State atlas · filed under MA
Ghost Towns of Massachusetts
613 sites surveyed across Massachusetts. 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 613 vanished or historical sites in Massachusetts — 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 Massachusetts — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
Acushnet StationBristol Co.AdamsvilleNorfolk Co.AqawamEssex Co.Beaver BrookEssex Co.Belchers CornerNorfolk Co.Camp Mar VelBarnstable Co.Centre VillageMiddlesex Co.Community ParkWorcester Co.DanaWorcester Co.Duck HarborWorcester Co.EnfieldHampshire Co.Factory VillageFranklin Co.Fort WinthropSuffolk Co.FullervilleWorcester Co.Further CreekNantucket Co.GreenwichWorcester Co.Greenwich VillageWorcester Co.Head of PlainsNantucket Co.Hemlock BrookBerkshire Co.JamesvilleWorcester Co.Le Count HollowBarnstable Co.MaddequetNantucket Co.Merino VillageWorcester Co.Middle PastureNantucket Co.MillingtonFranklin Co.Narrow CreekNantucket Co.New TownMiddlesex Co.New WorcesterWorcester Co.North DanaWorcester Co.North PastureNantucket Co.NorthvilleWorcester Co.Norton FurnaceBristol Co.PatuxetPlymouth Co.PaucatuckHampden Co.PlainfieldNantucket Co.PlainvilleHampden Co.PrescottFranklin Co.RogersvilleMiddlesex Co.SmithsFranklin Co.SnellvilleWorcester Co.South East QuarterNantucket Co.South PastureNantucket Co.StonehavenEssex Co.The PlainsNantucket Co.TrowbridgevilleWorcester Co.Truro StationBarnstable Co.Tufts VillageWorcester Co.Union ChapelWorcester Co.Valley FallsWorcester Co.West CornersNorfolk Co.WingaersheekEssex Co.