List of ghost towns 249043 222626491 2008-06-30T09:40:07Z 85.88.132.210 /* United Kingdom */ The following is a partial '''list of [[ghost towns]].''' {{incompletelist}} {{tocright}} === [[Australia]] === {{see also|:Category:Ghost towns in Australia}} *[[Big Bell, Western Australia]] *[[Boydtown, New South Wales]]; Originally settled and then abandoned in the 1840s. Remained abandoned until the 1930s. It is now a growing town with commercial and residential developments. *[[Broad Arrow, Western Australia|Broad Arrow]], north of [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|Kalgoorlie]] ([[Western Australia]]) *[[Cassilis, Victoria]] *[[Cook, South Australia]] *[[Copperfield, Queensland]] *[[Cossack, Western Australia]] *[[Crotty, Tasmania]] *[[Farina, South Australia]] *[[Glen Davis, New South Wales]] *[[Goldsworthy, Western Australia]] *[[Gwalia, Western Australia|Gwalia]], north of Kalgoorlie, and 4 km south of [[Leonora, Western Australia|Leonora]] (Western Australia) *[[Hill End, New South Wales]]; Never fully abandoned, now a popular tourist town. *[[Jay Creek, Northern Territory]] *[[Joadja, New South Wales|Joadja]] near [[Mittagong]] *[[Kanowna, Western Australia|Kanowna]], near Kalgoorlie (Western Australia) *[[Kiandra, New South Wales]] *[[Linda, Tasmania]] *[[Malcolm, Western Australia|Malcolm]], east of Leonora (Western Australia) *[[Mary Kathleen, Queensland]],55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry(Queensland) *[[Maytown, Queensland]], in the [[Palmer River goldfields]] (Queensland) *[[Moliagul, Victoria]], 202 km north west from [[Melbourne]] *[[Nannine, Western Australia]] *[[Newnes, New South Wales]] *[[Old Tallangatta, Victoria]], most of the township was moved 5 miles west due to the enlargement of Lake Hume. The current township of [[Tallangatta]] has approximately 1000 residents. *[[Ophir, New South Wales]] *[[Ora Banda, Western Australia]] *[[Pillinger, Tasmania]] *[[Ravenswood, Queensland]] *[[Silverton, New South Wales|Silverton]], near [[Broken Hill, New South Wales]] *[[Tarcoon, New South Wales]] *[[Walhalla, Victoria|Walhalla]], in the [[Baw Baw]] mountains (Victoria) *[[Western Tyers, Victoria]] *[[Wittenoom, Western Australia]] *[[Yerranderie, New South Wales|Yerranderie]] in the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]], [[New South Wales]] ===[[Belgium]]=== *Oosterweel, near [[Antwerp]] *Lillo, near [[Antwerp]] *[[Oorderen]], near [[Antwerp]] *[[Wilmarsdonk]],near [[Antwerp]] *[[Doel]], near [[Antwerp]] ===[[Cambodia]]=== * [[Angkor Wat]] and vicinity [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2148132,00.html] ===[[Canada]]=== {{main|List of ghost towns in Canada}} ===[[Chile]]=== *[[Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works]] *[[Puerto Hambre]] (also called ''Port Famine'') *[[Sewell, Chile]] ===[[China]]=== *[[Niya (Tarim Basin)|Niya]] ===[[Cyprus]]=== *[[Varosha (Famagusta)]], region of [[Famagusta]] ===[[Faroe Islands]]=== *[[Blankskáli]], [[Kalsoy]] *[[Fossá]], [[Borðoy]] *[[Múli]], Borðoy *[[Skarð]], [[Kunoy]] *[[Skarvanes]], [[Sandoy]] *[[Skálatoftir]], northwesternmost village on Borðoy *[[Slættanes]], [[Vágar]] *[[Strond]], north of [[Ánir]] *[[Víkar, Faroe Islands|Víkar]], Vágar *[[Víkarbyrgi]], [[Suðuroy]] ===[[Finland]]=== *[[Jussarö]], an old village near the Jussarö mines ===[[France]]=== Six of the [[French villages destroyed in the First World War]] have never been rebuilt. All are found in the ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Meuse]], and were destroyed during the [[Battle of Verdun]] in [[1916]]: * [[Beaumont-en-Verdunois]] * [[Bezonvaux]] * [[Cumières-le-Mort-Homme]] * [[Fleury-devant-Douaumont]] * [[Haumont-près-Samogneux]] * [[Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre]] [[Oradour-sur-Glane]] was destroyed by a [[Waffen-SS]] battalion during the [[World War II|Second World War]] and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved. ===[[Guyana]]=== *[[Jonestown]], created by cult leader [[Jim Jones]]. On [[November 18]], [[1978]], he conducted a mass suicide with his cult, resulting in 913 of the 1,110 inhabitants dead. ===[[Hungary]]=== *[[Derenk]], in north-east Hungary, was depopulated between 1938-1943, so that the surrounding area could be used as hunting grounds for [[Admiral]] [[Horthy]], [[regent]] of [[Hungary]]. ===[[India]]=== *[[Daulatabad]] *[[Dholavira]] *[[Fatehpur Sikri]] *[[Gaur]] *[[Hampi]] *[[Lakhpat]] *[[Lothal]] *[[Mandu]] *[[Old Goa]] *[[Pandua]] *[[Pavagadh]] *[[Ross island (Andaman)]] *[[Somnathpur]] ===[[Iraq]]=== *[[Babylon]] ===[[Iran]]=== *[[Soltaniyeh]] *[[Choqa Zanbil]] ===[[Ireland]]=== *[[Slievemore]](Sliabh Mór) <ref>[http://www.visitachill.com/en/desertedvillage.html Visit Achill - Deserted Village at Slievemore, Achill, Co Mayo, Ireland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===[[Italy]]=== *[[Bussana Vecchia, Liguria|Bussana Vecchia]], [[Liguria]] *Melito Vecchio (''Old Melito''), [[Avellino]], [[Campania]] *[[Consonno]] ([[Olginate]], [[Lecco]]) *[[Craco]] ([[Matera]]) *[[Poggioreale]], [[Sicily]] *[[Tocco Caudio]], [[Benevento]], [[Campania]] ===Ivory Coast=== *[[Grand Bassam]] ===[[Japan]]=== * [[Hashima Island]] ===[[México]]=== *[[Real de Catorce]], [[San Luis Potosí]] *[[San Antonio de la Iguana]], [[Nuevo León]], Lat 26° 53' 60N, Long 100° 13' 0W *[[Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro|San Juan Parangaricutiro]], [[Michoacan]] Abandoned due to [[Paricutin]] [[volcano]] ===[[Montserrat]]=== *[[Plymouth, Montserrat|Plymouth]] *St. Patrick's ===[[Namibia]]=== * [[Kolmanskop]] and [[Elizabeth Bay (Ghost Town)|Elizabeth Bay]] old Diamond mining town ===[[The Netherlands]]=== *[[Schokland]] ===[[Norway]]=== *[[Pyramiden]], a [[Russia]]n settlement on [[Svalbard]] ===[[Pakistan]]=== * [[Amri]] (Fortified town between 3600 to 3300 BC) * [[Chanhudaro]] (Settlement between 4000-1700 BC) * [[Ganeriwala]] (Urban center around 3000 BC) * [[Harappa]] (Fortified city between 3300-1600 BC) * [[Kot Diji]] (Ancient site about 3000 BC) * [[Mehrgarh]] (Ancient settlement around 7000 BC) * [[Mohenjo Daro]] (Ancient city about 2600-1700 BC) * [[Sokhta Koh]] (Harappan settlement around 2600-1900 BC) * [[Takht Bhai]] (Remains of a famous Buddhist monastery from the 1st century CE) ===Poland=== *[[Kłomino]] ===[[Russia]]=== *[[Atil]] *[[Ksnyatin]] *[[Mangazeya]] *[[Mologa, Russia|Mologa]] *[[Sarai Berke]] - said to be 10 times larger than [[London]] in the 14th century *[[Sarkel]] *[[Sviyazhsk]] *[[Tmutarakan]] ===[[Saudi Arabia]]=== * [[Albaten]] * [[Najd (town)|Najd]] * [[Shaqra, Saudi Arabia|Shaqra]] * [[Tharmida]] ===[[Antarctica]] and sub-Antarctic islands=== * [[Deception Island]], a [[Chile]]an-[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[whaling]] settlement. ====[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|South Georgia]]==== * [[Grytviken]], a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[whaling]] settlement on the [[United Kingdom]] territory of [[South Georgia]] * [[Leith Harbour]] * [[Ocean Harbour]] * [[Husvik]] * [[Stromness (South Georgia)|Stromness]] * [[Prince Olav Harbour]] ===[[Spain]]=== *[[Belchite]], Zaragoza, Aragón *[[Ochate]], Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León *[[La Cornudilla]], Valencia *[[Fiscal]], Towns of Lacort, Jánovas and more in the region called "Solana de Fiscal" - Huesca (Aragón) *[[Pernui]] in Sort, Lleida, Cataluña ===[[Turkey]]=== *[[Troy]] ===[[Turkmenistan]]=== *[[Merv]] *[[Old Urgench]] ===[[Ukraine]]=== *[[Chernobyl|Chernobyl]] *[[Pripyat, Ukraine|Pripyat]] ===[[United Kingdom]]=== * [[Ashopton]], [[Derbyshire]] (under reservoir) * [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]], Derbyshire (under reservoir) * [[Bothwellhaugh]], [[North Lanarkshire]] (Under [[Strathclyde Loch]]) * [[Buckenham Tofts]], [[Norfolk]] (taken over by Army in 1942) * [[Dunwich]], [[Suffolk]] (under the sea) * [[Hallsands]], [[Devon]] (destroyed by a storm in 1917) * [[Imber]], [[Wiltshire]] (taken over by Army in 1943) * [[Knaptoft]], [[Leicestershire]] (deserted in Seventeenth Century) * [[Lynford]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942) * [[Martinsthorpe]], [[Rutland]] * [[Nether Hambleton]] and [[Middle Hambleton]], Rutland (both under reservoir) * [[North Rona]], a remote island in the [[Outer Hebrides]], [[Scotland]] (evacuated in 1844) * [[Over the Border]], [[Middlesbrough]], (largely abandoned but plans to regenerate the area) [http://www.teesvalleyregeneration.co.uk]) * [[St Kilda, Scotland|Saint Kilda]], an island off [[Scotland]] (evacuated in 1930) * [[Shipden]], Norfolk (under the sea) * [[Stanford, Norfolk|Stanford]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942) * [[Sturston, Norfolk|Sturston]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942) * [[Tottington, Norfolk|Tottington]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942) * [[Tyneham]], [[Dorset]] (taken over by Army in 1943) * [[West Tofts]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942) * [[Wharram Percy]], North Yorkshire (Deserted Medieval Village) ===United States=== {{main|List of ghost towns in the United States}} == See also == *[[Ghost town]] *[[:Category:Ghost towns]] *[[List of places with fewer than ten residents]] *[[List of unused highways]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.ghosttowns.com/ Ghosttowns.com] *[http://www.ghosttownscanada.ca/ GhostTownsCanada.ca] Lots of pictures of Canadian ghost towns [[Category:Ghost towns| List of ghost towns]] [[Category:Lists of towns|Ghost towns]] [[Category:lists of ghost towns|*]] [[ru:Список исчезнувших городов]] [[zh:鬼鎮列表]]