Field atlas of American ghost towns
The towns America left behind.
Find ghost towns near you — where they are, how they died, and what's still standing.
23 records on file · 52,740 sites surveyed · all 50 states
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Famous American ghost towns
Bodie, CA
1859–1942Verified Ghost Town
A gold-rush boomtown of 8,000, kept in arrested decay since 1962.
Last known population: 0
Rhyolite, NV
1904–1916Verified Ghost Town
Concrete ruins of a five-year gold boom, minutes from Death Valley.
Last known population: 0
Centralia, PA
1866–1992Near-Abandoned
The coal town condemned over a fire that is still burning underneath it.
Last known population: 5
Terlingua, TX
1888–1946Near-Abandoned
A mercury-mining ruin near Big Bend that came partway back to life.
Last known population: 58
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Ghost towns by state
Alabama2,938Alaska729Arizona554Arkansas1,289California4,017Colorado584Connecticut314Delaware47District of Columbia193Florida841Georgia1,796Hawaii294Idaho646Illinois581Indiana113Iowa1,282Kansas1,053Kentucky2,788Louisiana1,220Maine428Maryland620Massachusetts613Michigan1,704Minnesota737Mississippi2,183Missouri1,218Montana2,347Nebraska484Nevada1,920New Hampshire213New Jersey369New Mexico1,119New York1,104North Carolina1,212North Dakota161Ohio1,318Oklahoma148Oregon3,015Pennsylvania1,364Rhode Island151South Carolina1,097South Dakota833Tennessee2,272Texas745Utah384Vermont177Virginia1,263Washington807West Virginia601Wisconsin424Wyoming430