State atlas · filed under VA
Ghost Towns of Virginia
Virginia's lost towns span four centuries — colonial ports left by silted rivers and shifted capitals, Blue Ridge hollows cleared for Shenandoah National Park, and southwest coalfield camps.
1,263 sites surveyed across Virginia — 2 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 1,263 vanished or historical sites in Virginia — 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
MatildavilleFairfax Co.Vanished PlaceUnion LevelMecklenburg Co.Near-Abandoned
Society Pro
See Virginia as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
613 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Virginia. 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.
5,647mine features
4,483mineral sites
3,088lost places
613survey sheets
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Virginia — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AbellCharlotte Co.AcademyPrince George Co.AlkaDickenson Co.AlmondRockingham Co.Altoona MinesPulaski Co.Amelia SpringsAmelia Co.AppomattocChesterfield Co.AppomattoxAppomattox Co.Arsenic MineFloyd Co.AtwoodPatrick Co.Bacons QuartersGloucester Co.BaileyvilleCharlotte Co.BangsMontgomery Co.BealeCaroline Co.BeazleyGreene Co.BeechwoodWise Co.BendLouisa Co.Bevers StoreTazewell Co.BloomFrederick Co.BockNew Kent Co.BondurantLee Co.BorthwickDinwiddie Co.BoswellCumberland Co.BotetourtBotetourt Co.Botetourt SpringsRoanoke Co.Bowling SpringsPatrick Co.BriarfieldPittsylvania Co.BridgetownLancaster Co.Broad AxeAlbemarle Co.BrownsvilleNorthampton Co.BrowntonAlbemarle Co.BuckeyeHighland Co.BucklesLee Co.BurkestonBotetourt Co.BurtSussex Co.Bush ParkCumberland Co.BushwoodRichmond Co.CanepatchWise Co.CantNew Kent Co.CatronWythe Co.Cave Alum SpringsBotetourt Co.CedarmereGreene Co.CheadenMiddlesex Co.ChopawamsicStafford Co.ChubSussex Co.ChurchSussex Co.ChurchwoodPulaski Co.CinquoteckKing William Co.City PointHopewell (city) Co.ClaibornFranklin Co.ClarkWise Co.ClarkPulaski Co.Clear CreekWise Co.ClevilasBedford Co.CoalboroChesterfield Co.CoddyshoreSussex Co.ColinaDinwiddie Co.Comptons BridgeBotetourt Co.ConcordGloucester Co.Constances WarehouseSuffolk (city) Co.CoonsvilleBedford Co.CotmanHenrico Co.CowardinBath Co.Craigs CreekCraig Co.CranksLouisa Co.CremonaCumberland Co.Crockett SpringMontgomery Co.CumnberlandNew Kent Co.CuzcoLouisa Co.Dahlgren JunctionStafford Co.Dan RiverPittsylvania Co.Dawsons ShopGreene Co.DaysvilleLoudoun Co.DeaconCampbell Co.DebuskDickenson Co.DecaturStafford Co.DeccaAlbemarle Co.DerbyPrince George Co.DispatchNew Kent Co.DixondaleGloucester Co.DowningWarren Co.DruidSouthampton Co.DrumgooleBrunswick Co.DunnsBath Co.DunreathLouisa Co.Dunton MillLancaster Co.DuttonGloucester Co.EagleWythe Co.East ArlingtonArlington Co.EmmausBedford Co.Eppes FallsAmelia Co.Fancy GroveBedford Co.FeliciaFranklin Co.FelixvilleCumberland Co.FendleyChesterfield Co.Five ForksAmelia Co.ForbesBuckingham Co.Forest HillsMontgomery Co.ForklandNottoway Co.Fort LewisBath Co.Fox HallNorfolk (city) Co.FreetownCharles City Co.FriendPrince George Co.Fryes StoreHenry Co.Garrisons CornersStafford Co.GaskinsGreensville Co.GaysLouisa Co.GaytonHenrico Co.GermantownBath Co.GlendaleFauquier Co.GlendoyleDinwiddie Co.GoodloeLee Co.Goodwins FerryMontgomery Co.Gray Sulphur SpringsGiles Co.GreenvaleLancaster Co.GreenwoodBath Co.GretaAccomack Co.GrizzleRussell Co.HalefordBedford Co.Hales FordFranklin Co.HarrisLouisa Co.HartsWestmoreland Co.HaskintonMecklenburg Co.HavenMathews Co.HendersonvilleNottoway Co.HenricopolisHenrico Co.HollyChesterfield Co.HuckleberryDickenson Co.IbexDickenson Co.ImperialLee Co.IndianBuchanan Co.IngersollSurry Co.JamestownPrince Edward Co.JeffersonPowhatan Co.Johnsons MillLee Co.JonesboroBrunswick Co.Jordans PointPrince George Co.JudgeDickenson Co.JuntaFranklin Co.KempisAmelia Co.KennonsBrunswick Co.KiserRussell Co.KogerPatrick Co.KrukrakStafford Co.LairdDinwiddie Co.LasleyLouisa Co.LaurelRussell Co.Laurel HillLunenburg Co.LeeLee Co.Leona MinesLee Co.LightFrederick Co.Locust HillPrince William Co.LonesomeWise Co.LongcreekLouisa Co.LonghollowSmyth Co.LongwoodRockbridge Co.Lukes IslandRichmond Co.Lynchburg MinesBotetourt Co.MalloryLouisa Co.MansfieldLouisa Co.MarsaillesHalifax Co.Masons StoreRussell Co.MatchotNew Kent Co.MatildavilleFairfax Co.MatoacaChesterfield Co.McNuttAugusta Co.MechanicsvilleLouisa Co.Merchants HopePrince George Co.MessickPoquoson (city) Co.Middle MountainCraig Co.Mill BranchLee Co.MineralAppomattox Co.MohawkLee Co.Monacan TownAlbemarle Co.MonasukapanoughAlbemarle Co.Montgomery White Sulphur SpringsMontgomery Co.MoomawRoanoke Co.Mount AthosCampbell Co.NaplesHighland Co.NettaBrunswick Co.New TownNorfolk (city) Co.NewtonPittsylvania Co.NewtownSurry Co.NimcockEssex Co.NokesvilleLoudoun Co.Non InterventionLunenburg Co.North EndVirginia Beach (city) Co.NuttreeChesterfield Co.OcreChesterfield Co.Old Belle FairStafford Co.Old FurnaceRockingham Co.Old PilotAppomattox Co.OldenplaceDinwiddie Co.OldragMadison Co.OnvilleStafford Co.OsbornesChesterfield Co.Otter ViewBedford Co.PalmettoPatrick Co.PamunkeyHanover Co.PardeeWise Co.Pates FieldIsle of Wight Co.PaulingtonRockingham Co.Peach GroveRockingham Co.PerdueChesterfield Co.PineWise Co.Pine BeachNorfolk (city) Co.Pond GapAugusta Co.PowellPittsylvania Co.RamseyDickenson Co.RasawekFluvanna Co.Red BanksShenandoah Co.ReevesPrince George Co.RevistownBrunswick Co.RichardsonNew Kent Co.RiggsScott Co.RobbinsLee Co.RobertsonsBedford Co.Rorer MinesRoanoke (city) Co.RuxtonNorfolk (city) Co.Sandy BottomMiddlesex Co.SanteeCaroline Co.SassinPulaski Co.SextonSurry Co.ShackletStafford Co.ShanklinBath Co.ShortWise Co.Sign PineChesapeake (city) Co.SnelsonHanover Co.South RidgeCulpeper Co.Stange MinesBland Co.StaytideGiles Co.StokesGoochland Co.SullivanGreene Co.Sulphur SpringTazewell Co.Sunny BankLoudoun Co.SweepstakesSouthampton Co.TallyCumberland Co.TalpaPrince George Co.Tanners Cross RoadsNorfolk (city) Co.TauxenentFairfax Co.TazewellMecklenburg Co.TinkerBotetourt Co.TrammelRussell Co.TrammeltownLoudoun Co.TredwayPrince Edward Co.TriceFluvanna Co.ValahoScott Co.Valley FrontGloucester Co.VaneWise Co.VillaFranklin Co.VinelandBrunswick Co.WabashGiles Co.WakefieldWestmoreland Co.WaldemarDinwiddie Co.WalmsleyStafford Co.Walnut PointNorthumberland Co.WarehamGloucester Co.WenonahGiles Co.WestboroDinwiddie Co.WeyburnOrange Co.Wharton GroveLancaster Co.WhitbyMecklenburg Co.WhiteoakPittsylvania Co.WhitesCaroline Co.WhitesNew Kent Co.WilderRussell Co.WilhoitGreene Co.WilkieRockbridge Co.WillardLoudoun Co.WisevilleChesterfield Co.WolfrunWashington Co.WyattFranklin Co.YatesvilleLunenburg Co.YoungsTazewell Co.ZoarChesterfield Co.ZollmanRockbridge Co.