State atlas · filed under UT

Ghost Towns of Utah

Utah's ghosts pair mining canyons — silver, gold, and coal camps from the Oquirrhs to Carbon County — with agricultural experiments the desert refused: dry-farm colonies, flood-plagued river settlements, and towns the government itself dissolved.

384 sites surveyed across Utah — 11 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 384 vanished or historical sites in Utah — 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

GraftonWashington Co.1859–19440Verified Ghost Town OphirTooele Co.1870–195030Near-Abandoned FriscoBeaver Co.1876–19200Verified Ghost Town Silver ReefWashington Co.1876–19010Historic Townsite ThistleUtah Co.1878–19830Vanished Place MercurTooele Co.1879–19130Vanished Place CiscoGrand Co.1883–19702Near-Abandoned IosepaTooele Co.1889–19170Vanished Place WidtsoeGarfield Co.1902–19380Vanished Place SegoGrand Co.1910–19550Verified Ghost Town TopazMillard Co.1942–19450Vanished Place

The full survey ledger

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

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