Ghost Towns

Town name  Other name(s)  County  Settled  Abandoned  Current status  Remarks   
AdamanaApache1896Semi-abandoned site
AdamsvilleSanfordPinal18661920'sNeglected siteOriginal farming town mostly destroyed in a flood, now farmland. The remnant abandoned by the 1920s. Only its cemetery and some ruins remain.
Agua CalienteMaricopa1858Neglected siteHotel, ruins of a stone house and a swimming pool.
Alamo Crossing[2]AlimoMohave18991918Barren siteSubmerged in Alamo Lake.
Alexandra[2]Yavapai1875c.1903Barren site
AlgertCoconino18831921Neglected siteWalls of some of the school buildings, and some of the walls of the trading post are still standing.
Allen[2]Gunsight, Allen City[3]Pimac.1880c.1886Barren site
AlmaStringtownMaricopa1880Historic siteMormon settlement now part of Mesa, Arizona.[4]:15
AlmaPinal18911898Abandoned siteWooden water tanks, concrete ore chute, and metal ore buckets, etc. as well as a small slag heap remain on the site within private property. A settlement with a post office, 6 miles above Old Camp Granton the west side of the San Pedro River.[4]:16
AltoSanta CruzNeglected SiteAdobe Walls of old Post office and Sign for "Alto Camp". Historic Mining district back to the 18th Century.
American Flag[2]Pinalc.1879c.1884
American RanchLee's RanchYavapai1863c.1883Barren siteA stage stop on Mint Wash in Little Chino Valley on the Hardyville - Prescott Road with a large hotel for travelers. [5] [6]

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Angel CampMaricopa
Apron CrossingYavapai
AravaipaGraham
Aubrey Landing[2]AubreyMohavec.1860c.1886Barren siteA steamboat landing, later inundated when Lake Havasu was formed
AuraGraham1899
AztecYuma1880'sFormer railroad station
BellevueGila19061927Abandoned site
Big Bug[2]Bigbug, Red RockYavapai1862c.1910Barren site
Black DiamondCochise
Bonita[8]Grahamc.18851950Abandoned siteCatered to Fort Grant
BoylesCarpenterGreenlee19041908Barren siteFarming and ranching community at the mouth of the Blue River (Arizona)[9]
Bradshaw CityYavapaic.1860c.1880Barren site
Brigham City[10]Navajo18761881Historic site
Bumble Bee[1][2]Yavapai1863Semi-abandoned sitePrivately owned, few residents.[1]
Calabasas[2]CalabazasSanta Cruz18661913Abandoned siteWas a Papago Village, Mexican Garrison, Military Base, mining town. The town was the known as the gateway to Mexico and had the finest hotel from San Francisco to Denver.
Camp CrittendenSanta Cruz18671873Semi Abandoned sitePrivate Property, named Camp Crittenden by Generals Orders No. 57 Department of California, September 30, 1867, in honor of Thomas S. Crittenden, Col. 32nd U.S. Infantry Major General U.S. Volunteers. Established to protect settlements of Babocomari.
CaneloSanta Cruzc.1904Semi Abandoned siteSeveral historic buildings remain, including a one-room schoolhouse and a United States Forest Service ranger station complex.
Canyon DiabloCoconino1882
CascabelCochiseSemi Abandoned siteSeveral occupied adobes and ruined adobe walls, adjacent to Cascabel Rd.
Castle Dome[11]Yuma18691876Historic siteSite of the Castle Dome Mines Museum.
Castle Dome Landing[1][2]Castle Dome CityYuma18691884Barren siteSubmerged in Martinez Lake.
ChaparralYavapaic.1895c.1918Barren site
Charleston[2]Cochise18791888Neglected siteMaintained by the Bureau of Land Management.[12]
CatoctinYavapaic.1902c.1920Barren site
CedarMohavec.1875c.1911Neglected site
CerbatCampbellMohavec.1869c.1912Neglected site
Cerro ColoradoPimac.1856c.1911Neglected Site
Cherry[2]Yavapai18841943Semi-abandoned site
ChlorideMohave1863
CleatorYavapai
ClemenceauYavapai1917Historic siteNow part of Cottonwood, Arizona
CochiseCochise
Cochran[2]Pinal19051915
Colorado CityYuma18531862Barren siteDestroyed by Great Flood of 1862
Congress[1]Yavapai
Contention City[2]ContentionCochise18801888Neglected siteMaintained by the Bureau of Land Management.[12]
Copper Creek[2]Pinal1880s1942Neglected site
CordesAntelope JunctionYavapai18831950sSemi-abandoned site
Courtland[2]Cochise19081942Abandoned siteRemains of old Jail and Cemetery
Crown King[2]Yavapai18941954Historic siteOld Saloon and Many occupied buildings including general store
CurtisArizona CityYavapai18891907Former mining town. Currently the site of a mining operation, just north of Mayer on Big Bug Creek.
DomeYuma18921904Neglected siteruins of an adobe building, cemetery
DuquesneSanta Cruz1880s1920sSemi-abandoned siteSeveral wood buildings including Westinghouse home
EhrenbergMineral CityLa Paz18631915Neglected site
Fairbank[2]Junction City, Kendall, Fairbanks[13]Cochise18831970sAbandoned siteMaintained by the Bureau of Land Management.[13]
FortunaFortuna MineYuma18961924Neglected siteFoundation of General Store, Mill and Reservoir. Interpretive hiking trail maintained with signs by USMC-Yuma Marines. Mine shaft, Sign in log.
Fort BuchananBattle SiteSanta Cruz18571865Barren siteCivil War era Frontier Post, The post was officially abandoned in 1861 but during the American Civil War troops of the California Column occasionally manned the post. In February 1865 Apaches attacked and forced the small garrison to retreat. Hog Canyon...Nothing remains.
Galeyville[2]Cochise18811882Barren site
GeronimoGraham
GillettGillette[14]Yavapai18781880Neglected siteGillett Cemetery and nearby Burfind Hotel foundations.
Gila CityLigurta[15]Yuma18581863Barren siteDestroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
Gleeson[2]TurquoiseCochise18901940Semi-abandoned site
GoldfieldYoungsburgPinal1892,19201898,1926Historic siteGoldfield revived as Youngsburg in 1920, is now a tourist attraction.
Goldroad[2]AcmeMohave19021942Neglected site
GuthrieGreenlee1880's1922Neglected siteA railroad stop, on the Arizona Copper Company railroad, at a railroad bridge across the Gila River. The town died when the bridge was washed out.[16]
HardyvilleMohave18641883Historic siteHardyville Pioneer Cemetery, a historic landmark and an unofficial historical marker for nearby Bullhead City, Arizona.
Harshaw[1][2]DuraznoSanta Cruz18801960Semi-abandoned siteCemetery, Several adobe walls, flat townsite pads still visible
HelvetiaPima18911921Neglected sitesmall cemetery on approach with period graves, road to gunsite pass, small adobe wall and Smelter Stone Wall still visible
HilltopCochise1880s1940sNeglected site
HyderYuma
Jerome Junction[17]Yavapai18941920
JohnsonCochise
Kentucky CampPima1874Historic siteMaintained by US Forest Service
KlondykeGrahamc.1900Historic siteMaintained by US Forest Service
KofaYuma
La LagunaLagunaYuma18601862Barren siteSite under Mittry Lake
La PazLa Paz1862Neglected site
LochielSanta Cruzc.18801986Neglected site
MetcalfGreenlee18891936Neglected siteA copper mining town, died after the ore ran out in 1918.[18] Its post office lasted from 1899 to 1936.[19]
MillvilleCochise
Marinette[20]MaricopaBarren siteSun City was built on the site of Marinette in the 1960s
McMillenville[2]McMillianville, McMillanvilleGila1876c. 1886Neglected site
Mohave City[2]Mojave CityMohave18631938Barren siteAbsorbed into Fort Mojave Indian Reservation.[21]
MowrySanta Cruz
Mt. Trumbull[22]BundyvilleMohave1916c. 1970Abandoned site, historic site

The site is mostly abandoned, but remains home to a reconstruction of a historic schoolhouse.[23] The town was sometimes called Bundyville, after the family that settled the area. As of 2006 one member of the Bundy family still lived alone on a 320-acre ranch near the abandoned town site.[24]

OatmanMohave1902Historic site
ObedNavajo18761877Barren site
OctaveYavapaiNeglected site
Oro BlancoSanta Cruz18731915Neglected site
OrovilleOroGreenlee18801882Neglected siteA farm community supporting Clifton.[25]
PantanoPima1858c.1956Barren site
Paradise[2]Cochise19011943Barren site
Pedrick's–Yuma18541879 ?Steamboat landing on the east bank of the Colorado River, just above the Sonora – Arizona border.
PiedmontYavapai
PierceCochise18961942Semi abandonedMine Gold/silver workings, general store, cemetery and several occupied dwellings, Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church.
Pinal CityPinal
RayPinal1958
RedingtonPima1875
ReymertPinal
RosemontPimaSemi AbandonedAdobe walls at junction, old house now owned by Rosemont Mine. Soon to be destroyed by pit mine.Rosemont Mine
RubyMontana CampSanta Cruz1870s1941Historic site
San RafaelPimaBarren site
SaleroSanta CruzNeglected SiteOld Bunkhouse and Assay Office, now off limits on Private property (Gated)
Santa ClausSanta Claus AcresMohave1937
Sacaton (village)Pinal18571880sBarren siteOne of the 19th century Maricopa villages among the Pima Villages
SascoPinal19071920sNeglected site
SignalMohave18771932
SimmonsWilson, Williamson's ValleyYavapai18711934Barren siteA stop on the Hardyville - Prescott Road, and a local post office.
Socatoon StationPinal18581870sBarren site
SpenazumaGraham18981899Barren site
StantonAntelope StationYavapai18631905Historic siteOwned and maintained by the Lost Dutchman Mining Association
Stanwix StationFlap Jack Ranch, Grinnell's StationYuma18581880sBarren siteSite of the Skirmish at Stanwix Station, often considered the westernmost engagement of the American Civil War.
SunsetNavajo18761887Abandoned siteOnly the cemetery remains today
Swansea[1][2]SignalLa Paz19081937Abandoned siteMaintained by the Bureau of Land Management.
Tiger[2]SchultzPinal18811954Barren siteAll structures demolished
Tip TopYavapai1876
Total WreckPima1879c.1890Neglected SiteSmelter walls and mine still remain, small rock cabin foundation to south, filming location for movieHombre
Tres AlamosCochise18741886–
Twin ButtesPimac.1903c.1930Barren siteBuried under the Twin Buttes Mine. All that remains is the cemetery.
Vulture CityMaricopa18631942Historic sitePrivately owned and operated as a tourist attraction
Washington CampSanta Cruz1880s1920sSemi-abandoned site
WeaverWeavervilleYavapai1863Neglected site
WebbCochise
White HillsMohave
Wilford[26]Navajo18831926Barren siteLoose rock foundations.
Wolf HoleMohave
Zeniff[26]Navajo19091940sBarren siteFew walls precariously standing amid piles of wood and adobe rubble.