List of ghost towns in Nebraska explained

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.

Ghost towns

Town nameOther name(s)CountyEstablishedDisestablishedRemarks
Abdal[1] Nuckolls
Ames[2] Ketchum DodgeNot a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
Andrews[3] Sioux19061951Source may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
Angora[4] Antelope HillMorrill1900
Anoka[5] Boyd
Antioch[6] [7] Sheridan1891
Appleton
Arago[8] FargoRichardson1860Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
ArmourPawnee18901934
AshfordBannerTemporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
Bayonne
BelmontEvergreen City Dawes
BluevaleBlue ValleyYork
BookwalterPawnee
BowerBowerville Jefferson
Breslau
BrewsterBlaineCounty seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character, Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!".
BrocksburgKeya Paha
BurtonKeya Paha
CarnsKeya Paha
CharlestownYork
Cincinnati[9]
CovingtonHarney City Dakota
CrouseLancasterNow Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
DaleCuster
De SotoWashington
DeWittyAudaciousCherry
DobytownKearney
Donald[10]
DuffRock
DunwellHooker
Dyson Hollow Lime KilnSarpy
Eclipse[11] Hookercirca 1913First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
EdholmButler
ElsmereCherry
EltonCuster
ElviraMerrickOnce the county seat of Merrick County
FactoryvilleUnion Mills Cass
FriedensauThayer
GlenSioux
GlencoeDodge
GrossBoydNear ghost town.
HaylandAdams
HeclaHooker
HomervilleGosper
Hope[12] Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
InghamLincoln
Jacksonville
JamaicaLancaster
Kelso
KoestervillePawnee
LakelandBrown
Lee ParkCuster and Valley
LemoyneKeith
Linton
LomaxCuster
Lynn
MariavilleRock
MarsJessupKnox
MarslandDawes
MarthaHolt
MayberryPawnee
MeadvilleKeya Paha
MelroseHarlan
MeridianBig SandyJefferson
MinersvilleOtoe CityOtoe
Mission CreekPawnee
Monowi[13] BoydA near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and Prudential Financial. They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made.
MontroseSioux
Mud SpringsMorrill
NeapolisSaunders
New Home
NonpareilBox Butte
North SummerfieldPawnee
OmadiDakota1856
Oreapolis[14] Cass18591864
PaulineAdams1887
PebbleDodge
PishelvilleKnox1874
PittsburgSeward
Pleasant HillPleasanthill Saline
Pleasant ValleyDodge
RinggoldRingold Dawson
Rock BluffCass
RoyalAntelope
SaltilloLancaster
SartoriaBuffalo
SavannahButler
ShaffervillePawnee
Scott's ValleyPawnee
SedanNuckolls
SheaJefferson
SpeiserRichardson
Spring RanchSpringranch, Spring RancheClay
St. DeroinSaint DeroinNemaha
TatePawnee
Tipp's BranchPawnee
UnitSioux
VenusKnox
VioletButlerPawnee
Wee TownWeePierce
WeirHooker
WeissertCuster
WheelerBaird Wheeler

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick . Jan 27, 2024.
  2. Web site: 5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned . Nov 9, 2023.
  3. Web site: Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan. . Nov 9, 2023.
  4. Web site: Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914. . Nov 11, 2023.
  5. Web site: Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns . Nov 14, 2023.
  6. Web site: This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget . Jan 27, 2024.
  7. Web site: 15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska . Jan 27, 2024.
  8. Web site: 15 more Nebraska ghost towns . Jan 26, 2024.
  9. Web site: Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers . Nov 28, 2023.
  10. Web site: Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map . Nov 6, 2023.
  11. Web site: Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913. . Nov 7, 2023.
  12. Web site: Hope (Scott‘s Bluff County) . Nov 7, 2023.
  13. Web site: Largest advertising poster . Nov 9, 2023.
  14. Web site: Oreapolis: Nebraska’s Ghost Town . Nov 16, 2023.

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