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Lists Of Ghost Towns In The United States
This is a list of lists of Ghost town, 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 *List of ghost towns in Arkansas *List of ghost towns in California *List of ghost towns in Colorado *List of ghost towns in Connecticut *List of ghost towns in Delaware *List of ghost towns in Florida *List of ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state), List of ghost towns in Georgia *List of ghost towns in Hawaii *List of ghost towns in Idaho *List of ghost towns in Illinois *List of ghost towns in Indiana *List of ghost towns in Iowa *List of ghost towns in Kansas *List of ghost towns in Kentucky *List of ghost towns in Louisiana *List of ghost towns in Maine *List of ghost towns in Maryland *List of ghost towns in Massachusetts *List of ghost towns in Michigan *List of ghost towns in Minnesota *List of ghost towns in Mississippi *List of ghost towns in Missouri *List of ghost towns in Montana *List of ghost to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it (usually industrial or agricultural) has failed or ended for any reason (e.g. a host ore deposit exhausted by mining). The town may have also declined because of natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged Drought, droughts, extreme heat or extreme cold, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents, nuclear and radiation-related accidents and incidents. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighborhoods that, though still populated, are significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction. Some ghost towns, especially those that preserve period-specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Kansas
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the state of Kansas. Causes Many reasons exist as to why a community becomes abandoned (or nearly so). *Transportation: With the development of major highways and interstates, people were willing to travel farther for goods and services causing local businesses in smaller towns to lose customers and ultimately close. The more businesses that close, the more people are apt to want to move away to a bigger town. Transportation has played a major role in settlement in Kansas. As traffic from the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails increased, towns boomed along them. 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 proslavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, proslavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on it winning the county seat. Towns that were contender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In New Hampshire ...
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in New Hampshire: * Beebe River * Carrigain * East Weare * GosportAlonzo Fogg; The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, D.L. Guernsey, 1874 * Johnson * Kilkenny * Little Canada * Livermore * Monson * Old Hill Village * True Francestown * Zealand See also * Defunct placenames of New Hampshire *New Milford, New Hampshire, a fictional ghost town, created as a hoax * New Hampshire historical markers: ** No. 143: East Weare Village ** No. 185: Willowdale Settlement ** No. 198: Alderbrook ** No. 200: Wildwood ** No. 233: Zealand and James Everell Henry References {{Lists of ghost towns by U.S. state New Hampshire Ghost towns Ghost towns A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Nevada
Most ghost towns in Nevada in the United States are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that were not set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations. In Clark County, settlements along the Colorado River have been submerged underneath the reservoirs of Lake Mead or Lake Mohave. Conditions Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of buildings or civilization, and have reverted to empty land. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Still others may support full-time residents, though usually far fewer than at their historical peak, while others may now be museums or historical sites. For ease of reference, the sites listed have been placed into one of the following general categories. ;Barren site * Site is no longer in existence * Site has been destroyed, covered with water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Nebraska
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska. Ghost towns Notes and references {{Lists of ghost towns by U.S. state Ghost towns in Nebraska, Lists of ghost towns in the United States, Nebraska Nebraska geography-related lists, Ghost towns Nebraska history-related lists, Ghost towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Montana
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Montana. A ghost town is a town or city which has lost all of its businesses and population. 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 a flood, government action, uncontrolled lawlessness, or war. The term is sometimes used in a deprecated sense on the internet to include cities, towns, and neighborhoods which, while still populated, are significantly less so than in years past. Abandoned towns *Aldridge, Park County, , el. , * Bannack, Beaverhead County, , el. * Coloma, Missoula County , el. * Diamond City, Broadwater County, , el. , and satellite communities of El Dorado, Boulder, Jim Town, and Cement Gulch City, all in Confederate Gulch * Junction City, Yellowstone County, * Rancher, Treasure County * Rocky Point, Fergus County, * Thoeny, Valley County * Wheat Basin, Stillwater County Towns with residual pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Missouri
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Missouri. * Ark ( Dent County) * Arlington ( Phelps County) * Bloodland ( Pulaski County) * Cave ( Lincoln County) * Columbia / St. Vrain * Cookville ( Pulaski County) * Doolittle ( Phelps County) * Georgia City ( Jasper County) * Hamburg ( St. Charles County) * Holman ( Webster County) * Hopewell (Daviess County) * Hopewell (Mississippi County) * Hopewell Furnace ( Washington County) * Howell ( St. Charles County) * Lakeside ( Miller County) * Lakeside Estate ( Benton County) * Lone Tree ( Cass County) * Melva ( Taney County) * Monark Springs ( Newton County) * (Old) Pattonsburg, Missouri ( Daviess County) * Phenix ( Greene County) * Plew ( Lawrence County) * Possum Trot ( Stone County) * Rueter ( Taney County) * Saint Annie ( Laclede County) * San Andres Del Misuri ( St. Charles County) * Spencer ( Lawrence County) * Tea ( Gasconade County) * Times Beach ( St. Louis County) * Toonerville ( St. Charles C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Mississippi
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Minnesota
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Minnesota, a northern state in the United States of America. * Ashton * Belden * Betcher * Bodum * Bruce * Carnegie * Cazenovia * Chengwatana * Chippewa City * Cisco * Clayton * Clear Grit * Colvill * Constance * Coopers Corner * Costin Village * Cuba * Dale * Dickinson * Elcor * Elliota * Enterprise * Fairland * Fairpoint * Fermoy * Finland * Florence, Goodhue County * Forestville (see also Forestville Mystery Cave State Park) * Frankford Village * Garen * Grover * Harlis * Hereford * Homedahl * Lake Addie * Leaf River * Lewiston * London * Lude * Mallard * Manganese * Muskoda * New Prairie * Nininger * Oak Lake * Old Crow Wing * Old Wadena * Parkton * Pelan * Pitt * Point Douglas * Pomme de Terre * Rice Lake * San Francisco * Shell City * Spina Spina was an Etruscan port city, established by the end of the 6th century BCE, on the Adriatic at the ancient mouth of the Po. Discovery Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Michigan
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Michigan. Classification ;Barren site * Sites no longer in existence * Sites that have been destroyed * Submerged * Reverted to pasture * May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/footings at most ;Neglected site * Only rubble left * All buildings uninhabited * Roofless building ruins * Some buildings or houses still standing ;Abandoned site * Buildings or houses still standing * Buildings and houses all abandoned * No population, except caretaker * Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings (for example old church, grocery store) ;Semiabandoned site * Building or houses still standing * Buildings and houses largely abandoned * Fewer than 50 residents (small population) * Many abandoned buildings ;Historic community * Building or houses still standing * Still a busy community * Smaller than its boom years * Population has decreased dramatically, to one-fifth or less * May now be a census designated place * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Massachusetts
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. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past. Classification Barren site * Sites no longer in existence * Sites that have been destroyed * Covered with water * Reverted to pasture * May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most Neglected site * Only rubble left * All buildings uninhabited * Roofless building ruins * Some buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless Abandoned site * Building or houses still standing * Buildings and houses all abandoned * No population, except caretaker * Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Maryland
The following is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Maryland. 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. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past. Many ghost towns can be located in the Appalachian Maryland, Appalachian counties, particularly Garrett County, Maryland, Garrett County. During the 18th and 19th century, a number of "boom towns" were formed to participate in the flourishing Coal mining, coal, Rail industry, railroad, and Iron industry, iron industries. Towards the late 19th century, the resources in the region had begun to deplete, and the onset of the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depression finally killed many of the industrial towns. Classification Barren s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
