Ghost Towns
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

TownImageCountyEstablishedDisestablishedStatusNotes
AuroraMineral1860Neglected site
AlturasClark1861In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
BellevilleMineral1872
BelmontNye1865Former Nye County courthouse in Belmont is preserved as Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park[1]
BeowaweEureka1868
BerlinNye18971911Preserved within Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park[2]
Bermond StationChurchillPost Office from 1920-26. Location on 1910 USGS map
BlairEsmeralda
BristolLincoln
Broken HillsMineral
BullfrogNye
BullionvilleLincoln
Cactus SpringsNye
CallvilleClark18641869Submerged under Callville Bay of Lake MeadSteamboat landing, County seat of Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory (1865-67), Post office (1867-69)
CandelariaMineral
CaseltonLincoln
ChafeyPershing
CharlestonElko
CoaldaleEsmeralda
CobreElko
Colorado CityClark1861Submerged under Lake MohaveSteamboat landing near the mouth of El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District.
ColumbusEsmeralda
ComoLyon18611930'sPost office 1879-1881, 1903-1905; townsite occupied intermittently, activity finally ceasing in the 1930s after the closing of a sawmill
CortezLander
Crystal SpringsLincoln
CurrantNye
DaveytownHumboldt
DeethElko
DelanoElko
DelamarLincoln
Dixie ValleyChurchill1861
Dun GlenPershing
El Dorado CityClark18631880'sBarren siteMining camp in El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District. Site of the El Dorado Mills.
EtnaPershing
FairviewChurchill19041919
FergusonLincoln
Fish Lake ValleyEsmeralda
FlaniganWashoe19091973
Fort ChurchillLyonPreserved within Fort Churchill State Historic Park[3]
Gold AcresLander
Gold ButteClark1908
Gold CenterNye
Gold PointEsmeralda
GoldfieldEsmeralda
GrantsvilleNye
HamiltonWhite Pine
HeleneLincoln
HenryElko
HikoLincoln
IoneNye
JohnnieNye
JungoHumboldt19111952BarrenPost Office from January 1911 until May 1952.[4]
JessupChurchill1908
Lahontan CityChurchill19111915Developed to house workers during the construction of Lahontan Dam[5]
LoganLincoln
LouisvilleClark18611862?In El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
Lucky Jim CampClark1862BarrenIn El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) near the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District.
MazumaPershing19071912Post office: 1907-1912. Site of flash flood that killed at least 8.
MariettaMineral
MetropolisElko
MidasElko
Miller'sEsmeralda
MiriamChurchillNon-agency station of the SPRR[6]
Mountain CityElko
Mule LickNye1890
Nevada CityChurchill19161919A coöperative colony
OcalaChurchill
OsceolaWhite Pine
PalisadeEureka
PalmettoEsmeralda
ParranChurchill1910A telegraph station and post office. PO closed 1913[7]
Pine Grove SiteLyon1866-1918Several buildings
PioneerNye1908Post office 1909–1931
PoevilleWashoe18641880Post office 1874–1878
PotosiClark
Quartz MountainNye
RagtownChurchill1854Leeteville may be the same location
RawhideMineralTown was founded in Esmeralda County before the creation of Mineral
RochesterPershing
RhyoliteNye1904Post office closed 1913
Rio TintoElko19321948A few houses and the school remain.
RiovilleClark18691906Site is now under Lake Mead.Originally Junction City, Rioville had a post office from 1881 to 1906.
Ruby HillEureka18731910
RuthWhite Pine
San JuanClark1860'sIn the upper part of El Dorado Canyon (Nevada) in the Colorado Mining District.
ScossaPershing
Seven TroughsPershing
Silver CanyonLincoln
SimonsvilleClark18651870'sBarrenOriginally called Mill Point, located west of the south end of Overton Airport and east of the Muddy River.
SprucemontElko
Saint JosephClark18651868BarrenSite 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. ThomasClarkSubmerged beneath Lake Mead. Ruins became visible when water level of Lake Mead were lowered.
Star CityPershing
StillwaterChurchill1862
SulphurLyon
TempiuteLincoln
TenaboLander
Treasure CityWhite Pine
TyboNye
UnionvillePershing
VernonPershing
VyaWashoe
White Cloud CityChurchillAlso known as Coppereid
White PlainsChurchill18791909"No vegetation meets the eye when gazing on the vast expanse of dirty white alkali"[8]
WonderChurchill1906Post office closed 1920