State atlas · filed under IN
Ghost Towns of Indiana
Indiana's ghosts sit in the coal belt of the southwest and along abandoned canals and interurban lines — small industrial promises the twentieth century declined to keep.
113 sites surveyed across Indiana — 1 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 113 vanished or historical sites in Indiana — 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.
Society Pro
See Indiana as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
145 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Indiana. Pro lays them over today's map with a swipe between then and now, and adds every mine feature, lost place and mineral site the federal record holds for the state.
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Indiana — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.