List of ghost towns in Wyoming

This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wyoming.

Classification

One of the buildings in Table Rock, which was bulldozed in 2011

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

  • 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

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

Historic community

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Table

Name Other names County Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks
Alva Crook County Semi-abandoned
Antelope Flats 1893 1912 Neglected [1]
Atlantic City Fremont County Semi-abandoned [2]
Baker Town
Barrett Town
Battle [3]
Bear Rock
Benton [2]
Bessemer
Bosler Albany County 1900[1]
Bryan Sweetwater County
Buckhorn
Buford Albany County
Cambria Weston County
Canyon Springs [4]
Carbon Timber Town [2]
Clifton
Dillon Neglected[3]
The Duncan [2]
Eadsville 1891[3]
Empire
Forest City
Fort Laramie [5]
Fort Steele [2]
Gebo Hot Springs County
Hecla Laramie County
Horton
Jay Em [1]
Jeffrey City Fremont County
Jireh A planned college town that never took off.[1]
Kane Big Horn County
Kirwin Historic[3]
Linwood on the Wyoming-Utah state line
Lewiston [2]
Lost Springs Converse County
Manhattan
Mineral Hill
Miner's Delight Fremont County 1867[1]
Moskee [2]
Pacific Springs [2]
Piedmont Byrne[3] Uinta County
Point of Rocks [1]
Rocky Ford
Sage Lincoln County
South Pass City Fremont County Semi-abandoned
Sherman Albany County
Spencer
Sunrise Platte County
Table Rock Sweetwater County Late 1970s 2010 Barren
Tubb Town Weston County
Upton Historic[1]
Van Tassell Niobrara County
Walcott Carbon County [2]
Welcome
Whoop-Up [4]

Notes and references

  1. "The Truly Grim Reality Of 11 Deserted Ghost Towns In Wyoming". OnlyInYourState®. June 14, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  3. "7 Wyoming Ghost Towns You Need to Explore". travelwyoming.com.
  4. Hafnor, John. Black Hills Believables: Strange-but-true Tales of the Old West. Fort Collins, Colorado: Lone Pine Productions, 2002. 54. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.
  5. Lee, Mariska (October 25, 2020). "5 Best Ghost Towns in Wyoming". Van Life Wanderer. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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