List of ghost towns in Washington
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Washington, a state of the United States.
Name | Location | Settled | Abandoned | Remarks |
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Ainsworth[1] | Franklin County, Washington, on the northern bank of the mouth of the Snake River, in what is now Pasco, Washington. | |||
Alderdale | Klickitat County, Washington | |||
Almota | Whitman County, Washington | |||
Alpine[2] | Shore of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County | 1894 | 1898 | Established as a resort, the village had homes, a schoolhouse, a post office, and a nascent hotel. By 1906 it was described as deserted. |
Alpine | Cascade Mountains near Skykomish | late 19th century | c. 1929 | |
Alto | ||||
Amelia | ||||
Ankeny | ||||
Attalia[1] | ||||
Baird | ||||
Barneston | ||||
Barron | near modern Winthrop, Washington[3] | |||
Belcher Camp | Ferry County | c. 1897 | ||
Bishop | ||||
Blewett[1][4] | ||||
Bodie[1][4] | ||||
Bolster[4] | ||||
Bonita | ||||
Bordeaux | Thurston County | 1890s | 1941 | Logging town that had a post office by 1909. Town site purchased by Courtney Love in the 2000s;[5] some concrete foundations and a smokestack remain.[6] |
Bossburg[1] | ||||
Brief | ||||
Camp 1 | ||||
Canyon | ||||
Cedarville | ||||
Clay City | ||||
Coey | ||||
Craige | ||||
Darknell | ||||
Dusty | Whitman County | |||
Delaney | ||||
Disautel[4] | ||||
Drumheller | ||||
Duncan | ||||
Ehrlich | ||||
Elberton[1] | ||||
Ewartsville | ||||
Fairbanks | ||||
Fairfax | ||||
Fishtrap | ||||
Frankfort | ||||
Franklin | ||||
Freedom | ||||
Gettysburg | ||||
Gilmer | ||||
Godfrey | ||||
Golden | ||||
Goshen | ||||
Govan | ||||
Grange City | ||||
Grisdale | ||||
Guler | A small town that was absorbed into Trout Lake, Guler was a dairy and forestry community in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. It had a small store and tavern and gas station. Once the Forest Service came in and built housing, Trout Lake and Guler merged into one town now known as Trout Lake. Some folks tend to call the town of Trout Lake "Sleeping Beauty Valley", as the mountain at the foot of Mt. Adams and between Adams and Flat Top mountain resembles a sleeping Indian Maiden said to be "Bird Woman", the bride of Adams. (also known as Patoe) | |||
Hanford | ||||
Hanson Ferry | ||||
Haven | ||||
Havillah[1][4] | ||||
Hillhurst | ||||
Holman | ||||
Hot Springs | ||||
Illia | ||||
Interior | ||||
Jameson | ||||
Jericho | ||||
Jerita | ||||
Kennedy | ||||
Kenova | ||||
Kerriston | ||||
Keystone | ||||
Knappton | ||||
Kopiah | ||||
Krain | ||||
Ladow | ||||
Laurel | between Glenwood and Trout Lake Washington | early 1960s | a small town part of Broughten lumber company | |
Lester | ||||
Levey | ||||
Liberty Bond | Between Appleton and Glenwood | a former logging camp and town | ||
Liberty[1][4] | 1873 | Abandoned gold mining town associated with an 1873 gold rush. | ||
Lindberg | ||||
Loop Loop | ||||
Mack | ||||
Manito | ||||
Marcellus | ||||
Martindale | ||||
McAdam | ||||
McCredie | ||||
McGees | ||||
McGowan | ||||
Melmont | ||||
Mendota | ||||
Mock | ||||
Molson[1][4] | ||||
Monohon | ||||
Monte Cristo | ||||
Moonax | ||||
Moore | ||||
Mora | ||||
Mottinger | ||||
Nagrom | ||||
Old Toroda[1][4] | ||||
Osceola | ||||
Pacific City | ||||
Page | ||||
Park | ||||
Penawawa | ||||
Pinkney City[1] | ||||
Plaza | ||||
Pleasant View | ||||
Providence | ||||
Purrington | ||||
Renslow | ||||
Riparia | ||||
Robinson | ||||
Rockdale | ||||
Rockwell | ||||
Rodna | ||||
Roza | ||||
Ruby City | 48°29′52″N 119°43′34″W | Not the Ruby in Pend Oreille County. | ||
Ryan | ||||
Rye | ||||
Sanderson | ||||
Sauk City | Near Rockport in Skagit County | |||
Seahaven | ||||
Seltice | ||||
Servia | ||||
Shanako | ||||
Shano | ||||
Sheridan[4] | ||||
Sherman | ||||
Shreck | ||||
Skagit City[1] | ||||
Swift | ||||
Synarep | ||||
Taunton | ||||
Taylor | ||||
Teske | ||||
Thavis | ||||
Theon | ||||
Tono | ||||
Trinidad | ||||
Trinity | ||||
Unfried | ||||
Union Center | ||||
Vail | ||||
Walters | ||||
Walville | ||||
Wellington[1] | ||||
Weston | ||||
White Bluffs | ||||
Whitney | ||||
Wilcox | ||||
Winesap | ||||
Zindel |
References
- Ruth Kirk and Carmela Alexander (1995). Exploring Washington's Past (Revised ed.). Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97443-5.
- Wallace, Elizan M. (1906). "Alpine, the Deserted Village". An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties. Interstate Publishing Company. pp. 469-470.
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/barron-ghost-town
- Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
- Emmett O'Connell. "Bordeaux, Washington – Last Remnants of a Thurston County Ghost Town". Thurston Talk.
- "Bordeaux, Washington". Atlas Obscura.
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