List of ghost towns in Nebraska

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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska .

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Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska

Ghost towns

Town nameOther name(s)CountyEstablishedDisestablishedRemarks
Abdal [1] Nuckolls
Ames [1] [2] Ketchum Dodge Not a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
Andrews [1] [3] Sioux 19061951Source( [3] ) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
Angora [1] [4] Antelope Hill Morrill 1900
Anoka [1] [5] Boyd
Antioch [1] [2] [5] [6] [7] Sheridan 1891
Appleton Pawnee
Arago [1] [8] Fargo Richardson 1860Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
Armour [1] Pawnee 18901934
Ashford [1] Banner Temporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
Bayonne Cherry
Belmont [1] [2] Evergreen City Dawes
Bluevale Blue Valley York
Bookwalter [1] Pawnee
Bowen Washington 1886
Bower Bowerville Jefferson
Breslau [1] Pierce
Brewster [1] Blaine County seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!".
Brocksburg [1] [6] [7] Keya Paha
Burton [1] Keya Paha
Carns [1] Keya Paha
Charlestown [1] York
Cincinnati [9] Pawnee
Covington [1] [7] Harney City Dakota
Crouse Lancaster Now Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
Dale [1] Custer
De Soto [1] Washington
DeWitty [7] Audacious Cherry
Dobytown [6] [7] Kearney
Donald [1] [10] Hooker
Duff [1] Rock
Dunwell [1] [10] Hooker
Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln [2] [7] Sarpy
Eclipse [1] [11] Hooker circa 1913First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
Edholm [5] Butler
Elsmere [1] Cherry
Elton [1] Custer
Elvira [1] [8] Merrick Once the county seat of Merrick County
Factoryville Union Mills Cass
Friedensau [1] [8] Thayer
Glen [1] Sioux
Glencoe Dodge
Gross [1] Boyd Near ghost town.
Hayland Adams
Hecla [1] [10] Hooker
Homerville Gosper
Hope [1] [12] [8] Scotts Bluff Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
Ingham [1] Lincoln
Jacksonville
Jamaica [1] [8] Lancaster
Kelso [1] [10] Hooker
Koesterville Pawnee
Lakeland [8] Brown
Lee Park [8] Custer and Valley
Lemoyne [1] Keith
Letan [1] Box Butte
Linton
Lomax [1] Custer
Lynn [1] Morrill
Mariaville [1] Rock
Mars Jessup Knox
Marsland [1] [8] Dawes
Martha [1] [8] Holt
Mayberry Pawnee
Meadville [1] Keya Paha
Melrose [8] Harlan
Meridian [1] [8] Big Sandy Jefferson
Minersville [1] [2] [6] [7] Otoe City Otoe
Mission Creek Pawnee
Monowi [1] [13] Boyd A near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and Prudential Financial. They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made.
Montrose [1] [7] Sioux
Mud Springs [7] [8] Morrill
Neapolis [7] [8] Saunders
New Home
Nonpareil [1] Box Butte
North Summerfield Pawnee
Omadi Dakota 1856
Oreapolis [14] Cass 18591864
Pauline [1] Adams 1887
Pebble Dodge
Pishelville [1] Knox 1874
Pittsburg Seward
Pleasant Hill [1] [7] [8] Pleasanthill Saline
Pleasant Valley [1] Dodge
Ringgold Ringold Dawson
Rock Bluff [1] [7] Cass
Royal [1] Antelope
Saltillo [1] Lancaster
Sartoria [1] [7] [8] Buffalo
Savannah Butler
Shafferville Pawnee
Scott's Valley Pawnee
Sedan [1] Nuckolls
Shea Jefferson
Speiser Richardson
Spiker Washington
Spring Ranch [1] Springranch, Spring Ranche Clay
St. Deroin [1] [5] [6] [7] Saint Deroin Nemaha
Tate [1] Pawnee
Tipp's Branch Pawnee
Unit [1] Sioux
Venus [1] [6] [7] Knox
Violet [1] [5] Butler Pawnee
Wee Town Wee Pierce
Weir [1] [10] Hooker
Weissert [1] Custer
Wheeler [1] Baird Wheeler

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick" . Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned" . Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan" . Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914" . Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns" . Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget" . Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska" . Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "15 more Nebraska ghost towns" . Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers" . Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map" . Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913" . Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)" . Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Largest advertising poster" . Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town" . Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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