List of ghost towns in Nevada

Car

Churchill

Clark

Doug

Elko

Esmeralda

Eureka

Humboldt

Lander

Lincoln

Lyon

Mineral

Nye

Pershing

Sto

Wash

White Pine

This is a list of ghost towns in Nevada in the United States of America. Most ghost towns in Nevada are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that weren't set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations. In Clark County settlements along the Colorado River have been submerged underneath the reservoirs of Lake Mead or Lake Mohave.

Conditions

Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of buildings or civilization and have reverted to empty land. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Still others may support full-time residents, though usually far less than at their historical peak, while others may now be museums or historical sites.

For ease of reference, the sites listed have been placed into one of the following general categories.

Barren site

• Site is no longer in existence
• Site has been destroyed, covered with water, or reverted to empty land
• May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

• Little more than rubble remains at the site
• Dilapidated, often roofless buildings remain at the site

Abandoned site

• Building or houses still standing, but all or almost all are abandoned
• No population, with the possible exception of a caretaker
• Site no longer in use, except for one or two buildings

Semi-abandoned site

• Buildings or houses still standing, but most are abandoned
• A few residents may remain

Historic site

• Buildings or houses still standing
• Site has been converted to a historical site, museum, or tourist attraction
• Still a busy community, but population is smaller than its peak years

List of ghost towns in Nevada

Nevada Ghost Towns

Town	Image	County	Established	Disestablished	Status	Notes
Aurora		Mineral	1860		Neglected site
Alturas		Clark	1861			In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Belleville		Mineral	1872
Belmont		Nye	1865			Former Nye County courthouse in Belmont is preserved as Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park[1]
Beowawe		Eureka	1868
Berlin		Nye	1897	1911		Preserved within Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park[2]
Bermond Station		Churchill				Post Office from 1920-26. Location on 1910 USGS map
Blair		Esmeralda
Bristol		Lincoln
Broken Hills		Mineral
Bullfrog		Nye
Bullionville		Lincoln
Cactus Springs		Nye
Callville		Clark	1864	1869	Submerged under Callville Bay of Lake Mead	Steamboat landing, County seat of Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory (1865-67), Post office (1867-69)
Candelaria		Mineral
Caselton		Lincoln
Chafey		Pershing
Charleston		Elko
Coaldale		Esmeralda
Cobre		Elko
Colorado City		Clark	1861		Submerged under Lake Mohave	Steamboat landing near the mouth of El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District.
Columbus		Esmeralda
Como		Lyon	1861	1930's		Post office 1879-1881, 1903-1905; townsite occupied intermittently, activity finally ceasing in the 1930s after the closing of a sawmill
Cortez		Lander
Crystal Springs		Lincoln
Currant		Nye
Daveytown		Humboldt
Deeth		Elko
Delano		Elko
Delamar		Lincoln
Dixie Valley		Churchill	1861
Dun Glen		Pershing
El Dorado City		Clark	1863	1880's	Barren site	Mining camp in El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District. Site of the El Dorado Mills.
Etna		Pershing
Fairview		Churchill	1904	1919
Ferguson		Lincoln
Fish Lake Valley		Esmeralda
Flanigan		Washoe	1909	1973
Fort Churchill		Lyon				Preserved within Fort Churchill State Historic Park[3]
Gold Acres		Lander
Gold Butte		Clark	1908
Gold Center		Nye
Gold Point		Esmeralda
Goldfield		Esmeralda
Grantsville		Nye
Hamilton		White Pine
Helene		Lincoln
Henry		Elko
Hiko		Lincoln
Ione		Nye
Johnnie		Nye
Jungo		Humboldt	1911	1952	Barren	Post Office from January 1911 until May 1952.[4]
Jessup		Churchill	1908
Lahontan City		Churchill	1911	1915		Developed to house workers during the construction of Lahontan Dam[5]
Logan		Lincoln
Louisville		Clark	1861	1862?		In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Lucky Jim Camp		Clark	1862		Barren	In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Mazuma		Pershing	1907	1912		Post office: 1907-1912. Site of flash flood that killed at least 8.
Marietta		Mineral
Metropolis		Elko
Midas		Elko
Miller's		Esmeralda
Miriam		Churchill				Non-agency station of the SPRR[6]
Mountain City		Elko
Mule Lick		Nye	1890
Nevada City		Churchill	1916	1919		A coöperative colony
Ocala		Churchill
Osceola		White Pine
Palisade		Eureka
Palmetto		Esmeralda
Parran		Churchill	1910			A telegraph station and post office. PO closed 1913[7]
Pine Grove Site		Lyon	1866-1918			Several buildings
Pioneer		Nye	1908			Post office 1909–1931
Poeville		Washoe	1864	1880		Post office 1874–1878
Potosi		Clark
Quartz Mountain		Nye
Ragtown		Churchill	1854			Leeteville may be the same location
Rawhide		Mineral				Town was founded in Esmeralda County before the creation of Mineral
Rochester		Pershing
Rhyolite		Nye	1904			Post office closed 1913
Rio Tinto		Elko	1932	1948	A few houses and the school remain.
Rioville		Clark	1869	1906	Site is now under Lake Mead.	Originally Junction City, Rioville had a post office from 1881 to 1906.
Ruby Hill		Eureka	1873	1910
Ruth		White Pine
San Juan		Clark	1860's			In the upper part of El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District.
Scossa		Pershing
Seven Troughs		Pershing
Silver Canyon		Lincoln
Simonsville		Clark	1865	1870's	Barren	Originally called Mill Point, located west of the south end of Overton Airport and east of the Muddy River.
Sprucemont		Elko
Saint Joseph		Clark	1865	1868	Barren	Site located west of the north end of Overton Airport and east of the Muddy River. It burned down in 1868. Town name and population moved to what is now Logandale, Nevada.
St. Thomas		Clark				Submerged beneath Lake Mead. Ruins became visible when water level of Lake Mead were lowered.
Star City		Pershing
Stillwater		Churchill	1862
Sulphur		Lyon
Tempiute		Lincoln
Tenabo		Lander
Treasure City		White Pine
Tybo		Nye
Unionville		Pershing
Vernon		Pershing
Vya		Washoe
White Cloud City		Churchill				Also known as Coppereid
White Plains		Churchill	1879	1909		"No vegetation meets the eye when gazing on the vast expanse of dirty white alkali"[8]
Wonder		Churchill	1906			Post office closed 1920

References

1. Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park
2. Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park
3. Fort Churchill State Historic Park
4. "Jungo Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1991-09-01. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
5. Lahontan City
6. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 169. ISBN 087417094X.
7. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 187. ISBN 087417094X.
8. Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 245. ISBN 087417094X.

External links

• Forgotten Nevada - Abandoned and historical sites in Nevada. Pictures and directions
• Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years 1900-1925

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