List of ghost towns in North Dakota facts for kids
A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel
The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye
Abandoned church in Temple
Several ghost towns have been recorded in North Dakota and are in various states of disrepair; some are mostly intact but have no residents, while others have completely barren or inaccessible sites. Other communities might have a small population but are frequently referred to as a ghost town due to population decline and disrepair.
Classification
- Barren site
- Sites no longer in existence
- Sites that have been destroyed
- Submerged
- 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
- Abandoned site
- Buildings or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses all abandoned
- No population, except caretaker
- Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings
- Semi-abandoned site
- Building or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses largely abandoned
- Fewer than 50 residents
- Many abandoned buildings
- Small population
Ghost towns
| Name | County | Settled | Abandoned | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | LaMoure | Semi-abandoned | |||
| Appam | Williams | 1916 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Arena | Burleigh | 1906 | Abandoned | ||
| Aurelia | |||||
| Beaver Creek | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| Belden | Mountrail | 1904 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Bently | |||||
| Brisbane | Grant | 1906 | Barren | ||
| Carbury | Bottineau | 1901 | c. 2000 | Abandoned | |
| Charbonneau | McKenzie | 1960s | Abandoned | ||
| Charging Eagle | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| Clyde | Cavalier | 1905 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Dogtooth | Grant | 1876 | c. 1911 | Barren | |
| Elbowoods | McLean | 1889 | 1954 | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea |
| Epworth | |||||
| Fort Buford | Williams | 1866 | 1895 | Abandoned | U.S. Army fort |
| Freda | Grant | 1910 | c. 1975 | Neglected | |
| Gorham | Billings | c. 1899 | 1972 | Abandoned | |
| Hartland | Ward | 1907 | |||
| Heaton | Wells | 1895 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Independence | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| Keystone | Dickey | ||||
| Leipzig | Grant | 1896 | 1910 | Barren | |
| Lonetree | |||||
| Lucky Butte | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| McKinney | Renville | ||||
| Mose | Griggs | 1889 | 1943 | Barren | |
| Nishu | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| Old Sanish | 1953 | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | ||
| Omemee | Bottineau | 1887 | c. 1990s | Neglected | |
| Petrel | Adams | 1908 | Barren | ||
| Red Butte | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| Sanger | Oliver | 1879 | 1985 | Barren | |
| Schafer | McKenzie | Neglected | |||
| Shell Creek | Barren | Submerged under Lake Sakakawea | |||
| Sherbrooke | Steele | 1884 | |||
| Sims | Morton | 1883 | |||
| Sully Springs | Billings | c. 1880 | c. 1939 | Barren | Railroad town abandoned during the Great Depression |
| Tagus | Mountrail | 1900 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Temple | Williams | 1906 | c. 1965 | Neglected | |
| Temvik | Emmons | 1904 | 2000 | ||
| Ukraina | Billings | c. 1906 | c. 1949 | Neglected | Only two cemeteries left |
| Verendrye | McHenry | 1912 | 1970 | Neglected | |
| Wabek | Mountrail | Abandoned | |||
| Watrous | Hettinger | 1910 | Neglected | ||
| Wheelock | Williams | 1902 | c. 1996 | Semi-abandoned |
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