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List of ghost towns in Wyoming

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This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wyoming.

Classification

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One of the buildings in Table Rock, which was bulldozed in 2011

Barren site

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  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

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  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

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  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store

Semi abandoned site

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  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

Historic community

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  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Table

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Name Other names County Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks
Alva Crook County Semi-abandoned
Antelope Flats 1893 1912 Neglected [1]
Atlantic City Fremont County 1868 Semi-abandoned [2]
Baker Town Crook County East of Aladdin[3]
Barrett Town Crook County West of Aladdin[3]
Battle Carbon County July 3, 1778 [4]
Bear River City Beartown[3] Uinta County Approximately 10 miles southeast of Evanston, WY 1867[3]
Bear Rock 1906
Benton July to September 1868 [2]
Bessemer 1888
Bosler Albany County 1900[1]
Bryan Sweetwater County September 1868
Buckhorn 1900
Buford Albany County
Cambria Weston County 1889 1928
Canyon Springs [5]
Carbon Carbon County 1868[3] Abandoned
Carter Uinta County December 27, 1867
Clifton 1907
Cumberland Lincoln County 1900
Eadsville 1891[4]
Empire Goshen County[6] 1908
Forest City
Fort Laramie Goshen County 1834 Historic [7]
Fort Steele [2]
Gebo Hot Springs County
Hecla Laramie County
Horton
Jay Em Goshen County [1]
Jeffrey City Fremont County
Jireh A planned college town that never took off.[1]
Kane Big Horn County
Kirwin Park County Historic[4]
Linwood Daggett County On the Wyoming-Utah state line
Lewiston [2]
Lost Springs Converse County
Manhattan
Mineral Hill Crook County 1930s[3]
Miner's Delight Fremont County 1867[1]
Moskee [2]
Pacific Springs [2]
Piedmont Byrne[4] Uinta County
Point of Rocks Sweetwater County [1]
Rocky Ford
Sage Lincoln County
South Pass City Fremont County Semi-abandoned
Sherman Albany County
Spencer
Sunrise Platte County
Table Rock Sweetwater County Late 1970s 2010 Barren
Tubb Town Weston County
Upton Weston County Historic[1]
Van Tassell Niobrara County
Walcott Carbon County [2]
Welcome Crook County Nearby to Mineral Hill Wyoming[3]
Whoop-Up [5]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "The Truly Grim Reality Of 11 Deserted Ghost Towns In Wyoming". OnlyInYourState®. June 14, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Miller, Donald (1977). Ghost Towns of Wyoming. Pruett. ISBN 0871085119.
  4. ^ a b c d "7 Wyoming Ghost Towns You Need to Explore". travelwyoming.com.
  5. ^ a b Hafnor, John. Black Hills Believables: Strange-but-true Tales of the Old West. Fort Collins, Colorado: Lone Pine Productions, 2002. 54. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.
  6. ^ "Empire Wyoming (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  7. ^ Lee, Mariska (October 25, 2020). "5 Best Ghost Towns in Wyoming". Van Life Wanderer. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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