List of ghost towns in Pennsylvania

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Many of the ghost towns in Pennsylvania are located in Western Pennsylvania, particularly in the Appalachian and Allegheny regions of the Rust Belt. [1] During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the mountainous parts of Pennsylvania were home to a booming coal industry. [2] Many of these towns also housed coking facilities for the coal mined nearby, many of which still have the remains of the abandoned coke ovens. [3]

Classifications

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The bridge at Arroyo
The famous graffiti highway in Centralia A421, Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA, Route 61, abandoned section above coal mine fire, 2016.jpg
The famous graffiti highway in Centralia
Restored 19th century buildings at Eckley ECKLEY HISTORIC DISTRICT.jpg
Restored 19th century buildings at Eckley

Barren site

Neglected site

Abandoned site

Semi-abandoned site

Historic community

List of towns

NameOther names County Township SettledAbandonedCurrent statusRemarks
Acme Westmoreland /Fayette counties Donegal, Mount Pleasant (Westmoreland)

Bullskin (Fayette)

 [4]
Aitch Huntingdon County 1887Submergedsubmerged to form Raystown Lake. [5]
Alice Westmoreland County East Huntingdon Township [4]
Alvira Wisetown Union County Gregg Township [6]
Andrico Westmoreland County Derry Township [7] [4]
Antwerp Clarion County Richland Township [8]
Appalacha Indiana County White Township [9]
Aqueduct Indiana County West Wheatfield Township [4]
Ardara Westmoreland County North Huntingdon Township
Armerford Indiana County East Wheatfield Township Lies along the Ghost Town Trail in East Wheatfield Township in Indiana County. [10]
Arroyo Elk County Spring Creek Township
Bagdad Westmoreland County Allegheny Township [11]
Bairdstown Westmoreland County Derry Township [12]
Barclay Bradford County Franklin Township
Bells Mills Indiana County Blacklick Township
Bennington Cambria/Blair County Allegheny Township [13]
Beula Cambria County 17961804Welsh religious ghost town. [14]
Big Creek Valley Carbon County 1966SubmergedSubmerged to form Beltzville Lake. [15]
Big Run Elk County [16]
Billmeyer Billmyer [17] Lancaster County [18]
Birdsboro Berks County N/AA historic borough that, while still hosting several thousand residents, has sharply declined from its previous prosperity. [19]
Blairfour Blair County The site of a quarry for Blair Limestone Company. [20]
Blue Rock Elk County Along the Clarion-Little Toby Trail, connected to Ellmont, another ghost town, by the local landmark Blue Rock Swinging Bridge. [21]
Bracken Indiana County A coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ] along the Ghost Town Trail. [10]
Braddock Allegheny County N/ASemi-abandonedNotorious for its crumbling infrastructure and "post-apocalyptic" appearance. [22]
Brownsville Fayette County N/AHistoric [23]
Buena Vista Indiana County Brush Valley Township
Byrnesville Columbia County Conyngham Township
Cardiff Located along the Ghost Town Trail [24] [25]
Celestia Sullivan County 1887A religious community of Millennialists. [26]
Centralia Columbia County Semi-abandoneda coal mining ghost town, where a fire has been burning underground for years
Cereal Lindencross Westmoreland County North Huntingdon Township Was a major location for breakfast cereal production plants starting in 1904 until the factories closed for good in the 1940s. [27]
Chester Humphries Westmoreland County Derry Township 1644A coal mining ghost town, often known as Humphries after the owner of the mine. [28]
Claghorn Indiana County East Wheatfield Township Along the Ghost Town Trail
Cokeville Broad Fording Westmoreland County Derry Township Submergeda Pennsylvania Canal & coal mining ghost town, under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. [29]
Cold Spring Lebanon County Cold Spring Township A township that has not had any staff or budget in the municipal government since the 1960s. [30]
Concrete City Luzerne County Historic [31]
Corduroy Elk County Highland Township Located on the Clarion River near Rushland. [32]
Corydon McKean County Corydon Township SubmergedFlooded by Allegheny Reservoir
Cressonville Schuylkill County [33]
Crum Crumb, Crumtown Somerset County Before 18331926NeglectedAlmost all of the buildings in Crum were bought out in the late 1920s by the Berwind Corporation to keep pollution out of their watershed. [34]
Crunkleton Franklin County 1772Barrena colonial hamlet between Greencastle and Waynesboro. [35]
Dahoga Elk County Jones Township
Dias Indiana County Brush Valley Township A coal town on the Ghost Town Trail. [36]
Dilltown Indiana County Buffington Township Once an important commerce center, now sparsely populated. [37]
Dunbar Frogtown Fayette County N/AHistoric [38] [39]
East Fork Road District Potter County Absorbed
Eckley Luzerne County Foster Township Historica coal mining ghost town, now a coal mining museum
Edgerton Lackawanna County A coal mining ghost town. [40]
Edri Indiana County Conemaugh Township A coal mining ghost town. [41]
Eleanora Jefferson County McCalmont Township A coal and coke company town. [42]
Ellmont Elk County/Jefferson County a logging town famous for a rope bridge, Blue Rock Swinging Bridge, which connects it to another ghost town, Blue Rock. [43]
Empire Elk County a logging town with a railroad tunnel.[ citation needed ]
Eriton Clearfield County Sandy Township A coal mining ghost town. [44]
Fairbanks Westmoreland County Loyalhanna Township A coal mining ghost town. [45]
Ferrier Indiana County Brush Valley Township A coal mining ghost town. [46]
Fillmore Indiana County Blacklick Township SubmergedFormerly along the banks of the Conemaugh River, submerged under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake after construction of the Conemaugh Dam. [47]
Fort Palmer Westmoreland County Fairfield Township 1771 [48] [49]
Foster Indiana County Conemaugh Township A coal mining ghost town. [41]
Foxtown Westmoreland County Hempfield Township a coal mining ghost town. [50]
French Azilum Bradford County 1793
Freytown Lackawanna County [51]
Frick's Lock Chester County East Coventry Township
Frogtown Westmoreland County Salem Township a coal mining ghost town [52]
Gold Mine [53]
Grays Run An obscure logging town. [54]
Greenwood Furnace Huntingdon County Jackson Township Formerly home to a booming iron industry, the town declined after new techniques rendered its facilities obsolete. [55]
Hart Town Indiana County Young Township Once a coal mining town, the mines at Hart Town had closed by the start of World War II. [56]
Hazel Hurst McKean County Once an important glass production town with multiple factories, all of which are now closed. [54]
Helvetia Clearfield County Brady Township A coal mining ghost town
Hicks Run Cameron County 19041912BarrenA logging town located near Route 555 in Driftwood. [54]
Holbrook Greene County AbandonedAlthough the greater Holbrook area still has residents, the village proper is almost entirely abandoned. [57]
Horatio Jefferson County Young Township coal mining ghost town
Huron Westmoreland County Salem Township A coal mining ghost town. [58]
Ingleby Fowler Centre County Haines Township
Instanter Elk County Submergedunder the waters of East Branch Lake. [59]
Johnetta Armstrong County Gilpin Township a brick works & coal mining ghost town
Joller Huntingdon County 19161979BarrenA coal mining ghost town. [60]
Kelly's Station Tunnelton [61] Indiana County Conemaugh Township Former town along the Conemaugh River [61]
Kinzua Warren County 1963see also Kinzua Creek
Lackawanna No. 3 Indiana County Buffington Township Located along the Ghost Town Trail. [62]
Landrus Tioga County An early pioneer of using electricity in logging camps, Landrus disappeared after the railroad was redirected through a different town. [54] [63]
Laquin Bradford County Franklin Township 1902Once a booming lumber town. [54]
Laurel Run Luzerne County N/ASemi-abandonedHas experienced a sharp decline in residents due to the contamination caused by the Laurel Run mine fire, which started in 1915 and is still burning.
Lausanne Lausanne Landing Carbon County
Lily Pond An extremely small logging town on the Clarion River. [32]
Livermore Westmoreland County Derry Township Submergeda Pennsylvania Canal ghost town under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake
Loop Indiana County West Mahoning Township an iron furnace & coal mining ghost town
Marburg SubmergedSubmerged under Lake Marburg. [64]
Marietta Westmoreland County Ligonier Township a coal mining ghost town [65]
Masten Lycoming County
McIntyre Lycoming County McIntyre Township
McKinley Elk County Highland Township a logging/oil drilling ghost town. [66]
Meco Indiana County Brush Valley Township a coal mining ghost town [67]
Middletown Located on the Clarion River between Corduroy and Rushland. [32]
Milford Mills Submergedflooded by creation of Marsh Creek Lake
Millwood Shaft Westmoreland County Derry Township [68]
Nebraska Forest County [69]
Nelsonville Elk County [70]
Nemacolin Greene County Cumberland Township Formerly the site of the Buckeye Coal Mine. [71]
New England Westmoreland County 19001932A coal mining ghost town. [72]
Newport Indiana County Blacklick Township Before colonization

(possibly 8,000 years bce)

1820sBarren/historicA former Native American settlement. In 2019, Indiana University of Pennsylvania students of archaeology began excavation at the site. [73]
Newtown Mills Forest County Kingsley Township [ citation needed ]
Norwich McKean County A town that once housed 5,000 residents. [54]
Old Patton (Wakena) Westmoreland County Bell Township a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Owl's Nest Elk County Highland Township a logging/oil drilling ghost town[ citation needed ]
Pandamonia [ citation needed ]
Peale Clearfield County Cooper Township coal mining ghost town
Pemberton Huntingdon County Franklin Township [ citation needed ]
Petroleum Center Venango County Cornplanter Township
Pig’s Ear Elk County Highland Township Semi-abandonedan oil drilling ghost town
Pithole Venango County Cornplanter Township an oil drilling ghost town
Poe Mills Centre County A former logging town, now the site of Poe Paddy State Park. [74]
Port Perry Allegheny County North Versailles Township 1945
Powelton Centre County a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Powelton Huntingdon County a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Quaker Bridge [ citation needed ]
Rattling Run [53]
Rausch Gap Lebanon County Cold Spring Township
Red Hot Allegheny County West Deer Township Along Saxonburg Boulevard
Red Shaft a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Ricketts Sullivan/Wyoming counties Colley (Sullivan)

Forkston (Wyoming)

Robindale Indiana County a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Rushland Sackett, Rush Valley Bucks County Wrightstown Township 1730Most famous for the old Rushland station. [75]
Safe Harbor Lancaster County Conestoga Township See also Safe Harbor Dam. [76]
Salemville Westmoreland County Salem Township A coal mining ghost town. [52]
Scotia Centre County Patton Township 1922-1923A mining town. [77]
Scott Glenn Indiana County East Wheatfield Township a coal mining ghost town along the Ghost Town Trail.[ citation needed ]
Shanktown Indiana County Green Township a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Shawmut Elk County Horton Township [ citation needed ]
Sidney Indiana County Banks Township Located at Bear Run. [78]
Silverton Schuylkill County [ citation needed ]
Sligo Allegheny County Harrison Township [ citation needed ]
Smokeless (Robindale) Indiana County East Wheatfield Township a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Snyder Indiana County Center Township A mining town. [79]
Snydertown Westmoreland County Derry Township [80]
Social Hall Submergedunder the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. [47]
Somerfield Somerset County 1943Submergedunder the waters of Youghiogheny River Lake, but in 1999 receding water levels began to reveal parts of the town. [81]
Sonesville An obscure logging town. [54]
Straight Elk County Submergedunder the waters of East Branch Lake. [82]
Stringtown Greene County [ citation needed ]
Tambine Elk County Jones Township [ citation needed ]
Tartown Wagamansville Adams County [83]
Three Mile Elk County Highland Township oil drilling ghost town.[ citation needed ]
Tohickon Village Bucks County Submergedunder the waters of Lake Nockamixon
Walston Jefferson County Young Township A coal company patch town. [84]
Webster Indiana County a coal mining ghost town along the Ghost Town Trail.[ citation needed ]
Wehrum Indiana County Buffington Township 1934coal mining ghost town
Wenona Allegheny County Forward Township a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
West Overton Historic [85]
West Winfield Butler County Winfield Township A former company town which once housed a rail station. [86]
Whiskey Run Indiana County Young Township A coal mining ghost town famous for multiple unsolved murders. [56]
White Rock Armstrong County Gilpin Township a coal mining ghost town[ citation needed ]
Wilmer [25]
Wilsonville Submergedflooded to create Lake Wallenpaupack
Windy City Elk County Highland Township [ citation needed ]
Wistar Elk County [70]
Yellow Dog Village Armstrong County Early 2010sHistoric/neglected [31]
Yellow Springs Lebanon County [53]
Zanmore Clinton County [ citation needed ]

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