List of ghost towns in Michigan

Not to be confused with List of lost cities, towns, and counties of Michigan.

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* Pre-statehood
* U.S. Civil War
* Since 1900
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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Michigan.

## Classification

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Barren site

* Sites no longer in existence
* Sites that have been destroyed
* Submerged
* Reverted to pasture
* May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

* Only rubble left
* All buildings uninhabited
* Roofless building ruins
* Some buildings or houses still standing

Abandoned site

* Buildings 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)

Semiabandoned site

* Building or houses still standing
* Buildings and houses largely abandoned
* Fewer than 50 residents (small population)
* Many abandoned buildings

Historic community

* Building or houses still standing
* Still a busy community
* Smaller than its boom years
* Population has decreased dramatically, to one-fifth or less
* May now be a census designated place
* May have been "absorbed" by extant entity

## List

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Name | Other names | County  | Settled  | Abandoned  | Current status  | Notes/references

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Alcona |  | (Alcona County)  |  |  |  | [1]
Amble |  | Montcalm County | Before 1886  | Post Office closed in 1953  | Semiabandoned site  | [2]
Antrim City |  |  | Antrim County | Began as a hub for shipping operations for Wood, Pearl & Company in 1861  | Barren site  | [3]
Aral |  | Benzie County | 1880  | 1911  |  | [4] [5]
Atkinson |  |  |  |  |  | [6]
Baltic |  |  |  |  |  | [7]
Bass Lake |  |  |  |  |  |
Beitner |  |  |  |  |  |
Berringer Corners |  |  |  |  |  |
Berryville |  |  |  |  |  |
Bertrand |  |  |  |  |  | [8]
Big Rock |  |  |  |  |  |
Bingham |  |  |  |  |  |
Bolton |  |  |  |  |  | [8]
Bond's Mill |  |  |  |  |  |
Branch (in Branch County) |  |  |  |  |  |
Brookside |  |  |  |  |  | [9]
Butternut |  |  |  |  |  | [10]
Calvin Center |  |  |  |  |  |
Cambridge Junction |  |  |  |  |  |
Central |  |  |  |  |  | [11]
Chestonia |  |  |  |  |  |
Cleon |  |  |  |  |  |
Clifton | Also known as Cliff  |  |  |  |  | [12]
Colonville |  |  |  |  |  |
Copper Falls Mine |  |  |  |  |  | [13]
Crawfords Quarry |  |  |  |  |  |
Crescent |  |  |  |  |  |
Crofton |  |  |  |  |  |
Damon |  |  |  |  |  |
Deward |  |  |  |  |  |
Dighton |  |  |  |  |  |
Duncan |  |  |  |  |  |
East Bay |  |  |  |  |  |
Eckford |  |  |  |  |  |
Emerson |  |  |  |  |  |
Eschol |  |  |  |  |  |
Essex |  |  |  |  |  |
Evans |  |  |  |  |  |
Fayette |  |  |  |  |  |
Federman |  |  |  |  |  | [14]
Fish Lake |  |  |  |  |  |
Fleming |  |  |  |  |  |
Frederick |  |  |  |  |  |
Geels |  |  |  |  |  |
Geloster |  |  |  |  |  |
Gibbs City |  |  |  |  |  |
Good Harbor |  |  |  |  |  |
Grafton |  |  |  |  |  |
Goo |  |  |  |  |  |
Hallock |  |  |  |  |  |
Hannah |  |  |  |  |  |
Hard Luck |  |  |  |  |  |
Harlan |  |  |  |  |  |
Havre |  |  |  |  |  |
Henry |  |  |  |  |  |
Herron |  |  |  |  |  |
Hodge |  |  |  |  |  |
Isadore |  |  |  |  |  |
Jacktown |  |  |  |  |  |
Jennings |  |  |  |  |  |
Kenneth |  |  |  |  |  |
Kensington |  |  |  |  |  |
Keystone |  |  |  |  |  |
Killmaster |  |  |  |  |  |
Leer |  |  |  |  |  |
Lathrop |  |  |  |  |  |
Lupton |  |  |  |  |  |
Mabel |  |  |  |  |  |
Mandan |  |  |  |  |  |
Manseau |  |  |  |  |  |
Mansfield |  |  |  |  |  |
Marlborough |  |  |  |  |  |
Martins Landing |  |  |  |  |  |
Mentha |  |  |  |  |  |
Meredith |  |  |  |  |  |
Metz |  |  |  |  |  |
Milton |  |  |  |  |  |
Mitchell |  |  |  |  |  |
Monroe Center |  |  |  |  |  |
Mottville |  |  |  |  |  |
Neahtawanta |  |  |  |  |  |
Nessen City |  |  |  |  |  |
Nicholsville |  |  |  |  |  |
Nonesuch Mine |  |  |  |  |  |
North Unity |  |  |  |  |  |
Old Mission Point |  |  |  |  |  |
Omard |  |  |  |  |  | [15][16]
Onominee |  |  |  |  |  |
Park Lake |  |  |  |  |  |
Peacock |  |  |  |  |  |
Pennock |  |  |  |  |  |
Pequaming |  |  |  |  |  |
Pere Cheney |  |  |  |  |  |
Pinnebog |  |  |  |  |  |
Pinnepog |  |  |  |  |  |
Podunk |  |  |  |  |  |
Pokagon |  |  |  |  |  |
Port Sheldon |  |  |  |  |  |
Potts (McKinley) |  |  |  |  |  |
Print (Griner Station) |  |  |  |  |  |
Quinn |  |  |  |  |  |
Rattle Run |  |  |  |  |  |
Rawsonville |  |  |  |  |  |
Sharon |  |  |  |  |  |
Shattuckville |  |  |  |  |  |
Shavehead |  |  |  |  |  |
Sheffield |  |  |  |  |  |
Shelldrake |  |  |  |  |  |
Shiawassee Town |  |  |  |  |  |
Sigma |  |  |  |  |  |
Singapore |  |  |  |  |  |
South Assyria |  |  |  |  |  |
South Boardman |  |  |  |  |  |
Springvale |  |  |  |  |  |
Star City |  |  |  |  |  |
Stittsville |  |  |  |  |  |
Stover |  |  |  |  |  |
Stratford |  |  |  |  |  |
Summit City |  |  |  |  |  |
Superior |  |  |  |  |  |
Temple |  |  |  |  |  |
Trowbridge |  |  |  |  |  |
Tunk |  |  |  |  |  |
Union |  |  |  |  |  |
Vermilion |  |  |  |  |  |
Volinia |  |  |  |  |  |
Walton |  |  |  |  |  |
Watervale |  |  |  |  |  |
Wekwagamaw |  |  |  |  |  |
Wetzell |  |  |  |  |  |
Whiskey Creek |  |  |  |  |  |
Whitefish Point |  |  |  |  |  |
Wilson |  |  |  |  |  |
Rushman |  |  |  |  |  |
Earth |  |  |  |  |  |

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## References

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1. ^ Bunting, Robert L. (October 31, 2007). Into Oblivion (Hardcover). Robert McGreevy, Illustrator (1st ed.). Black River Trading Company. ISBN 978-0979749209.
2. ^ https://99wfmk.com/amble-michigan/
3. ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Great Lakes Books Series). Wayne State University Press. p. 26.
4. ^ "Aral". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
5. ^ "Aral". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.>https://www.nps.gov/places/000/aral-a-town-that-vanished.htm
6. ^ "Gibbs City - Atkinson". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
7. ^ "Baltic". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
8. ^ a b "Bertrand". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
9. ^ "Brookside". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
10. ^ "Butternut". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
11. ^ "Central". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
12. ^ "Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from the copper mining of the 1800s". exploringthenorth.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
13. ^ "Copper Falls Mine". Ghost Town. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
14. ^ Fiborn Quarry
15. ^ "Where Is Omard? - Omard, Michigan". omard.info. April 12, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
16. ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Great Lakes Books Series). Wayne State University Press. p. 415.

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