State atlas · filed under RI
Ghost Towns of Rhode Island
Rhode Island's lost villages are milltown and reservoir stories — the Scituate Reservoir alone displaced several — compact histories of a compact state.
151 sites surveyed across Rhode Island — 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 151 vanished or historical sites in Rhode Island — 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
Hanton CityProvidence Co.Vanished PlaceThe full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Rhode Island — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AshlandProvidence Co.BellefonteProvidence Co.Birch HillKent Co.BridgeportNewport Co.CocumscussocWashington Co.Congdon HillWashington Co.Cork HillProvidence Co.Cranstons CornerWashington Co.CrosswaysKent Co.ElmdaleProvidence Co.Field StationProvidence Co.Fort HillProvidence Co.KentProvidence Co.MontopBristol Co.OmegaProvidence Co.PonagansetProvidence Co.Quonochontaug BeachWashington Co.RichmondProvidence Co.RocklandProvidence Co.Rodman CrossingWashington Co.South ScituateProvidence Co.SowamsBristol Co.Thatch CoveKent Co.Tower HillWashington Co.Wallum LakeProvidence Co.WaylandProvidence Co.Whale Rock LightWashington Co.