State atlas · filed under OR
Ghost Towns of Oregon
Oregon's ghosts are gold camps in the blue mountains and high desert homestead towns — the state's dryland southeast emptied within a generation of proving up — plus coastal and Cascade timber company towns.
3,015 sites surveyed across Oregon — 6 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 3,015 vanished or historical sites in Oregon — 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
GraniteGrant Co.Near-AbandonedAntelopeWasco Co.Near-AbandonedHardmanMorrow Co.Near-AbandonedGoldenJosephine Co.Historic TownsiteSumpterBaker Co.Near-AbandonedShanikoWasco Co.Near-Abandoned
Society Pro
See Oregon as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
202 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Oregon. 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.
14,775mine features
16,397mineral sites
3,972lost places
202survey sheets
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Oregon — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AlbeeUmatilla Co.AlderWallowa Co.AleMarion Co.AllentownJosephine Co.AlthouseJosephine Co.AlvilleGilliam Co.AmosLane Co.AnchorDouglas Co.AnidemLinn Co.AntoneWheeler Co.ArmetLane Co.ArminWallowa Co.AsbestosJackson Co.AuburnBaker Co.AudreyBaker Co.AxehandleJefferson Co.Bachelor FlatColumbia Co.BarkleyKlamath Co.BarnegatTillamook Co.BarronJackson Co.BayoceanTillamook Co.BedfieldKlamath Co.BellamyLincoln Co.Belle PassiMarion Co.BerthaMultnomah Co.BiddleClatsop Co.Blind SloughClatsop Co.BoardmanSherman Co.BohemiaLane Co.BohnaMalheur Co.BollyLane Co.BoothDouglas Co.BowersvillePolk Co.BradwoodClatsop Co.Brown CityJosephine Co.BrowntownJosephine Co.Bryant CityLinn Co.Buck ForkDouglas Co.BurlingtonLinn Co.BurnsideClatsop Co.Butte CreekClackamas Co.Cabin CreekUnion Co.CablevilleBaker Co.CakeMalheur Co.CalebWheeler Co.CallowayBenton Co.CalvertDouglas Co.CameronJackson Co.Camp CarsonUnion Co.CareyPolk Co.CarrollBaker Co.CaverhillGrant Co.CavinessMalheur Co.CentervilleWashington Co.CentralLinn Co.ChadwellClatsop Co.ChaseKlamath Co.ChewaucanLake Co.ChicoWallowa Co.ChristieClackamas Co.Civil BendDouglas Co.Cline FallsDeschutes Co.CloverMalheur Co.Clover StationKlamath Co.ClymerMarion Co.CochranePolk Co.Conner CreekBaker Co.Coos CityCoos Co.CopperWallowa Co.CordMalheur Co.Cracker CityBaker Co.CriterionWasco Co.CrystalKlamath Co.Deep CreekClackamas Co.DellMalheur Co.DencerMarion Co.DenverClatsop Co.DenzerLincoln Co.DerbyJackson Co.DeweyYamhill Co.DixieWashington Co.DominicMarion Co.DonnybrookJefferson Co.DorenaLane Co.DotyvilleLinn Co.DraperJackson Co.Drews ValleyLake Co.DudleyJackson Co.EarlLane Co.EarlySherman Co.EckleyCurry Co.EddyGilliam Co.EdsallaJackson Co.Elk FlatUnion Co.Emigrant SpringsSherman Co.EnglishWasco Co.ErwinBaker Co.EstesBaker Co.EstrupLane Co.EtelkaCoos Co.EtnaJackson Co.EuclidLincoln Co.EustisWallowa Co.EvansvilleLinn Co.FairdaleYamhill Co.FargherSherman Co.FernsPolk Co.FishhawkColumbia Co.FlavelClatsop Co.FoleyTillamook Co.Fox HollowLane Co.FriendWasco Co.FultonMultnomah Co.GallowayMorrow Co.GarfieldClackamas Co.GlenLincoln Co.GlenwoodLane Co.GreenbackJosephine Co.GrossmanWallowa Co.HardmanMorrow Co.Highland StationMarion Co.HoaglinDouglas Co.HomeMalheur Co.Hot SpringsLake Co.HudsonColumbia Co.HulltMarion Co.Humboldt BasinMalheur Co.IgoGilliam Co.ImperialDeschutes Co.Indian ValleyUnion Co.Jawbone FlatsMarion Co.Jerrys FlatCurry Co.JettBaker Co.Kings LandingCoos Co.Kingwood ParkPolk Co.KinzuaWheeler Co.KnoxvilleCurry Co.KyserColumbia Co.LachmundMarion Co.Lake GroveClackamas Co.LakeportCurry Co.LamontaJefferson Co.LampaCoos Co.LavadoureDouglas Co.LeeCoos Co.LinvilleLincoln Co.Little ElkLincoln Co.Looking GlassUnion Co.Lost ValleyWheeler Co.Lower BridgeDeschutes Co.Malheur CityMalheur Co.MercerLane Co.MerganserKlamath Co.Mohawk PostLane Co.MontagueGilliam Co.MorrisonLincoln Co.MoundLane Co.Mountain ViewJackson Co.NecanicumClatsop Co.NenamusaTillamook Co.NobleMarion Co.NuggetDouglas Co.Oak CreekDouglas Co.OrdnanceUmatilla Co.OxbowBaker Co.ParisMalheur Co.ParkersvilleBaker Co.PeakBenton Co.PerdueDouglas Co.PerrydaleJackson Co.PersistJackson Co.Pioneer CityLincoln Co.PlainviewMultnomah Co.PlevnaKlamath Co.PocahontasBaker Co.PokegamaKlamath Co.PortervilleGrant Co.Potter MillKlamath Co.PrincetonHarney Co.PutnamPolk Co.QuinookGilliam Co.RecreationKlamath Co.RiverviewMultnomah Co.RocklandDouglas Co.Salem StationMarion Co.SaltairTillamook Co.Santiam CityMarion Co.SinksSherman Co.SiuslawLane Co.South PortlandMultnomah Co.SpikenardJackson Co.Starrs PointLane Co.StringtownClackamas Co.Trail ForkGilliam Co.TuckerPolk Co.Tule LakeKlamath Co.Umpqua CityDouglas Co.Union PointLinn Co.ValsetzPolk Co.Vanport CityMultnomah Co.VistillasLake Co.WaldronWheeler Co.WallaceLane Co.Warm SpringsMalheur Co.WatermanWheeler Co.WatsonMalheur Co.WellenJackson Co.West KlamathKlamath Co.WestimberWashington Co.White Lake CityKlamath Co.WhitneyBaker Co.WillardMarion Co.WillardDouglas Co.Williams CreekJackson Co.WilliamsburgJosephine Co.YocumLake Co.