List of ghost towns in North Dakota explained

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					^[1] |-|Brisbane|Grant|1906||Barren|^[2] ^[3] |-|Carbury|Bottineau|1901||Abandoned||-|Charbonneau|McKenzie||1960s|Abandoned|^[4] |-|Charging Eagle||||Barren|Submerged under Lake Sakakawea^[5] |-|Clyde|Cavalier|1905||Semi-abandoned||-|Dogtooth|Grant|1876||Barren|^[6] |-|Elbowoods|McLean|1889|1954|Barren|Submerged under Lake Sakakawea|-|Epworth||||||-|Fort Buford|Williams|1866|1895|Abandoned|U.S. Army fort|-|Freda|Grant|1910||Neglected||-|Gorham|Billings||1972|Abandoned||-|Hartland|Ward|1907||||-|Heaton|Wells|1895||Semi-abandoned|^[7] |-|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||Neglected||-|Petrel|Adams|1908||Barren||-|Red Butte||||Barren|Submerged under Lake Sakakawea|-|Sanger|Oliver|1879|1985|Barren||-|Schafer|McKenzie|||Neglected|^[8] |-|Shell Creek||||Barren|Submerged under Lake Sakakawea|-|Sherbrooke|Steele|1884||||-|Sims|Morton|1883||||-|Sully Springs|Billings|||Barren|Railroad town abandoned during the Great Depression^[9] |-|Tagus|Mountrail|1900||Semi-abandoned||-|Temple|Williams|1906||Neglected||-|Temvik|Emmons|1904|2000|||-|Ukraina|Billings|||Neglected|Only two cemeteries left|-|Verendrye|McHenry|1912|1970|Neglected||-|Wabek|Mountrail|||Abandoned|^[10] |-|Watrous|Hettinger|1910||Neglected||-|Wheelock|Williams|1902||Semi-abandoned||} External links Ghosts of North Dakota

Notes and References

1. http://www.solbergfarms.com/NewMilwaukeeTowns.htm New Milwaukee Towns, Mandan [North Dakota&#93; Pioneer 4/8/1910<!-- Bot generated title -->]
2. http://www.solbergfarms.com/BrisbanePOApp1910.htm Brisbane, ND Postal Application 1910
3. http://www.solbergfarms.com/Brisbane.htm Brisbane North Dakota
4. News: Dura . Jack . Memories still remain in Charbonneau . April 17, 2024 . McKenzie County Farmer . November 1, 2016 . limited.
5. News: Dura . Jack . The Story of Elbowoods . April 17, 2024 . . Prairie Public Broadcasting . June 11, 2022.
6. http://www.solbergfarms.com/Dogtooth.htm Where was Dogtooth North Dakota?
7. Web site: Heaton . April 17, 2024 . The Herald-Press.
8. News: The ghost town of Schafer . April 17, 2024 . . October 27, 2015.
9. News: Hoffbeck . Steve . Sully Springs, A Badlands Ghost Town . April 18, 2024 . . June 10, 2022.
10. News: Davis . Lauren . Hidden History: Preserved Wabek schoolhouse in a "ghost town" . April 17, 2024 . KX News . October 5, 2021.