State atlas · filed under MD

Ghost Towns of Maryland

Maryland's lost towns line the Chesapeake and the coal hollows of the far west — tobacco ports silted into marsh, oyster communities that followed the beds' collapse, and Georges Creek mining patches.

620 sites surveyed across Maryland — 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 620 vanished or historical sites in Maryland — 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

DanielsBaltimore Co.1810–19720Vanished Place

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See Maryland as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919

482 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Maryland. 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.

1,200mine features

1,090mineral sites

1,166lost places

482survey sheets

The full survey ledger

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

AdmiralAnne Arundel Co.Airport BeachBaltimore Co.AlbertonHoward Co.AlliboneHarford Co.Annemessix TowneSomerset Co.ApplegarthDorchester Co.AsberryAnne Arundel Co.AsylumBaltimore Co.Bald FriarCecil Co.BankCecil Co.BattleCalvert Co.Bay Shore ParkBaltimore Co.BayshoreBaltimore Co.BayviewWorcester Co.Bel HillCecil Co.BerrettGarrett Co.BethelSomerset Co.BlairtownCaroline Co.BosleyBaltimore Co.BradleysburgCaroline Co.BradshawGarrett Co.BridewellAnne Arundel Co.BrightsideBaltimore Co.BristolCharles Co.Bristol LandingAnne Arundel Co.Browns StoreWashington Co.CanavestFrederick Co.Carrs StoreBaltimore Co.Cash CornerCecil Co.CatlinQueen Anne's Co.CherryfieldCharles Co.Cider Barrel Motor Home CourtMontgomery Co.ClaremontBaltimore (city) Co.ColeHarford Co.ConcordCecil Co.ConowingoCecil Co.CoverCarroll Co.CrabsterCarroll Co.Crawford AcresCecil Co.CromwellAnne Arundel Co.CylburnBaltimore (city) Co.DaresCalvert Co.DarintonBaltimore Co.DavisHoward Co.DeercreekHarford Co.DenbighKent Co.DennisFrederick Co.DoncasterTalbot Co.Dorseys RunHoward Co.Dulaney ValleyBaltimore Co.EdwinSomerset Co.EnnallsDorchester Co.EwingvilleCecil Co.EyelerFrederick Co.FitzellBaltimore Co.Five PointsCecil Co.FlintvilleHarford Co.Fords WharfSomerset Co.Forest GroveMontgomery Co.ForestvaleMontgomery Co.Foys HillCecil Co.FrankfordWicomico Co.FrederickFrederick Co.FrostAllegany Co.GareysCaroline Co.GeicesGarrett Co.Glen CoveHarford Co.GluckheimDorchester Co.GoldsboroughKent Co.GoldsboroughTalbot Co.Good LuckPrince George's Co.GorsuchCarroll Co.GraftonCharles Co.Grafton ShopsHarford Co.GunrichBaltimore Co.HarperTalbot Co.HarrisburgKent Co.HartleyBaltimore Co.Head of CanalCecil Co.Head of CreekSomerset Co.HearnsWicomico Co.HighlandHarford Co.HiltonHoward Co.Holabird HomesBaltimore (city) Co.HollinsBaltimore Co.HowardSomerset Co.HuntingtonCalvert Co.JacksontownCharles Co.JamesDorchester Co.KeenerBaltimore Co.KellyWicomico Co.Log TownMontgomery Co.LondontowneAnne Arundel Co.LongsFrederick Co.Lower BrambleySt. Mary's Co.MagnoliaHoward Co.ManahanCarroll Co.MasonvilleBaltimore (city) Co.MattapanientSt. Mary's Co.MechanicsvilleHarford Co.MinersvilleBaltimore (city) Co.MinksvilleWicomico Co.MonocacyMontgomery Co.MonteithPrince George's Co.Mount PleasantCecil Co.Nellys CornerCecil Co.NewtownSt. Mary's Co.North BranchBaltimore Co.OctararoCecil Co.OmarAnne Arundel Co.Orange GroveBaltimore Co.Orange GroveHoward Co.PalmerCarroll Co.Patuxent HighlandCalvert Co.PearsonSt. Mary's Co.Penwood ParkBaltimore Co.PhoenixAllegany Co.Piney CreekCarroll Co.Piney GroveWorcester Co.Pipe CreekCarroll Co.PortersAllegany Co.Portland StationAnne Arundel Co.ProvidenceAnne Arundel Co.PushawCalvert Co.RenixAllegany Co.Retreat GroveFrederick Co.RiverviewBaltimore (city) Co.RoddyFrederick Co.RogersBaltimore Co.RoverHoward Co.Saint LeonardCalvert Co.ShamburgBaltimore Co.Shanty TownAllegany Co.SharrettsCarroll Co.SheppardBaltimore Co.ShockeysWashington Co.ShoresvilleBaltimore (city) Co.SkipnishGarrett Co.Snow HillCecil Co.SolomonCalvert Co.Somersett TownSomerset Co.Spring HillCharles Co.StaffordHarford Co.StilltownCharles Co.StonebrakerWashington Co.SummerfieldBaltimore Co.SummervilleCalvert Co.SunderlandvilleCalvert Co.SusquehannaSt. Mary's Co.SwantonKent Co.TalbertPrince George's Co.The RockCecil Co.Town CreekAllegany Co.TriadelphiaMontgomery Co.TriadelphiaHoward Co.UnderwoodSt. Mary's Co.Upper BrambleySt. Mary's Co.VictorSomerset Co.WaringMontgomery Co.WarringtonCalvert Co.Wellham CrossroadsAnne Arundel Co.WilliamsburgTalbot Co.WilsonCalvert Co.WinansBaltimore Co.WindhamMontgomery Co.WinthropCharles Co.YorkeTalbot Co.

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