List of ghost towns in Utah
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Utah, a state of the United States.
Classification
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
- All buildings uninhabited
- Roofless building ruins
- Some 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.
List
| Name | Other names | County | Location | Settled | Abandoned | Current status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Washington | Along the Virgin River east of Grafton | 1860 | 1862 | |||
| Ajax | Tooele | 1869 | Demolished | After becoming a hobo camp in the 1920s, a fire burnt the remaining structures down. | |||
| Alunite | Piute | c. 1915 | c. 1930 | Neglected/barren | Important mining town during World War I | ||
| Aragonite | Tooele | the early 1900s | Neglected/restricted | The historic townsite is part of the restricted West Desert Hazardous Industries District.[1] | |||
| Argyle | Rich | c. 1875 | c. 1915 | ||||
| Asay | Garfield | ||||||
| Bacchus | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Benmore | Tooele | 1863 | |||||
| Bingham Canyon | Salt Lake | February 29, 1904 | |||||
| Black Rock | Millard | 1876 | 1959 | Semi-abandoned | |||
| Blacks Fork | Summit | 1870 | 1930 | ||||
| Blue Creek | Box Elder | 1869 | 1900s | ||||
| Bridgeport | Daggett | ||||||
| Bullion | Piute | ||||||
| Bullionville | Uintah | ||||||
| Caineville | Wayne | 1882 | |||||
| Castle Gate | Carbon | 1888 | |||||
| Castle Rock | Frenchies | Summit | 1860 | ||||
| Castleton | Grand | ||||||
| Cedar Creek | Box Elder | the 1860s | |||||
| Chicken Creek | Juab | 1860 | |||||
| Cisco | Grand | the 1880s | |||||
| Clarion | Sanpete | 1911 | 1916 | An experiment in Jewish homesteading. | |||
| Clear Lake | Millard | early March of 1880 | |||||
| Coal City | Carbon | 1885 | |||||
| Colton | Utah | 1874 | |||||
| Connellsville | Emery | 1874 | |||||
| Consumers | Carbon | 1921 | |||||
| Delle | Tooele | 1880 | |||||
| Desert Lake | Emery | 1885 | c. 1910 | ||||
| Dewey | Grand | 1880s | 1916 | ||||
| Diamond | Juab | 1870 | |||||
| Dividend | Utah | 1907 | |||||
| Dover | Sanpete | 1877 | 1930s | ||||
| Dragon | Uintah | c. 1888 | |||||
| Duncan's Retreat | Washington | c. 1861 | c. 1895 | ||||
| Eagle City | Garfield | c. 1890 | |||||
| Elgin | Grand | 1905 | |||||
| Eureka | Ruby Hollow | Juab | 1869 | - | |||
| Fish Springs | Juab | 1959 | |||||
| Forest City | Utah | 1871 | |||||
| Fort Harmony | Washington | 1852 | 1862 | ||||
| Frisco | Beaver | 1879 | 1929 | ||||
| Fruita | Wayne | 1880 | |||||
| Fry Canyon | San Juan | 1950s | 1950s | ||||
| Garfield | Salt Lake | 1882 | |||||
| Georgetown | Kane | 1789 | |||||
| Giles | Wayne | c. 1883 | c. 1919 | ||||
| Gold Hill | Tooele | 1892 | |||||
| Golden | Box Elder | ||||||
| Goshute | Juab | ||||||
| Grafton | Washington | 1859 | c. 1944 | Restored and preserved as a filming location. | |||
| Grass Creek | Summit | c. 1860 | c. 1940 | ||||
| Greendale | Daggett | Early 1900s | 1960s | ||||
| Hailstone | Wasatch | 1864 | |||||
| Hale | Carbon | ||||||
| Hamblin | Washington | 1856 | 1905 | ||||
| Hardup | Box Elder | ||||||
| Harper | Duchesne/Carbon | 1886 | |||||
| Harrisburg | Harrisville | Washington | 1859 | 1895 | |||
| Hatton | Petersburg | Millard | 1867 | 1869 | |||
| Hebron | Washington | 1862 | 1902 | ||||
| Hiawatha | Carbon | 1911 | November 20, 1992 | Few Families Live there. | |||
| Hillsdale | Garfield | 1871 | |||||
| Hite | Garfield | 1881 | Submerged | ||||
| Homansville | Utah | 1872 | |||||
| Home of Truth | San Juan | 1933 | |||||
| Iosepa | Tooele | 1889 | 1917 | ||||
| Iron City | Old Irontown, Old Iron Town, Irontown | Iron | 1868 | 1876 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Jackson | Box Elder | ||||||
| Johnson | Kane | 12 miles east of Kanab | 1871 | ||||
| Jordanelle | Wasatch | ||||||
| Joy | Juab | ||||||
| Keetley | Wasatch | March 1942 | |||||
| Kelton | Box Elder | 1869 | 1942 | ||||
| Kimberly | Piute | 1890s | 1910 | ||||
| Kiz | Carbon | c. 1906 | c. 1940 | ||||
| Knight | Juab | ||||||
| Knightsville | Juab | 1896 | 1940 | ||||
| Kyune | Utah | between the Soldier Summit and Helper | |||||
| La Plata | Cache | the 1890s. | |||||
| Lark | Salt Lake | Copper mining town | |||||
| Latuda | Carbon | ||||||
| Linwood | Daggett | 5 miles east of Manila | |||||
| Loseeville | Garfield | ||||||
| Low | Tooele | ||||||
| Lucin | Box Elder | 1936 | |||||
| Mammoth | Juab | ||||||
| Matlin | Box Elder | 1919 | c. 1930 | Failed housing project | |||
| McCornick | Millard | ||||||
| Mercur | Tooele | ||||||
| Mill Fork | Utah | ||||||
| Miners Basin | Basin | Grand | 1898 | 1908 | |||
| Mohrland | Carbon | ||||||
| Mosida | Utah | ||||||
| Mountain Dell | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Mutual | Carbon | ||||||
| National | Carbon | ||||||
| Newhouse | Beaver | ||||||
| Notom | Wayne | ||||||
| Northrop | Washington | 1861 | 1862 | ||||
| Paria | Pahreah | Kane | |||||
| Peerless | Carbon | 3 miles west of Helper | |||||
| Prattville | Sevier | ||||||
| Price City | Heberville | Washington | 1858 | c. 1908 | |||
| Rainbow | Uintah | ||||||
| Rains | Carbon | ||||||
| Richardson | Grand | ||||||
| Rockport | Summit | ||||||
| Round Valley | Rich | ||||||
| Royal | Bear Canyon, Cameron, Rolapp | Carbon | |||||
| Russian Settlement | Box Elder | 1914 | |||||
| Sage Creek | Rich | ||||||
| Salduro | Tooele | ||||||
| Scranton | Tooele | ||||||
| Sego | Grand | c. 1910 | 1955 | ||||
| Shunesburg | Washington | 1861 | 1902 | ||||
| Silver City | Juab | ||||||
| Silver Reef | Washington | 1875 | c. 1900 | ||||
| Soldier Summit | Wasatch | ||||||
| Spring Canyon | Storrs | Carbon | 1912 | ||||
| Standardville | Carbon | 1912 | |||||
| Stateline | Iron | ||||||
| Stewart | Carbon | ||||||
| Sulphurdale | Beaver | 1870 | |||||
| Sunshine | Tooele | ||||||
| Sweet | Carbon | ||||||
| Terrace | Box Elder | ||||||
| Thistle | Utah | Submerged | |||||
| Tonaquint | Washington | c. 1855-1856 | 1862 | ||||
| Tucker | Utah | ||||||
| Upper Kanab | Kane | ||||||
| Valley City | Grand | ||||||
| Verdure | San Juan | ||||||
| Victor | Emery | ||||||
| Vipont | Box Elder | ||||||
| Wahsatch | Summit | ||||||
| Washakie | Box Elder | 1880 | |||||
| Watson | Uintah | ||||||
| Wattis | Carbon | ||||||
| Westwater | Grand | ||||||
| Widtsoe | Garfield | 1908 | Declined in 1936 | Semi-abandoned | |||
| Winter Quarters | Carbon | 1922 | |||||
| Woodrow | Millard | ||||||
| Woodside | Emery |
References
These books have many other ghost towns not on this list:
- Thompson, George A. (November 1982). Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures. Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press. ISBN 0-942688-01-5.
- Carr, Stephen L. (1986) [June 1972]. The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns (3rd ed.). Salt Lake City: Western Epics. ISBN 0-914740-30-X.
- Carr, Stephen L.; Edwards, Robert W. (March 1990). Utah Ghost Rails. Salt Lake City: Western Epics. ISBN 0-914740-34-2.
External links
Media related to Ghost towns in Utah at Wikimedia Commons