WayfarrowGhost Towns of the United States
Every former community the U.S. Geological Survey still carries on its names register as historical, placed from federal coordinates and cross-checked against Wikidata for founding and abandonment dates. 12,851 ghost towns across 51 states.
By state
- Kentucky1,175 ghost towns
- California831 ghost towns
- Arkansas777 ghost towns
- Tennessee660 ghost towns
- Ohio640 ghost towns
- Nevada599 ghost towns
- Georgia570 ghost towns
- Missouri525 ghost towns
- Montana462 ghost towns
- Texas445 ghost towns
- Alabama431 ghost towns
- Mississippi415 ghost towns
- Alaska388 ghost towns
- Louisiana366 ghost towns
- West Virginia349 ghost towns
- South Carolina346 ghost towns
- Oregon287 ghost towns
- North Carolina280 ghost towns
- Virginia279 ghost towns
- Iowa226 ghost towns
- Illinois208 ghost towns
- Colorado185 ghost towns
- New Mexico177 ghost towns
- Washington175 ghost towns
- Maryland171 ghost towns
- Florida163 ghost towns
- Utah152 ghost towns
- Kansas127 ghost towns
- Arizona124 ghost towns
- Wisconsin114 ghost towns
- Idaho110 ghost towns
- Hawaii103 ghost towns
- Pennsylvania102 ghost towns
- Oklahoma101 ghost towns
- South Dakota99 ghost towns
- Indiana91 ghost towns
- Nebraska89 ghost towns
- Minnesota85 ghost towns
- Massachusetts57 ghost towns
- Wyoming51 ghost towns
- Connecticut50 ghost towns
- North Dakota45 ghost towns
- New York43 ghost towns
- Maine39 ghost towns
- Michigan39 ghost towns
- Rhode Island27 ghost towns
- District of Columbia26 ghost towns
- New Jersey20 ghost towns
- New Hampshire12 ghost towns
- Delaware9 ghost towns
- Vermont6 ghost towns