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A ghost town is a town that has been abandoned, usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or because of natural or human-caused disasters.
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Ghost TownsFalse Front in Dyea, AK

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This False Front of a gold rush era real estate office is nearly all that remains from an Alaskan Boom town that swelled to more than 8,000 people in the winter of 1897-98. Dyea, Alaska is now an archaeological area protected the National Park Service. Other sections of the area are now designated as recreation and residential areas.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member KLGOEDRANGER

location: Alaska

date approved: 7/22/2009

last visited: 1/22/2010

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Ghost TownsAmulet, Sask.

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Nothing left but a few trees and memories.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kjohn73

location: Saskatchewan, Canada

date approved: 7/15/2009

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsObar, New Mexico

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Foundations of brick buildings along side the highway is all that remains of the town. The cemetery is still intact.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: New Mexico

date approved: 7/6/2009

last visited: 5/6/2012

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Ghost TownsWashington, New Jersey

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An important stage coach stop along the Old Tuckerton Stage Line, all that remains of Washington are some cellar holes and the remains of a barn and pit silo.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: New Jersey

date approved: 6/8/2009

last visited: 3/13/2011

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Ghost TownsKomorsko village

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A plaque in the middle of woods remembering a medieval village.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member haggaeus

location: Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic

date approved: 5/11/2009

last visited: 12/1/2012

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Ghost TownsWelshtown

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The remains of a miner's stone cottage at Welshtown.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 4/6/2009

last visited: 10/24/2010

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Ghost TownsBrewster, Florida

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Located on SR 37 just north of SR 630.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member lazyCachers

location: Florida

date approved: 4/4/2009

last visited: 8/22/2009

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Ghost TownsKit Community - Irving Texas

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The Kit community is now the city of Irving.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Geojeepsters

location: Texas

date approved: 3/28/2009

last visited: 3/28/2009

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Ghost TownsEttington, Sask.

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All but the memories are gone.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kjohn73

location: Saskatchewan, Canada

date approved: 3/10/2009

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsTulum, Mexico

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Once had a population of 5-6000 people.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member The 2 Newlyweds

location: Mexico

date approved: 3/9/2009

last visited: 3/13/2013

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Ghost TownsBennett, B.C.

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Bennett is located at the head of Bennett Lake, part of the Southern Lakes chain – source of the mighty Yukon River. During the Klondike Gold Rush, Bennett was one of the many boomtowns that sprang up along the route to goldfields.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member weary pilgrim

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 3/5/2009

last visited: 8/17/2009

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Ghost TownsKelstern, Sask.

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Definitely a ghost town.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kjohn73

location: Saskatchewan, Canada

date approved: 2/9/2009

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsAnimas Forks, Colorado

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"Three Forks of the Animus" as it was once called, was a prosperous mining town, is now a ghost town visited by 100,000 visitors a year.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 2/1/2009

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsELIZABETHTOWN , Texas

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Elizabethtown was located on the north side of Elizabeth Creek in southwest Denton County. Elizabethtown Cemetery is located on the south side of Elizabeth Creek on Elizabethtown Cemetery Road.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas

location: Texas

date approved: 1/26/2009

last visited: 4/4/2012

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Ghost TownsTraxler, FL

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Traxler is a ghost town located in Alachua County, Florida. Thrived until the early 1900s.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc

location: Florida

date approved: 1/1/2009

last visited: 5/25/2007

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Ghost TownsLinwood, Texas

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Yet another community that thrived until the railroad ran through a nearby town instead.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member KoosKoos

location: Texas

date approved: 1/1/2009

last visited: 1/20/2010

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Ghost TownsHorseshoe and Hackberry Groups - Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado

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Ancestral Puebloan people occupied this area of southeast Utah/southwest Colorado, from 110 to 1300 AD, in what is now part of the Hovenweep National Monument. The Horseshoe and Hackberry Groups may have had the largest population.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 12/28/2008

last visited: 9/19/2008

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Ghost TownsOld Fort Dade - Egmont Key,Florida

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Fort Dade is a "true ghost", as it was once a fully functioning town with a population of over 300 and is now completely abandoned.Fort Dade was an old miltary outpost on Egmont Key that is a relic from the Spanish American War. Being a sister fort to Fort Desoto it saw little to no action.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JIMBOBWE

location: Florida

date approved: 12/24/2008

last visited: 3/20/2012

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Ghost TownsCutthroat Castle Group - Hovenweep National Monument

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Hovenweep National Monument is a collection of ancestral Puebloan people, situated in the Canyons of the Ancients. The Cutthroat Castle Group is located in the southwestern corner of Colorado and has unique features.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 12/6/2008

last visited: 9/19/2008

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Ghost TownsHolly Group Ruins - Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado

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Hovenweep National Monument is a collection of ancestral Puebloan people, situated in the Canyons of the Ancients. The Holly Group's prominent features, Tilted Tower and Boulder House were inhabited between 1200 AD and 1300 AD.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 12/6/2008

last visited: 9/19/2008

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Ghost TownsWildman mine

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Old Cyanide Mill and Gold Processing Plant. Can be seen from highway.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member singleshot54

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 11/22/2008

last visited: 7/17/2010

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Ghost TownsFallbrook, PA

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Fallbrook was a booming coal town settled by the Fallbrook Coal Company.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fossilgirlerin

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 11/19/2008

last visited: 1/22/2010

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Ghost TownsBateman, Sask

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Small ghost town in southern Saskatchewan.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kjohn73

location: Saskatchewan, Canada

date approved: 11/17/2008

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsHistoric Allaire Village - Allaire, NJ

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Historic Allaire Village, a booming industrial town of the 1800's, abandoned by 1900, now restored and offers live demonstrations of period trades.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: New Jersey

date approved: 11/12/2008

last visited: 3/4/2009

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Ghost TownsRush, AR

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Once a boom town with 5000 residents. Zinc was mined primarily for the WWI war effort. The town and mining operation was mostly abandoned after the war when the price of zinc plummeted.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member frankwim

location: Arkansas

date approved: 10/11/2008

last visited: 9/25/2008

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