road 14, known as the Bernadotte blacktop ...
Fremont, Illinois. / 38.72750°N 89.52000°W / 38.72750; -89.52000. Fremont is a ghost town in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Fremont was located in St. Rose Township, 8 miles (13 km) north of Breese .