List of ghost towns in Michigan

This is a list of ghost towns in Michigan .

Classification

Barren site

• Site no longer in existence
• Site has been destroyed or submerged
• Reverted to pasture
• May have a few difficult-to-find foundations or footings at most

Neglected site

• Only rubble left
• All buildings uninhabited
• Roofless building ruins
• Some buildings or houses still standing

Abandoned site

• Buildings or houses still standing
• Buildings and houses all abandoned
• No population, except caretaker(s)
• Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings (for example old church, grocery store)

Semi-abandoned site

• Building or houses still standing
• Buildings and houses largely abandoned
• Fewer than 50 residents (small population)
• Many abandoned buildings

Historic community

• Building or houses still standing
• Smaller than its boom years
• Population has decreased dramatically, to one-fifth or less
• May be a census designated place, or have been absorbed by another settlement

List

Name	Other names	County	Settled	Abandoned	Status	Ref.
Alcona		Alcona County				[1]
Amble		Montcalm County	Before 1886	Post office closed in 1953	Semi-abandoned	[2]
Antrim City		Antrim County	Began as a shipping hub for Wood, Pearl & Company in 1861		Barren	[3]
Aral		Benzie County	1880	1911		[4] [5]
Baltic		Houghton County				[6] [7]
Bass Lake		Grand Traverse County
Beitner		Grand Traverse County
Berringer Corners
Berryville
Bertrand		Berrien County				[8]
Big Rock		Montmorency County
Bingham		Leelenau County
Bolton		Alpena County				[9]
Bond's Mill		Wexford County
Branch		Branch County
Brookside		Osceola County				[10]
Butternut		Montcalm County				[11]
Calvin Center		Cass County
Cambridge Junction		Lenawee County
Central		Keweenaw County				[12]
Chestonia		Antrim County	1899	after 1962	Barren
Cleon		Manistee County
Clifton	Cliff					[13]
Colonville
Copper Falls						[14]
Crawfords Quarry
Crescent
Crofton
Damon
Deward
Dighton
Disco		Macomb County	1849 [15]			[16] [17]
Duncan		Cheboygan County
Earth
East Bay
Eckford
Emerson
Eschol
Essex
Evans
Fayette		Delta County
Federman						[18]
Fish Lake
Fleming
Frederick
Geels
Geloster
Gibbs City	Atkinson	Iron County				[19]
Good Harbor
Grafton
Grape		Monroe County
Goo
Hallock
Hannah
Hard Luck
Harlan
Havre
Henry
Herron		Alpena County
Hodge
Isadore
Jacktown
Jennings
Kenneth		Mackinac County
Kelloggsville		Kent County
Kensington
Keystone
Killmaster		Alcona County
Leer
Lathrop
Lupton
Mabel
Mandan		Keweenaw County
Manseau
Mansfield		Iron County				[20]
Marlborough		Lake County				[21]
Martins Landing
Mentha		Van Buren County
Meredith
Metz
Milton		Macomb County
Mitchell
Monroe Center
Mottville
Neahtawanta		Grand Traverse County
Nessen City
Nicholsville
Nonesuch		Ontonagon County
North Unity		Leelanau County
Old Mission		Grand Traverse County
Omard		Sanilac County				[22] [23]
Onominese		Leelanau County
Park Lake
Peacock
Pennock
Pequaming
Pere Cheney
Port Crescent		Huron County
Pinnepog
Podunk
Pokagon		Cass County
Port Sheldon
Potts (McKinley)
Print (Griner Station)
Quinn
Rattle Run		St. Clair County
Rawsonville
Rushman
Sharon
Shattuckville		Saginaw County
Shavehead
Sheffield
Shelldrake
Shiawassee Town
Sigma
Singapore
South Assyria
South Boardman
Springvale
Star City
Steiner		Monroe County
Stittsville
Standale		Kent County
Stoney Creek		Monroe County
Stover
Stratford
Summit City
Superior
Temple
Trowbridge
Tunk
Union
Vermilion
Volinia		Cass County
Walton
Watervale
Wekwagamaw
Wetzell
Whiskey Creek
Whitefish Point
Wilson

References

1. Bunting, Robert L. (October 31, 2007). Into Oblivion (Hardcover). Robert McGreevy, Illustrator (1st ed.). Black River Trading Company. ISBN   978-0979749209.
2. Robinson, John (October 18, 2018). "The Semi-Ghost Town of Amble: Montcalm County, Michigan". 99.1 WFMK.
3. Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series. Wayne State University Press. p. 26.
4. "Aral". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
5. "Aral: A Town That Vanished". U.S. National Park Service . Retrieved December 18, 2017.
6. "Baltic". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
7. "Baltic The Ghost Town". Visit Keweenaw. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
8. "Bertrand". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
9. "Bolton". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
10. "Brookside". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
11. "Butternut". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
12. "Central". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
13. "Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from the copper mining of the 1800s". Exploring the North. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
14. "Copper Falls Mine". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
15. Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 159
16. Disco, MI from MyTopo. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
17. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Disco Post Office (historical), Michigan & GNIS in Google Map
18. Pichea, Ashley (September 11, 2023). "Awesome Mitten's Guide to Fiborn Quarry & Fiborn Karst Preserve". Awesome Mitten.
19. "Gibbs City –Atkinson". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
20. "Mansfield". Ghost Towns. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
21. "Marlborough". Ghost Towns. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
22. "Where Is Omard?". omard.info. April 12, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
23. Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series. Wayne State University Press. p. 415.