List of ghost towns in Nevada

This is a list of ghost towns in Nevada in the United States of America. Most ghost towns in Nevada are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that weren't set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations. In Clark County settlements along the Colorado River have been submerged underneath the reservoirs of Lake Mead or Lake Mohave.

Conditions

Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of buildings or civilization and have reverted to empty land. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Still others may support full-time residents, though usually far less than at their historical peak, while others may now be museums or historical sites.

For ease of reference, the sites listed have been placed into one of the following general categories.

Barren site
Neglected site
Abandoned site
Semi-abandoned site
Historic site

List of ghost towns in Nevada

Nevada Ghost Towns
TownImageCountyEstablishedDisestablishedStatusNotes
AuroraMineral1860 Neglected site
Alturas Clark1861 In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Belleville Mineral1872
BelmontNye1865 Former Nye County courthouse in Belmont is preserved as Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park[1]
Beowawe Eureka1868
BerlinNye18971911 Preserved within Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park[2]
Bermond StationChurchill Post Office from 1920-26. Location on 1910 USGS map
Blair Esmeralda
Bristol Lincoln
Broken Hills Mineral
Bullfrog Nye
Bullionville Lincoln
Cactus Springs Nye
Callville Clark18641869Submerged under Callville Bay of Lake MeadSteamboat landing, County seat of Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory (1865-67), Post office (1867-69)
Candelaria Mineral
Caselton Lincoln
Chafey Pershing
Charleston Elko
Coaldale Esmeralda
CobreElko
Colorado City Clark1861 Submerged under Lake Mohave Steamboat landing near the mouth of El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District.
Columbus Esmeralda
Como Lyon 1861 1930's Post office 1879-1881, 1903-1905; townsite occupied intermittently, activity finally ceasing in the 1930s after the closing of a sawmill
Cortez Lander
Crystal SpringsLincoln
Currant Nye
Daveytown Humboldt
Deeth Elko
Delano Elko
Delamar Lincoln
Dixie Valley Churchill1861
Dun Glen Pershing
El Dorado City Clark1863 1880's Barren site Mining camp in El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District. Site of the El Dorado Mills.
Etna Pershing
Fairview Churchill1904 1919
Ferguson Lincoln
Fish Lake Valley Esmeralda
FlaniganWashoe 1909 1973
Fort ChurchillLyon Preserved within Fort Churchill State Historic Park[3]
Gold Acres Lander
Gold Butte Clark1908
Gold CenterNye
Gold PointEsmeralda
GoldfieldEsmeralda
Grantsville Nye
HamiltonWhite Pine
Helene Lincoln
Henry Elko
Hiko Lincoln
Ione Nye
Johnnie Nye
Jungo Humboldt1911 1952 Barren Post Office from January 1911 until May 1952.[4]
Jessup Churchill 1908
Lahontan City Churchill 1911 1915 Developed to house workers during the construction of Lahontan Dam[5]
Logan Lincoln
Louisville Clark1861 1862? In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Lucky Jim Camp Clark1862 Barren In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Mazuma Pershing 1907 1912 Post office: 1907-1912. Site of flash flood that killed at least 8.
Marietta Mineral
Metropolis Elko
Midas Elko
Miller's Esmeralda
Miriam Churchill Non-agency station of the SPRR[6]
Mountain City Elko
Mule Lick Nye1890
Nevada City Churchill1916 1919 A coöperative colony
Ocala Churchill
Osceola White Pine
Palisade Eureka
Palmetto Esmeralda
Parran Churchill1910 A telegraph station and post office. PO closed 1913[7]
Pine Grove SiteLyon1866-1918 Several buildings
Pioneer Nye1908 Post office 1909–1931
Poeville Washoe18641880 Post office 1874–1878
Potosi Clark
Quartz Mountain Nye
Ragtown Churchill1854 Leeteville may be the same location
RawhideMineral Town was founded in Esmeralda County before the creation of Mineral
Rochester Pershing
RhyoliteNye1904 Post office closed 1913
Rio Tinto Elko19321948 A few houses and the school remain.
Rioville Clark18691906Site is now under Lake Mead. Originally Junction City, Rioville had a post office from 1881 to 1906.
Ruby HillEureka1873 1910
Ruth White Pine
San Juan Clark1860's In the upper part of El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District.
Scossa Pershing
Seven Troughs Pershing
Silver Canyon Lincoln
Simonsville Clark18651870'sBarrenOriginally called Mill Point, located west of the south end of Overton Airport and east of the Muddy River.
SprucemontElko
Saint Joseph Clark18651868BarrenSite located west of the north end of Overton Airport and east of the Muddy River. It burned down in 1868. Town name and population moved to what is now Logandale, Nevada.
St. ThomasClark Submerged beneath Lake Mead. Ruins became visible when water level of Lake Mead were lowered.
Star City Pershing
Stillwater Churchill1862
Sulphur Lyon
Tempiute Lincoln
Tenabo Lander
Treasure City White Pine
Tybo Nye
Unionville Pershing
Vernon Pershing
Vya Washoe
White Cloud City Churchill Also known as Coppereid
White Plains Churchill1879 1909 "No vegetation meets the eye when gazing on the vast expanse of dirty white alkali"[8]
Wonder Churchill1906 Post office closed 1920

References

  1. ↑ Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park
  2. ↑ Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park
  3. ↑ Fort Churchill State Historic Park
  4. ↑ "Jungo Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1991-09-01. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  5. ↑ Lahontan City
  6. ↑ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 169. ISBN 087417094X.
  7. ↑ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 187. ISBN 087417094X.
  8. ↑ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 245. ISBN 087417094X.

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