Ghost Town Trails

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.

Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending

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.

The full survey ledger

Every vanished town the federal archive records in Indiana — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.