List of ghost towns in Indiana

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The United States state of Indiana has many former, abandoned, or ghost towns. A study concluded there were at least forty one, two of which were "drowned towns". [1]

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The sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana Baltimore, Indiana house.png
The sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana
Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana Corwin, Indiana.png
Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana
An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana Sloan, Indiana building and silos.png
An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana

Ghost towns

Town nameOther name(s)CountyEstablishedDisestablishedRemarks
Anita [2] [3] Johnson
Baltimore [4] Warren
Barbersville [4] [5] Jefferson
Beeville Tippecanoe
Berlin Clinton
Bowser Station Blackford
Brayton [ citation needed ] Hendricks
Brisco [4] [5] Briscoe Warren
Chatterton [4] Warren
Chesapeake Warren
Conrad Newton
Corwin [4] [5] Henry
Corwin Tippecanoe
Dorsey Station Blackford
Depauw Harrison
Dresser Warren
Dunn [4] [5] [6] Benton
Elkinsville [4] [1] [7] Brown
Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabethtown [5] [8] Delaware
Fort Ritner Lawrence
Frog Alley Blackford
Glen Hall Glenhall Tippecanoe
Granville [5] Tippecanoe
Greenland Blackford
Heath Tippecanoe
Hindostan Falls [4] [5] [9] [6] Martin
Kickapoo Warren
Lick Creek [9] [8] Lick Creek African Settlement, Lick Creek African-American Settlement Orange
Little Chicago Blackford
Locust Grove Warren
Luck Blackford
Magnet Perry
Marshfield [5] Scott
Mauckport Harrison
Mollie [6] Blackford
Monument City [1] Huntington
New Amsterdam [10] [ disputed ] Harrison
Old Leavenworth Moved to Leavenworth.
Pleasantdale Blackford
Point Pleasant Warren
Prairieville Clinton
Quaker Quaker Point Vermillion
Randall Vermillion
Renner Blackford
Sheff Benton
Silas Blackford
Sloan [4] [5] [6] Warren
Slocum Blackford
Springville [5] Clark
Stringtown Fountain
Suman Porter
Toronto Vermillion
Tremont [4] [5] [6] New City West Porter Now a part of Indiana Dunes State Park
Tunnelton [ disputed ] Lawrence
Vermont Howard
Walnut Grove Warren
Warrenton Warren
West Union Knox Owned by Shakers.
Winterhurst Blackford
Wynnsboro Harrison

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Shukla, Anatole (February 16, 2022). "Ghost Towns of Indiana". ArcGIS StoryMaps.
  2. "Railroad put long-gone Anita on the state map". The Daily Journal (Franklin, Indiana). June 19, 2001. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  3. Rund, Christopher (2006), The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad, Indiana University Press, pp. 218–219, ISBN   9780253346926, Anita is another town along the line bearing the name of a young lady...By the 1980's the Anita was almost non-existent...The state highway department was on the verge of erasing Anita from map, but proponents of the all-but-forgotten town, successfully petitioned to preserve Anita's identity. The town remained acknowledged on paper and was even marked by a roadside commemorative plaque.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Johnston, Courtney (May 31, 2016). "What You'll Discover In These 10 Deserted Indiana Towns Is Truly Grim". OnlyInYourState.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "13 Ghost Towns In Indiana [MAP]". August 13, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Nuggets, Rare Gold (December 4, 2016). "6 Indiana Ghost Towns - Gone and (Almost) Forgotten".
  7. "The Indianapolis Star".
  8. 1 2 Smith, Jason (October 19, 2021). "Ghost Towns In Indiana".
  9. 1 2 Keith, Jim. "Ghost Towns in Ohio and Indiana". The Herald-Times.
  10. Hawes, George W. (August 31, 1859). "G. W. Hawes' Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859". Geo. W. Hawes, Pub. and Proprietor.

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