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

Barren site

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Building or houses still standing
• Still a busy community
• Smaller than its boom years
• Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Table

Name	Other names	County	Location	Settled	Abandoned	Current status	Remarks
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

• 
  Burke in 1888
• 
  The former hotel in Burgdorf
• 
  Silver City in 1892
• 
  A preserved cabin in Chesterfield

See also

• Idahoportal
• Pacific Northwestportal
• List of counties in Idaho

References

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. 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.