List of ghost towns in Nebraska
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.
Ghost towns
Town name | Other name(s) | County | Established | Disestablished | Remarks |
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Abdal[1] | Nuckolls | ||||
Ames[1][2] | Ketchum | Dodge | Not a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census. | ||
Andrews[1][3] | Sioux | 1906 | 1951 | Source([3]) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made. | |
Angora[1][4] | Antelope Hill | Morrill | 1900 | ||
Anoka[1][5] | Boyd | ||||
Antioch[1][2][5][6][7] | Sheridan | 1891 | |||
Appleton | Pawnee | ||||
Arago[1][8] | Fargo | Richardson | 1860 | Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven. | |
Armour[1] | Pawnee | 1890 | 1934 | ||
Ashford[1] | Banner | Temporary county seat for Banner County in 1889 | |||
Bayonne | Cherry | ||||
Belmont[1][2] | Evergreen City | Dawes | |||
Bluevale | Blue Valley | York | |||
Bookwalter[1] | Pawnee | ||||
Bower | Bowerville | Jefferson | |||
Breslau[1] | Pierce | ||||
Brewster[1] | Blaine | County seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character, Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!". | |||
Brocksburg[1][6][7] | Keya Paha | ||||
Burton[1] | Keya Paha | ||||
Carns[1] | Keya Paha | ||||
Charlestown[1] | York | ||||
Cincinnati[9] | Pawnee | ||||
Covington[1][7] | Harney City | Dakota | |||
Crouse | Lancaster | Now Branched Oak State Recreation Area. | |||
Dale[1] | Custer | ||||
De Soto[1] | Washington | ||||
DeWitty[7] | Audacious | Cherry | |||
Dobytown[6][7] | Kearney | ||||
Donald[1][10] | Hooker | ||||
Duff[1] | Rock | ||||
Dunwell[1][10] | Hooker | ||||
Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln[2][7] | Sarpy | ||||
Eclipse[1][11] | Hooker | circa 1913 | First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse. | ||
Edholm[5] | Butler | ||||
Elsmere[1] | Cherry | ||||
Elton[1] | Custer | ||||
Elvira[1][8] | Merrick | Once the county seat of Merrick County | |||
Factoryville | Union Mills | Cass | |||
Friedensau[1][8] | Thayer | ||||
Glen[1] | Sioux | ||||
Glencoe | Dodge | ||||
Gross[1] | Boyd | Near ghost town. | |||
Hayland | Adams | ||||
Hecla[1][10] | Hooker | ||||
Homerville | Gosper | ||||
Hope[1][12][8] | Scotts Bluff | Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community. | |||
Ingham[1] | Lincoln | ||||
Jacksonville | |||||
Jamaica[1][8] | Lancaster | ||||
Kelso[1][10] | Hooker | ||||
Koesterville | Pawnee | ||||
Lakeland[8] | Brown | ||||
Lee Park[8] | Custer and Valley | ||||
Lemoyne[1] | Keith | ||||
Linton | |||||
Lomax[1] | Custer | ||||
Lynn[1] | Morrill | ||||
Mariaville[1] | Rock | ||||
Mars | Jessup | Knox | |||
Marsland[1][8] | Dawes | ||||
Martha[1][8] | Holt | ||||
Mayberry | Pawnee | ||||
Meadville[1] | Keya Paha | ||||
Melrose[8] | Harlan | ||||
Meridian[1][8] | Big Sandy | Jefferson | |||
Minersville[1][2][6][7] | Otoe City | Otoe | |||
Mission Creek | Pawnee | ||||
Monowi[1][13] | Boyd | A near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and Prudential Financial. They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made. | |||
Montrose[1][7] | Sioux | ||||
Mud Springs[8][7] | Morrill | ||||
Neapolis[8][7] | Saunders | ||||
New Home | |||||
Nonpareil[1] | Box Butte | ||||
North Summerfield | Pawnee | ||||
Omadi | Dakota | 1856 | |||
Oreapolis[14] | Cass | 1859 | 1864 | ||
Pauline[1] | Adams | 1887 | |||
Pebble | Dodge | ||||
Pishelville[1] | Knox | 1874 | |||
Pittsburg | Seward | ||||
Pleasant Hill[1][8][7] | Pleasanthill | Saline | |||
Pleasant Valley[1] | Dodge | ||||
Ringgold | Ringold | Dawson | |||
Rock Bluff[1][7] | Cass | ||||
Royal[1] | Antelope | ||||
Saltillo[1] | Lancaster | ||||
Sartoria[1][8][7] | Buffalo | ||||
Savannah | Butler | ||||
Shafferville | Pawnee | ||||
Scott's Valley | Pawnee | ||||
Sedan[1] | Nuckolls | ||||
Shea | Jefferson | ||||
Speiser | Richardson | ||||
Spring Ranch[1] | Springranch, Spring Ranche | Clay | |||
St. Deroin[1][5][6][7] | Saint Deroin | Nemaha | |||
Tate[1] | Pawnee | ||||
Tipp's Branch | Pawnee | ||||
Unit[1] | Sioux | ||||
Venus[1][6][7] | Knox | ||||
Violet[1][5] | Butler | Pawnee | |||
Wee Town | Wee | Pierce | |||
Weir[1][10] | Hooker | ||||
Weissert[1] | Custer | ||||
Wheeler[1] | Baird | Wheeler |
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914". Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns". Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 more Nebraska ghost towns". Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers". Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map". Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "Largest advertising poster". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town". Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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