State atlas · filed under WV
Ghost Towns of West Virginia
West Virginia is company-town country: coal camps up every hollow, built, owned, and abandoned by the operators, with rail towns like Thurmond dying when diesel ended the steam economy they served.
601 sites surveyed across West Virginia — 3 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 601 vanished or historical sites in West 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
NuttallburgFayette Co.Historic TownsiteKaymoorFayette Co.Verified Ghost TownThurmondFayette Co.Near-AbandonedThe full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in West Virginia — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
Abbs ValleyMercer Co.AckermanMineral Co.AdmaBarbour Co.AdmiralRitchie Co.AlaskaFayette Co.AlbionNicholas Co.AlgeriaPleasants Co.AlgonquinMercer Co.AllenLincoln Co.Alum SpringsGreenbrier Co.AndyWetzel Co.ApgahKanawha Co.AplinJackson Co.AtlanticPreston Co.BaldersonWood Co.BallardKanawha Co.BarlowKanawha Co.BartonClay Co.BartramWayne Co.BaylorRaleigh Co.BeatysvilleJackson Co.Beech RunRandolph Co.BennettGilmer Co.BernieLincoln Co.BethelMercer Co.Big BattleDoddridge Co.BillieMercer Co.BinolaWood Co.BlackhorseHancock Co.BlakeMercer Co.BloomingtonRoane Co.BolinLincoln Co.BooneFayette Co.BowmanBrooke Co.BoydUpshur Co.BoylenBarbour Co.BraithewaiteHancock Co.BreedlovePreston Co.BrinkGreenbrier Co.BrittainTaylor Co.BrowningJackson Co.BrownstownCabell Co.BryantGreenbrier Co.BuckhornPreston Co.BuenaTucker Co.BuffaloJackson Co.Buffalo StationMarion Co.BuffalolickRoane Co.CalvertKanawha Co.Capon Springs StationHampshire Co.CarneyKanawha Co.CarverFayette Co.ChemicalUpshur Co.ClarkMcDowell Co.ClementsBarbour Co.ClicktonBraxton Co.Clover RunTucker Co.CondeeMason Co.CopenhaverKanawha Co.CorbinWood Co.Cove Run StationBarbour Co.CrispPleasants Co.CrusherMercer Co.DantownBarbour Co.DavisonBraxton Co.DefoeWebster Co.DeitzFayette Co.DelaneyWood Co.Dillons RunHampshire Co.DomanHardy Co.DombeyWood Co.DubreeFayette Co.EastLincoln Co.East RiverMercer Co.East SewellFayette Co.EchartBoone Co.Eden ParkLincoln Co.EdgarJackson Co.EgyptSummers Co.EightMcDowell Co.El CentroMercer Co.Elk BranchBerkeley Co.ElliotFayette Co.EphramFayette Co.ErskineFayette Co.EvelynWirt Co.ExportFayette Co.FabiusHardy Co.FairviewGreenbrier Co.FederalPleasants Co.FindleyRandolph Co.FinlowFayette Co.Fire CreekFayette Co.FisherRandolph Co.Five PointsWetzel Co.FlaxtonMason Co.FloraBarbour Co.FlorencePreston Co.FlorenceRandolph Co.FlyblowMarion Co.FoltzBerkeley Co.FourteenLincoln Co.Fox HallBarbour Co.Frame KnobClay Co.FuquayKanawha Co.FurnaceHardy Co.GadNicholas Co.GathMarion Co.GazilKanawha Co.GermanBraxton Co.GertrudePocahontas Co.GleasonMineral Co.GlebeHampshire Co.Glen White JunctionRaleigh Co.Glenns RunOhio Co.GomezCalhoun Co.GreenwoodFayette Co.GusemanPreston Co.HamiltonFayette Co.HamletRaleigh Co.HarmonyJefferson Co.HaydenPreston Co.HazelwoodRandolph Co.HeathermanKanawha Co.HeavnerUpshur Co.HigbyRoane Co.HiserGrant Co.HixMcDowell Co.HobsonTucker Co.HolsteadBraxton Co.HoneydewFayette Co.HopeBraxton Co.HorsepenMingo Co.HowardMarshall Co.HuffRandolph Co.HuffmanBarbour Co.HuntsvilleJackson Co.Hurricane BridgePutnam Co.IndexCalhoun Co.IndianKanawha Co.IrisRitchie Co.JamestownClay Co.Jeff ScottsRandolph Co.Jenny GapRaleigh Co.JerichoHampshire Co.JingoRoane Co.JohnsonCabell Co.JulyRoane Co.JuntaSummers Co.KaymoorFayette Co.KesterRoane Co.KeyPendleton Co.KinderLincoln Co.KingburyWood Co.KuntzvilleRandolph Co.LattinLincoln Co.LaurelBarbour Co.Laurel JunctionRitchie Co.LehighBarbour Co.LeiterRandolph Co.LeoRoane Co.LetGilmer Co.LillianBarbour Co.LillySummers Co.Lime RockTucker Co.LincolnKanawha Co.Little WildcatLewis Co.Locust LaneMason Co.LoftisBarbour Co.LonetreeRandolph Co.LosieCalhoun Co.LoweMercer Co.LuckyWood Co.LumberRandolph Co.LyttonPleasants Co.ManganeseWood Co.MapletonHardy Co.MarkBraxton Co.MattieRoane Co.MaytonWebster Co.McCanslandMason Co.McClungGreenbrier Co.McKinleyWood Co.McLeanBarbour Co.McMellinMonongalia Co.MeadvilleBraxton Co.MendotaWetzel Co.MentorJackson Co.Mercers SaltworksSummers Co.MichiganFayette Co.Middle ForkRandolph Co.MidlanBarbour Co.Mill RunTucker Co.Mill RunPocahontas Co.MilletWayne Co.MincarFayette Co.MinkKanawha Co.MontesRandolph Co.MoroccoClay Co.MorrisKanawha Co.MorrisonNicholas Co.MoundKanawha Co.MozelleJackson Co.MulvaneFayette Co.MyersBerkeley Co.NeelMarion Co.NeroHampshire Co.NesselroadJackson Co.New MoatsvilleBarbour Co.New RichmondSummers Co.New ThackerMingo Co.NewlynFayette Co.NorvellRaleigh Co.NoswadMineral Co.NuttalburgFayette Co.O'BrienBarbour Co.OakWood Co.Oak GroveMarion Co.OldtownMason Co.OnieWetzel Co.OpheliaNicholas Co.OriolePreston Co.OswaldRaleigh Co.PadRoane Co.PatseyRoane Co.PearRaleigh Co.PenbroWebster Co.PennbrookFayette Co.PenryBerkeley Co.PerlytownRandolph Co.PettitRandolph Co.PettyjohnMarion Co.PinepocaRaleigh Co.Pleasant CreekBarbour Co.Poling RunCalhoun Co.PowersWood Co.ProgressBraxton Co.RandKanawha Co.Red AshFayette Co.RemusWood Co.RichfordTucker Co.RichwoodMonongalia Co.RiddleRitchie Co.RiversideMineral Co.RodesRaleigh Co.RosevilleFayette Co.RosinaKanawha Co.RoundtopMorgan Co.RunkleJackson Co.Rush RunFayette Co.RuthMercer Co.SanchoTyler Co.SandyTaylor Co.SantifeeSummers Co.SatterfieldMarion Co.School HouseJackson Co.ScottWood Co.SeemlyGrant Co.ShadRoane Co.ShannonOhio Co.ShenangoWetzel Co.ShilohHampshire Co.SimonsBarbour Co.SkidmoreBarbour Co.SkylesWebster Co.SleithBraxton Co.South NuttallFayette Co.Spangler FactoryRaleigh Co.SparksNicholas Co.SpearsLincoln Co.Spring GapHampshire Co.StandingstoneWirt Co.Star SettlementRitchie Co.SteinerRandolph Co.StengelMercer Co.SterlingBoone Co.StocktonMason Co.StollingsLogan Co.Stone HouseTaylor Co.StonewallRaleigh Co.StringtownTucker Co.Sturgeon BranchFayette Co.SunnysideFayette Co.SunsetPocahontas Co.SuterWetzel Co.SutherlandPreston Co.SylviaRaleigh Co.TabbBerkeley Co.TamroyRaleigh Co.TeutonicMarshall Co.TexasTucker Co.ThrashBraxton Co.TinaSummers Co.TowsonPreston Co.TrilbyRitchie Co.TrowbridgePreston Co.TurkeyfootHancock Co.TwistvilleBraxton Co.TynerWood Co.ValleyHampshire Co.VerandaMason Co.VillaKanawha Co.VintonNicholas Co.VirgilRoane Co.VirginiusJefferson Co.WabashMineral Co.WaggyNicholas Co.WagnerMason Co.Walker HillGreenbrier Co.Walkers CrossingWood Co.WarfordSummers Co.WeekleysWood Co.WellsMarshall Co.WesleyWood Co.WestermanTaylor Co.WheelerRandolph Co.WhetsellPreston Co.WhitcombGreenbrier Co.WhiteRandolph Co.White StickRaleigh Co.WhitneyFayette Co.WhorleyRaleigh Co.WidemouthMercer Co.WildcatBraxton Co.Willow GroveJackson Co.Willow SpringsOhio Co.WilmothBarbour Co.WilsonOhio Co.WilsoniaGrant Co.WindomMineral Co.WinonaTaylor Co.WoodbayRaleigh Co.WoodyardRoane Co.WrightsPreston Co.WyomingTucker Co.YantusLogan Co.YatesTaylor Co.ZarPreston Co.