List of ghost towns in Wyoming

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

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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  |
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Carter |  | Uinta County |  | December 27, 1867  |  |  |
Clifton  |  |  |  | 1907 |  |  |
Cumberland  |  | Lincoln County |  | 1900  |  |  |
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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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