List of ghost towns in Maine

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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Maine .

Main Street, Flagstaff, Maine, circa 1915 Main Street, Flagstaff, ME.jpg
Main Street, Flagstaff, Maine, circa 1915

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Fox, Cooper (March 1, 2021). "6 Maine Ghost Towns You Never Knew Existed". B98.5. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "10 Ghost Towns in Maine Creepy and Abandoned Sites Around Maine". hotels.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Landrigan, Leslie (June 5, 2016). "Six New England Ghost Towns". New England Historical Society. Retrieved May 23, 2023.

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