Road-trip index
Ghost Towns near Jacksonville
The survey records 357 vanished or historical sites within 100 miles of Jacksonville, FL. Here's what's closest — and which places have full records worth planning a day around.
Charted towns within range
Ellaville, FL~91 mi
Vanished Place
A governor's sawmill empire at the Suwannee — Florida's forest reclaimed it whole.
Dorchester, SC~201 mi
Historic Townsite
A colonial town older than the republic — bell tower and fort still standing guard.
Fort Dade, FL~201 mi
Vanished Place
A brick-street army town on a sinking island at the mouth of Tampa Bay.
Closest surveyed sites — records pending
San Nicolas Palica, FL~5 mi
San Pablo Patali, FL~9 mi
Marshall Plantation, FL~13 mi
Tolomato, FL~13 mi
East Mayport, FL~15 mi
San Diego Salamototo, FL~20 mi
Solite, FL~20 mi
Julia, FL~20 mi
Black Creek, FL~21 mi
Pocotalaco, FL~29 mi
Every one of these is on the national atlas map — zoom into the Jacksonville area to see them in place.