State atlas · filed under DC
Ghost Towns of District of Columbia
193 sites surveyed across District of Columbia. Full records are being verified and charted — the survey marks below are where they'll appear.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 193 vanished or historical sites in District of Columbia — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in District of Columbia — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
Armsleigh ParkDistrict of Columbia Co.BloodfieldDistrict of Columbia Co.BrinetownDistrict of Columbia Co.CarrollsburgDistrict of Columbia Co.CowtownDistrict of Columbia Co.Dobbins AdditionDistrict of Columbia Co.Fairview HeightsDistrict of Columbia Co.Fernwood HeightsDistrict of Columbia Co.Georgetown HeightsDistrict of Columbia Co.HamburghDistrict of Columbia Co.HarlemDistrict of Columbia Co.Hells BottomDistrict of Columbia Co.Monastery LotDistrict of Columbia Co.Morris AdditionDistrict of Columbia Co.NacocktankeDistrict of Columbia Co.NacotchtankeDistrict of Columbia Co.PipetownDistrict of Columbia Co.Potomac CityDistrict of Columbia Co.Pretty ProspectDistrict of Columbia Co.RobeyvilleDistrict of Columbia Co.Sauis AdditionDistrict of Columbia Co.TohogaDistrict of Columbia Co.Tunlaw HeightsDistrict of Columbia Co.WestonDistrict of Columbia Co.WidowsvilleDistrict of Columbia Co.YoungsboroughDistrict of Columbia Co.