Ghost Towns
Places that formed, boomed and emptied — mining camps, railroad stops, river landings, towns a dam drowned or a war cleared. 126 are in the archive: 62 with stories written about them, 64 still waiting for one.
stories in the archive none yet · 107 of 126 are on the map; the rest are listed below until their sites are confirmed.See them among the archive's stories →
In the archive 62
- HanfordBenton County
- White BluffsBenton County
- Monte CristoSnohomish County
- WilcoxWhitman County
- AinsworthFranklin County
- JamesonDouglas County
- TrinityChelan County
- WestonFranklin County
- WellingtonChelan County
- Hot SpringsKing County
- WaltersWhitman County
- SandersonDouglas County
- LesterKing County
- Skagit CitySkagit County
- BolsterOkanogan County
- LaurelWhatcom County
- SheridanKing County
- AttaliaWalla Walla County
- BairdCowlitz County
- Sauk CitySkagit County
- HolmanPacific County
- RockwellAdams County
- GilmerKlickitat County
- RipariaWhitman County
- FairfaxPierce County
- GalenaSnohomish County
- McGowanPacific County
- PenawawaWhitman County
- BossburgStevens County
- ElbertonWhitman County
- LindbergLewis County
- NighthawkOkanogan County
- WinesapChelan County
- ClaquatoLewis County
- FrankfortPacific County
- GettysburgClallam County
- HillhurstPierce County
- KeystoneAdams County
- MolsonOkanogan County
- Pacific CityKing County
- AlmotaWhitman County
- BordeauxThurston County
- JerichoGrant County
- Mineral CitySnohomish County
- MottingerBenton County
- OsceolaKing County
- Pleasant ViewWalla Walla County
- UnfriedGarfield County
- BarronWhatcom County
- BodieOkanogan County
- BonitaDouglas County
- ChesawOkanogan County
- Clay CityPierce County
- Diamond CityPend Oreille County
- GoshenWhatcom County
- GovanLincoln County
- Grange CityColumbia County
- KnapptonPacific County
- MelmontPierce County
- MonohonKing County
- ShuksanWhatcom County
- TauntonAdams County
Waiting for a story 64
No story in the archive names these yet. The newspapers may still hold them.
- Adams County
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- Asotin County
- Chelan County
- Clallam County
- Columbia County
- Ferry County
- Franklin County
- Grant County
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- Grays Harbor County
- King County
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- Kittitas County
- , , ,
- Klickitat County
- , Guler, Liberty Bond,
- Lewis County
- , , ,
- Lincoln County
- ,
- Okanogan County
- , , ,
- Pacific County
- ,
- Pierce County
- Camp 1
- Skagit County
- , ,
- Spokane County
- Coey, Freedom, ,
- Stevens County
- ,
- Thurston County
- ,
- Whatcom County
- ,
- Whitman County
- , , , , Kenova, Ladow, , , Union Center
- Yakima County
- Copper City