List of ghost towns in North Dakota
Several ghost towns have been recorded in North Dakota and are in various states of disrepair; some are mostly intact but have no residents, while others have completely barren or inaccessible sites. Other communities might have a small population but are frequently referred to as a ghost town due to population decline and disrepair.
Classification
[edit]- Barren site
- Sites no longer in existence
- Sites that have been destroyed
- Submerged
- Reverted to pasture
- May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/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
- Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings
- Semi-abandoned site
- Building or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses largely abandoned
- Fewer than 50 residents
- Many abandoned buildings
- Small population
Ghost towns
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| Name | County | Settled | Abandoned | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | LaMoure | Semi-abandoned | |||
| Appam | Williams | 1916 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Arena | Burleigh | 1906 | Abandoned | ||
| Aurelia | |||||
| Beaver Creek | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| Belden | Mountrail | 1904 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Bently | [2] | ||||
| Brisbane | Grant | 1906 | Barren | [3][4] | |
| Carbury | Bottineau | 1901 | c. 2000 | Abandoned | |
| Charbonneau | McKenzie | 1960s | Abandoned | [5] | |
| Charging Eagle | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| Clyde | Cavalier | 1905 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Dogtooth | Grant | 1876 | c. 1911 | Barren | [6] |
| Elbowoods | McLean | 1889 | 1954 | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] |
| Epworth | |||||
| Fort Buford | Williams | 1866 | 1895 | Abandoned | U.S. Army fort |
| Freda | Grant | 1910 | c. 1975 | Neglected | |
| Gorham | Billings | c. 1899 | 1972 | Abandoned | |
| Hartland | Ward | 1907 | |||
| Heaton | Wells | 1895 | Semi-abandoned | [7] | |
| Independence | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| Keystone | Dickey | ||||
| Leipzig | Grant | 1896 | 1910 | Barren | [2] |
| Lonetree | |||||
| Lucky Butte | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| McKinney | Renville | ||||
| Mose | Griggs | 1889 | 1943 | Barren | |
| Nishu | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| Old Sanish | 1953 | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | ||
| Omemee | Bottineau | 1887 | c. 1990s | Neglected | |
| Petrel | Adams | 1908 | Barren | ||
| Red Butte | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| Sanger | Oliver | 1879 | 1985 | Barren | |
| Schafer | McKenzie | Neglected | [8] | ||
| Shell Creek | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1] | |||
| Sherbrooke | Steele | 1884 | circa 1920 | Abandoned after the county seat moved from it to Finley, North Dakota, in 1919. | |
| Sims | Morton | 1883 | |||
| Sully Springs | Billings | c. 1880 | c. 1939 | Barren | Railroad town abandoned during the Great Depression[9] |
| Tagus | Mountrail | 1900 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Temple | Williams | 1906 | c. 1965 | Neglected | |
| Temvik | Emmons | 1904 | 2000 | ||
| Ukraina | Billings | c. 1906 | c. 1949 | Neglected | Only two cemeteries left |
| Verendrye | McHenry | 1912 | 1970 | Neglected | |
| Wabek | Mountrail | Abandoned | [10] | ||
| Watrous | Hettinger | 1910 | Neglected | ||
| Wheelock | Williams | 1902 | c. 1996 | Semi-abandoned |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Dura, Jack (June 11, 2022). "The Story of Elbowoods". Prairie Public. Prairie Public Broadcasting. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ a b New Milwaukee Towns, Mandan [North Dakota] Pioneer 4/8/1910 Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brisbane, ND Postal Application 1910 Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brisbane North Dakota Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dura, Jack (November 1, 2016). "Memories still remain in Charbonneau". McKenzie County Farmer. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Where was Dogtooth North Dakota? Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Heaton". The Herald-Press. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "The ghost town of Schafer". The Bismarck Tribune. October 27, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Hoffbeck, Steve (June 10, 2022). "Sully Springs, A Badlands Ghost Town". Prairie Public. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ Davis, Lauren (October 5, 2021). "Hidden History: Preserved Wabek schoolhouse in a "ghost town"". KX News. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
