Jicarilla is a ghost town [1] in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. [2] It became a boomtown in 1892 following the discovery of gold and coal in the nearby Jicarilla Mountains.
Known as the Ghost Town, there is not much left standing today. Jicarilla lasted for about 50 years, between 1892 and 1942. [3]
A post office was established at Jicarilla in 1892, and remained in operation until 1927. [4] The community was named after the Jicarilla Apache Nation. [5]
The Jicarilla Schoolhouse, a one-room log schoolhouse, was built in 1907 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Antrim Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 2,161. The township is believed to be named after either Antrim, Northern Ireland or Antrim, New Hampshire.
Fairbank is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, next to the San Pedro River. First settled in 1881, Fairbank was the closest rail stop to nearby Tombstone, which made it an important location in the development of southeastern Arizona. The town was named for Chicago investor Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank who partially financed the railroad, and was the founder of the Grand Central Mining Company, which had an interest in the silver mines in Tombstone. Today Fairbank is located within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.
Pittsburg, Nevada is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Carr is an unincorporated community that used to have a U.S. Post Office in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of Carr is 80612. Some consider Carr a ghost town. Today, a few old houses remain plus a church and the schoolhouse, but the old store fronts are gone. There are some scattered old foundations throughout the town. There are a growing number of year-round residents, so the town no longer appears abandoned.
Friend is an unincorporated community in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery.
Elgin is a ghost town located between Caliente and Carp, Nevada on the eastern banks of the Meadow Valley Wash off of Nevada State Route 317.
Candelaria is a ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada. Today the site of Candelaria is dominated by the Kinross Gold Candelaria Mine on Mt. Diablo.
Carrara is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. The townsite is located in the Amargosa Desert adjacent to US Route 95 about 8.5 miles southeast of Beatty. The old Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad line was about one half mile to the southwest. An old road, previously a railroad grade, runs straight for about 3 miles to the northeast up Carrara Canyon on the southeast flank of the Bare Mountains to an old marble quarry. The quarry is about 1400 feet higher in elevation than the townsite.
Saints John, originally called Coleyville and later Saint John, is a former silver-mining town in Summit County, Colorado. About a mile from the town of Montezuma, Saints John was the site of one of the first silver discoveries in Colorado. Although no longer a town, it still has several inhabitants.
Mayday is a ghost town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. It was named for the Mayday Mine.
Dome is a ghost town located in Yuma County, in southwestern Arizona, United States. It is located in the Dome Valley south of the Gila River. Originally Swiveler's Station, 20 miles (32 km) east of Fort Yuma on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, a post office was established here in 1858. It was first under the name of Gila City, the nearby boomtown one and a half miles (2.4 km) west of Swiveler's, but the post office closed July 14, 1863, after most of the town was swept away in the Great Flood of 1862, and then abandoned for the La Paz gold rush along the Colorado River. After the railroad passed by the site and an attempt at large scale mining of the placers began, a new post office was established as Dome in 1892 but soon closed when the attempt failed. Subsequently it opened and closed several times before finally closing in 1940.
Rowland is a ghost town in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Toano is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, in the United States.
Galena is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada approximately eleven miles southwest of Battle Mountain.
Polaris, is now a ghost town in the northern part of Yuma County, Arizona, in the Kofa Mountains.
Govan is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, in US state of Washington. An abandoned school house, post office and grain elevator, along with a few houses both deserted and occupied, are all that remains of the town. It is considered to be a ghost town.
Chloride is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The community is located at the confluence of Chloride Creek with Mineral Creek. Most of the old mine workings are to the west, along Chloride Creek. Winston is approximately two miles to the east.
Apoxsee is a ghost town in Osceola County, Florida, United States.
Riley is located in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Settled in 1892, it is situated about 20 mi (32 km) north of Magdalena, New Mexico, on Cibola NF road 354 and is a habitated ghost town.
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