List of ghost towns in Wyoming

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This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wyoming .

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Classification

One of the buildings in Table Rock, which was bulldozed in 2011 Table Rock (51257649277).jpg
One of the buildings in Table Rock, which was bulldozed in 2011

Barren site

Neglected site

Abandoned site

Semi abandoned site

Historic community

Table

NameOther namesCountyLocationSettledAbandonedCurrent statusRemarks
Alva Crook County Semi-abandoned
Antelope Flats18931912Neglected [1]
Atlantic City Fremont County 1868Semi-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 Rock1906
BentonJuly to September 1868 [2]
Bessemer1888
Bosler Albany County 1900 [1]
Bryan Sweetwater County September 1868
Buckhorn1900
Buford Albany County
Cambria Weston County 18891928
Canyon Springs [5]
Carbon Carbon County 1868 [3] Abandoned
Carter Uinta County December 27, 1867
Clifton1907
Cumberland Lincoln County 1900
Eadsville1891 [4]
Empire Goshen County [6] 1908
Forest City
Fort Laramie Goshen County 1834Historic [7]
Fort Steele [2]
Gebo Hot Springs County
Hecla Laramie County
Horton
Jay Em Goshen County [1]
Jeffrey City Fremont County
JirehA 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 1970s2010Barren
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Truly Grim Reality Of 11 Deserted Ghost Towns In Wyoming". OnlyInYourState®. June 14, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN   0-87004-358-7.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Miller, Donald (1977). Ghost Towns of Wyoming. Pruett. ISBN   0871085119.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "7 Wyoming Ghost Towns You Need to Explore". travelwyoming.com.
  5. 1 2 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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