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Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; Create account; Log in; Personal tools. Donate; ... This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state.
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 ...
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.
The camp was first called Gold Circle, but when the post office was established in 1907, officials decided that Nevada had too many towns with "gold" in their names, and the town was renamed Midas. [3] Millers: Esmeralda: Miriam: Churchill: Non-agency station of the SPRR [9] Mountain City: Elko: 1870: Semi-abandoned town: Nevada City: Churchill ...
The following is a list of ghost towns in Idaho.A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains.A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions or uncontrolled lawlessness.
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 ...
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 ...