Ghost Towns
Barren site[edit]
  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Deserted
  • Covered with water
  • Barren site
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most
Neglected site[edit]
  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
Abandoned site[edit]
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
Semi abandoned site[edit]
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population
Historic community[edit]
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Town name  Other name(s)  County  Established  Disestablished  Current status  Remarks   
Aaron[1]Jackson18991905
Abbott[2]Pushmataha18971899
Acme[3][4]Grady19111930Neglected siteGrew around the Acme Cement and Plaster Company mill and power plant.
Adamson[3]Pittsburgca 1906Semi-abandonedFormer coal mining town in eastern Oklahoma
Addington[3]Jefferson1890spresentHistoric community
Agawam[4]

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Grady19091919
Alhambra[4]Johnston18961904Barren site
Alluwe[3]Lightning CreekNowata18721950sBarren siteFounded by the Delaware Indians. Moved to New Alluwe after the creation of the Oologah Reservoir.
Alpha[3]Kingfisher18931903
AlsumaTulsa19061926Semi-abandonedPre-statehood community, annexed by Tulsa in 1966[6]
America[3][4][7]McCurtain19031944Neglected site
Antioch[5]Garvin18951932
Arthur[5]Stephens18901934Barren site
Autwine[3]Pierceton, Arta, Virginia CityKay18941930Barren site
Avard[3]Woods1904still presentSemi-abandoned site
Avery[3][4]Mound CityLincoln19021957Neglected site
AvocaAsherPottawatomie18941906
Bailey[8]Grady18921932
Bathsheba[4]

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Beck[4]
Beer City[3][4][9][10]White CityTexas18881890Barren site
BellLeFlore18911897
Benton[3][4]Beaver1880s1920Barren site
Bernice[3][4]NeedmoreDelaware1880s1941Barren siteOriginal site flooded by Grand Lake o' the Cherokees.
Bethel[citation needed]Grant18951895Still exists
Bickford[3][10]Blaine19041927Barren siteSite occupied by Roman Nose State Park
Big Canyon[5]ArbuckleMurray1961
Big Cedar[3]BigcedarLeFlore19031943
Blackburn[3][4]Pawnee18931960Semi-abandoned site
Boggy Depot[3][4][5][10]Old Boggy DepotAtoka18371883Barren siteSite occupied by Boggy Depot State Park
Bookertee[8]OkfuskeeAll black town.
Braithwaite[4]Washita19101923
Bridgeport[3][4][5]Caddo1890spresentSemi-abandoned site
Brinkman[3][4]Greer19101965Abandoned site
Bromide[3][4]Juanita, Zenobia[11]Coal,Johnston1905presentHistoric community
Burke City[10]Okfuskee
Button Springs[4]Johnston
Byron[1][12]Alfalfa1898presentHistoric communityPopulation as of 1910 census: 286. Population as of 2010 census: 35.
Canadian Colored[8]All black town.
Cardin[13]Ottawa19132010Abandoned sitePart of Tar Creek Superfund site. 2010 Population (prior to federal buyout): 3.
Carpenter[4]Roger Mills
Carter NineOsage19201967Abandoned site
Cayuga[3][4]Delaware18841913Semi-abandoned site
Center[3]Pontotoc1880s1900Semi-abandoned siteDestroyed by fire. Old site 1/2 mile north of new community of Center, Oklahoma.
Centralia[3][4]Lucas[11]Craig1898ca. 1929Semi-abandoned site
Cestos[3][4]Dewey18981923Semi-abandoned site
Chahta Tamaha[3]Armstrong AcademyBryan18441883Barren siteFormer capital of the Choctaw Nation
ChantMcCurtain1922Merged into McCurtain, Oklahoma[14]
CharlestonHarper
Chase[8]BelandMuskogeeAll black town[15]
Cheek[4]
Cherokee Town[3][4]Garvin18741877Barren site
Chism[4]McClain
Chisholm SpringPottawatomie18471862Abandoned site
Citra[4]Hughes
ClarksonPayne
Clebit[10]A logging camp of the Dierks Lumber Company
Clemscott[5]CarterAn oil camp in the Healdton Oil Field.
Cloud Chief[3][4][10]TacolaWashita18921964Semi-abandoned siteFormer county seat of Washita County.
CohnPushmataha
Cold Springs[3][4]Kiowa1903Barren siteCleared for Tom Steed Reservoir.
Conditville[5]Stephens
Cooperton[3][4]Kiowa1903still presentSemi-abandoned site
Corbett[3][4]Cleveland18931930sNeglected site
Corner[10]Pottawatomie19031906
Cowboy Flats[4]Campbell, Pleasant ValleyLogan
Cox City[5]Grady19271964
Cross[3][4][10]
Crum CreekPushmataha
Dawson[4]Tulsa1949Annexed by the City of Tulsa.
Denoya[10]WhizbangOsage19211942Abandoned site
Dillard[4]Carter
Diamond[citation needed]HaskellBarren site
Doaksville[3][4]Choctaw18471903Barren siteChoctaw capital from 1850-1863.
Doby Springs[3]BellaireHarper19071922
Douglas City[3]Oklahoma1894Black community
Douthat[4]CenturyOttawaNeglected site
Downs[3]Kingfisher18891900
Driftwood[1][16]Alfalfa1898presentHistoric communityUnincorporated as of 1980 census. Abandoned businesses cleaned up. Church, cemetery, and a few homes remain.
Eagle City[3][4]Blaine19021971
Eddy[4][9][10]Kay
Empire[4]Stephens
Erin Springs[5]Garvin
EubanksPushmataha19071924
Eschiti[10]
Fallis[3][4]Lincoln1892Abandoned site
Fame[4]McIntosh
Fennell[4]Choctaw
Ferguson[8]All black town.
Fisher[4]Fisher's Bottom, Fisherman's BottomTulsa
Fleetwood[3][4]Jefferson
Foraker[3][4][9]Osage1903
Foss[3]

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Washita1900Semi-abandoned
Fowlerville[4]McCurtain
Francis[3][4]Newton[4][11]PontotocHistoric community
Frazer[3][4]JacksonRelocated to higher ground and renamed Altus
Garnetville[4]Oklahoma1892
Gas City[5]Stephens
GeePushmataha19091911Abandoned site
Gene Autry[3][5]Lou, Dresden, BerywnCarter1883present
Gibson Station[8]All black town.
Glenwood[4]Oklahoma
Gotebo[4]KiowaSemi-abandoned site
Grand[3][4][7]Ellis18921943Abandoned siteSecond county seat of Day County, first seat of Ellis County.
Gumbo Pit[4][9]Oklahoma
HaleTulsa
Hanson[3][4]LeFloreFlooded by Arkansas River.
HarrisonSequoyah19081912
Helsel[4]Cleveland
Hext[4]Beckham19011902Along historic Route 66.
Hochatown[10]McCurtain18941966
Hockerville[4]Ottawa1916Neglected site
Holder[4]
Hollister[4]Tillman
Hope[4]Stephens
Hoxbar[5]Carter
Humphreys[4]JacksonSemi-abandoned site
Huntville[5]KingfisherBarren site
Indianapolis[4]GradyAbandoned site
Independence[3][4][9]Custer18921922barren sitetown missed the railroad and moved to Custer City
Ingalls[3][4][7][9]Signet[18]Payne18891907
Ingersoll[3][4][10]Alfalfa19011942Abandoned site
IolandEllis18941908Abandoned siteFirst seat of Day County, Oklahoma (now defunct)
Iron Post[4]Creek
Jefferson[3][4]Grant1887
Jennings[4]Pawnee
Jester[4]Greer
JohnsPushmataha
Jumbo[10]Pushmataha1906Named for Jumbo Asphalt Company.
Kell City[10]
Keokuk Falls[3][4][7][9][10]Pottawatomie18921918
Keystone[3][4][9][10]AppalachiaPawneeca 1958Abandoned communityFlooded by Keystone Lake; construction begun in 1958.
KiamichiPushmataha
Kibby[4]Harper
Kosoma[10]Pushmataha18881854
Kusa[4]Okmulgee19161936
Lacey[4]Kingfisher18901909
Lake Creek[4]
La Kemp[4]LakempBeaver19091919
Lehigh[3][4]Coal1882still presentSemi-abandoned siteFormer county seat of Coal County.
Lenna[4]
Lenora[3]LanoraDewey CountySemi-abandoned
Liberty[8]Noble1893All black town.
Little ChiefLone Pine[4]
Lone Star[4]LonestarCuster18951904
Loveland[3]HarristonTillman1908Semi-abandoned site
Lovell[3]PerthLogan18891957
Lugert[3][9][10]Jackson19021950Cleared for Lake Altus-Lugart Reservoir
LyceumPushmataha
Lyman[4]
ManningPittsburg
Magee[4]
Marina[4]
Marshall Town[8]All black town.
Mayes[3]Adair18831896Abandoned siteFormed around Flint Courthouse, Flint District, Cherokee Nation.
Maxwell[4]
Meers[3][4][5][9][10]Comanche1902Abandoned site
Miller Court HouseMcCurtain18241838Originally in Miller County, Arkansas before boundary was redrawn.
Milton[3]NeedmoreLeFlore18701950sNeglected siteSite of the Milton Colony.
Mineral[3]Mineral CityCimarron18861911
Moral[10]
Mouser[3]Texas1928
Navajoe[7]Jackson1887
New Spring Place[4]
Newby[4]
New TulsaOak GroveWagoner19682001Historic communityAbsorbed by Broken Arrow
Nicksville[3][4]Sequoyah18281829Former county seat of Lovely County, Arkansas. Site of Dwight Mission.
NicutSequoyah
NoliaPushmataha19121920
Non[3]CannonHughes19011954Abandoned site
North Fork[8][10]North Fork Town1836ca 1886Established by Mvskoke Creeks in 1836 part of the Eufaula District of the Creek Nation.
Oakdale[4]
Oak Wall[4]
Oil City[5]WheelerCarter18861930A Healdton Oil Field camp.
Old Kaw City[10]
OlneyParmicho[11]Coal
Omega[5]Kingfisher
Orr[3][4]Love18921957Neglected site
Paw Paw[7]Sequoyah18821915
Parkland[4]Lincoln1894Historic community
Parkersburg[3][10]Custer19011906Barren site100 buildings moved into Clinton
Parr[5]Grady1883
Pavilion[5]Murray
Pawpaw, OklahomaSequoyahAbandoned
Perryville[10]Pittsburgca 18491943AbandonedBurned after a Civil War engagement in 1863; never regained its former population or importance.
Phroso[3]Major19001937Neglected site
Picher[3][4]Ottawa19152009AbandonedLarge zinc mining town.
Pine Valley[3][10]LeFlore19261953Neglected site
Piney[3]Piney CDPAdair18241940Historic communityCherokee Nation (1794–1907) "Head Town" (re: 'informal capital') from 1824-1828.
Prot[3][4]Washita1901
Provine[4][9]
Quay[3]LawsonPawnee,Payne18942000Semi-abandoned site
Pyramid Corners
Quinlan[3]
Radium Town[4][9]RogersHistoric communityAbsorbed by Claremore
ReddenAtoka19031954Barren site
Reed[3]Greer1892Semi-abandoned site
Reeding
Reno City[3]
Richards SpurComancheSemi-abandoned site
Roxana[4][9]Logan1927
RodneyPushmataha18901899
Roy Rogers[4]
Sacred Heart[3][4]Pottawatomie18791954
San Bernardo[4][7]PetersburgJefferson
Sante Fe[3][4]
Sardis[10]Pushmataha1905ca 1980Abandoned siteFlooded by construction of Lake Sardis
Scipio[4]Pittsburg
ScratchoutSequoyah
Shamrock[4][17]Creek19102010
ShortSequoyah
Silver City[3]Creek
Smackover[5]KayBarren site
Stecker[4]Caddo
Sumpter[4]Kay
Stuart[4]Hughes
TahlonteeskeeSequoyah1828Barren siteFirst Capital of the Cherokee Nation–West; now on private land; no public access
Texanna[4]McIntosh1839
Texola[4][17]Texokla, TexomaBeckhamOn old Route 66.
Three Sands[3][4][10]Kay, Noble
Trousdale[4]Pottawatomie
Tuskegee[4]Creek
Uncas[4]Kay
Violet Springs[10]Pottawatomie
Washunga[4]Kay
Warwick[17]Lincoln
Webb[4]DeweySemi-abandoned site
Welcome[19]Tulsa19051906Abandoned siteRenamed Alsuma in 1906
Wellston Colony[8]LincolnAll black town.
White Bead[3][5]Garvin
WhizbangDenoyaOsage19211942Abandoned site
Wildman[3][4]Kiowa
Wirt[3][4]RagtownCarter1913presentIncorporated into Healdton.
Witcher[4]Oklahoma
Wolf[4]SeminoleSemi-abandoned site
Womack[4]McClain18991909Barren site
Woodford[3][4][5]BywaterCarter
Woodville[20]Old WoodvilleMarshall1944Barren siteCovered by Lake Texoma
Wybark[8]MuskogeeAll black town.[15]
Yewed[3][4][9]Alfalfa19021952Neglected sitePost office closed in 1952. Town had a population of 2 in 1977.
Yonkers[4]Wagoner19131935Abandoned siteSubmerged by Fort Gibson Dam Fort Gibson Dam and Reservoir.[21]
Zena[4]Delaware1956Semi-abandoned siteZena had a population of 123 in 2010.
Zincville[4]St. LouisOttawa19171954Abandoned siteFormer mining town between Picher and Hockerville.[22]