List of ghost towns in Wyoming explained
This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wyoming.
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
- Roofless building ruins
- 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.
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Notes and References
- Web site: 2017-06-14 . The Truly Grim Reality Of 11 Deserted Ghost Towns In Wyoming . 2023-05-23 . OnlyInYourState® . en-US.
- Book: Weis, Norman D. . Ghost Towns of the Northwest . Caxton Press . 1971 . 0-87004-358-7 . Caldwell, Idaho, USA.
- Book: Miller, Donald . Ghost Towns of Wyoming . Pruett . 1977 . 0871085119.
- Web site: 7 Wyoming Ghost Towns You Need to Explore . travelwyoming.com.
- Hafnor, John. Black Hills Believables: Strange-but-true Tales of the Old West. Fort Collins, Colorado: Lone Pine Productions, 2002. 54. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.
- Web site: Empire Wyoming (U.S. National Park Service) . 2024-02-12 . www.nps.gov . en.
- Web site: Lee . Mariska . 2020-10-25 . 5 Best Ghost Towns in Wyoming . 2023-05-23 . Van Life Wanderer . en-US.
