List of ghost towns in Idaho

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The following is a list of ghost towns in Idaho. A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions or uncontrolled lawlessness.

## Classification

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### 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

Despite multiple reconstruction attempts, Burgdorf is still abandoned.

### 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

Burke had 15 residents in 1990.

### Semi-abandoned site

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* Building or houses still standing
* Buildings and houses largely abandoned
* Few residents
* Many abandoned buildings
* Small population

Bayhorse is owned and preserved by the state.

### 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

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Aline |  | Teton County |  | 1888  | 1901  |  | First settlement of Latter-Day Saints in the area.[1]
Bayhorse |  | Custer County |  | 1877  | 1897  | Historic  | A former mining town turned state park[2]
Bonanza | Bonanza City  | Custer County |  | 1877  |  | Abandoned  | [2]
Burgdorf |  | Idaho County |  | 1860s  | Before 1945  | Semi-abandoned  |
Burke |  | Shoshone County |  | 1887  | 1991  | Semi-abandoned  | A mining town that closed after several natural disasters.
Caribou City |  |  |  | 1897  | 1930  |  | [citation needed]
Chesterfield |  | Caribou County |  | 1879  | After 1928  |  | A former Mormon settlement, now open to the public as a tourist attraction.[3]
Cobalt |  | Lemhi County |  |  | 1950s  |  | [2]
Comeback Mining Camp |  |  |  | 1862 |  |  | [2]
Copper Queen |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Custer |  | Custer County |  | 1879  | 1910  |  | [2]
De Lamar |  | Owyhee County |  | 1888 |  |  |
Florence |  | Idaho County |  | 1861  | sometime after 1951.  |  |
Gilmore |  | Lemhi County |  | 1902 | 1930s  |  |
Golden Age camp |  |  |  |  |  |  | [2]
Joseph |  | Idaho County |  | 1883  | 1887 |  |
Joseph Plains |  | Idaho County |  |  |  |  |
Leesburg |  | Lemhi County |  | July 16, 1866  | by the end of World War II  |  | [2]
Mount Idaho |  | Idaho County |  | 1892  | 1922  |  | [4]
Placerville |  | Boise County |  | 1862 | 1899  |  | [2]
Rocky Bar |  | Elmore County |  | December 1863  | 1960s  |  |
Ruby City |  | Owyhee County |  | November 1863  |  |  |
Sawtooth City |  | Blaine County |  | 1879 | 1888  |  | [2]
Silver City |  | Owyhee County |  | March 10, 1863  | 1890  |  |
Strevell |  | Cassia County |  |  | 1974  |  |
Vienna |  |  |  | 1878  | 1879  |  | [2]
White Knob |  | Custer County |  | 1884 | 1928  |  |
Yellow Jacket |  |  |  | 1943 | 1945  |  | [2]

## 1897 Gallery

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* Burke in 1888

* The former hotel in Burgdorf

* Silver City in 1892

* A preserved cabin in Chesterfield

## See also

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* Idaho portal
* Pacific Northwest portal
* List of counties in Idaho

## References

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1. ^ Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic history of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints,. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 868. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
3. ^ Oregon. "Idaho pioneer cabin moved to Chesterfield site". OregonLive.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
4. ^ Adkison, Norman B. (July 1, 1962). "Bustling, booming Mount Idaho now nothing but a ghost town". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1–sec.2.

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