List of ghost towns in North Carolina explained

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in North Carolina.

• Brunswick Town^[1] (former state capital)
• Buffalo City
• Cape Lookout Village
• Cataloochee
• Ceramic
• Diamond City
• Fort Dobbs (frontier fort during the French and Indian war)
• Glenville (town submerged by Lake Glenville, some residents relocated to the eastern edge of the lake)
• Henry River Mill Village
• Judson (submerged under Fontana Lake)
• Lost Cove
• Mortimer
• Portsmouth
• Proctor (isolated by Lake Fontana and abandoned)
• Roanoke Colony^[2]
• Ruby City (mining town once located near Willets in Jackson County, now the site of the Balsam Mountain Preserve)
• Whitney (partially submerged by Badin Lake)

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Sojourn on Cape Fear . February 21, 2024 . March 7, 1993 . The New York Times . Francine . Prose.
2. Web site: What Happened to the ‘Lost Colony’ of Roanoke? . February 21, 2024 . June 20, 2023 . A&E Television Networks . History.