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.
TownYearsLast pop.Classification
Hindostan FallsMartin Co.Vanished PlaceThe full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Indiana — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AshbyFranklin Co.BrightwoodMarion Co.BuffaloBrown Co.CaledoniaSullivan Co.Calloway StationJefferson Co.CarmelLaPorte Co.Clifford ParkMarion Co.CrossroadsVanderburgh Co.East BrightwoodMarion Co.FarnsworthSullivan Co.Fort GibsonGibson Co.HamiltonBoone Co.Harrison GrangeHarrison Co.Harrison PlaceMarion Co.IrvingtonMarion Co.Lusks MillsParke Co.Mallot ParkMarion Co.MelcherParke Co.MissisinewaMiami Co.NorthwoodMarion Co.PetersburgJackson Co.Pleasant ViewHamilton Co.PottertownParke Co.RobinsonMarion Co.SpringhillDecatur Co.StratfordMarion Co.WagonerMiami Co.WaltonParke Co.WynnsboroHarrison Co.YounoBrown Co.