List_of_ghost_towns_in_Idaho Knowpia

The following is a list of ghost towns in Idaho. A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions or uncontrolled lawlessness.

Classification edit

Barren site edit

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 edit

Only rubble left
Roofless building ruins
Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Despite multiple reconstruction attempts, Burgdorf is still abandoned.

Abandoned site edit

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

Burke had 15 residents in 1990.

Semi-abandoned site edit

Building or houses still standing
Buildings and houses largely abandoned
Few residents
Many abandoned buildings
Small population

Bayhorse is owned and preserved by the state.

Historic community edit

Building or houses still standing
Still a busy community
Smaller than its boom years
Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Table edit

Name	Other names	County	Settled	Abandoned	Current status	Remarks
Aline		Teton County	1888	1901		First settlement of Latter-Day Saints in the area.^[1]
Bayhorse		Custer County	1877		Historic	A former mining town turned state park^[2]
Bonanza	Bonanza City	Custer County			Abandoned	^[2]
Burgdorf		Idaho County	1860s	Before 1945	Semi-abandoned
Burke		Shoshone County	1887	1991		A mining town that closed after several natural disasters.
Caribou City						^{[citation needed]}
Chesterfield		Caribou County	1879	After 1928		A former Mormon settlement, now open to the public as a tourist attraction.^[3]
Cobalt		Lemhi County				^[2]
Comeback Mining Camp						^[2]
Copper Queen
Custer		Custer County				^[2]
De Lamar		Owyhee County
Florence		Idaho County
Gilmore		Lemhi County
Golden Age camp						^[2]
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Joseph		Idaho County
Joseph Plains		Idaho County
Leesburg		Lemhi County				^[2]
Mount Idaho		Idaho County				^[4]
Placerville		Boise County				^[2]
Rocky Bar		Elmore County
Ruby City		Owyhee County
Sawtooth City		Blaine County				^[2]
Silver City		Owyhee County
Strevell		Cassia County
Vienna						^[2]
White Knob		Custer County
Yellow Jacket						^[2]

Gallery edit

Burke in 1888
The former hotel in Burgdorf
Silver City in 1892
A preserved cabin in Chesterfield

References edit

^ Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic history of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints,. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 868. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
^ Oregon. "Idaho pioneer cabin moved to Chesterfield site". OregonLive.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
^ Adkison, Norman B. (July 1, 1962). "Bustling, booming Mount Idaho now nothing but a ghost town". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1–sec.2.

[1] Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic history of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints,. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 868. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

[Weis-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.

[3] Oregon. "Idaho pioneer cabin moved to Chesterfield site". OregonLive.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.

[4] Adkison, Norman B. (July 1, 1962). "Bustling, booming Mount Idaho now nothing but a ghost town". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1–sec.2.

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