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List of ghost towns in Nebraska

Summary

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.

Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska

Ghost towns edit

Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks
Abdal[1] Nuckolls
Ames[1][2] Ketchum Dodge Not a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
Andrews[1][3] Sioux 1906 1951 Source([3]) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
Angora[1][4] Antelope Hill Morrill 1900
Anoka[1][5] Boyd
Antioch[1][2][5][6][7] Sheridan 1891
Appleton Pawnee
Arago[1][8] Fargo Richardson 1860 Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
Armour[1] Pawnee 1890 1934
Ashford[1] Banner Temporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
Bayonne Cherry
Belmont[1][2] Evergreen City Dawes
Bluevale Blue Valley York
Bookwalter[1] Pawnee
Bower Bowerville Jefferson
Breslau[1] Pierce
Brewster[1] Blaine County 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!".
Brocksburg[1][6][7] Keya Paha
Burton[1] Keya Paha
Carns[1] Keya Paha
Charlestown[1] York
Cincinnati[9] Pawnee
Covington[1][7] Harney City Dakota
Crouse Lancaster Now Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
Dale[1] Custer
De Soto[1] Washington
DeWitty[7] Audacious Cherry
Dobytown[6][7] Kearney
Donald[1][10] Hooker
Duff[1] Rock
Dunwell[1][10] Hooker
Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln[2][7] Sarpy
Eclipse[1][11] Hooker circa 1913 First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
Edholm[5] Butler
Elsmere[1] Cherry
Elton[1] Custer
Elvira[1][8] Merrick Once the county seat of Merrick County
Factoryville Union Mills Cass
Friedensau[1][8] Thayer
Glen[1] Sioux
Glencoe Dodge
Gross[1] Boyd Near ghost town.
Hayland Adams
Hecla[1][10] Hooker
Homerville Gosper
Hope[1][12][8] Scotts Bluff Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
Ingham[1] Lincoln
Jacksonville
Jamaica[1][8] Lancaster
Kelso[1][10] Hooker
Koesterville Pawnee
Lakeland[8] Brown
Lee Park[8] Custer and Valley
Lemoyne[1] Keith
Linton
Lomax[1] Custer
Lynn[1] Morrill
Mariaville[1] Rock
Mars Jessup Knox
Marsland[1][8] Dawes
Martha[1][8] Holt
Mayberry Pawnee
Meadville[1] Keya Paha
Melrose[8] Harlan
Meridian[1][8] Big Sandy Jefferson
Minersville[1][2][6][7] Otoe City Otoe
Mission Creek Pawnee
Monowi[1][13] Boyd A 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.
Montrose[1][7] Sioux
Mud Springs[8][7] Morrill
Neapolis[8][7] Saunders
New Home
Nonpareil[1] Box Butte
North Summerfield Pawnee
Omadi Dakota 1856
Oreapolis[14] Cass 1859 1864
Pauline[1] Adams 1887
Pebble Dodge
Pishelville[1] Knox 1874
Pittsburg Seward
Pleasant Hill[1][8][7] Pleasanthill Saline
Pleasant Valley[1] Dodge
Ringgold Ringold Dawson
Rock Bluff[1][7] Cass
Royal[1] Antelope
Saltillo[1] Lancaster
Sartoria[1][8][7] Buffalo
Savannah Butler
Shafferville Pawnee
Scott's Valley Pawnee
Sedan[1] Nuckolls
Shea Jefferson
Speiser Richardson
Spring Ranch[1] Springranch, Spring Ranche Clay
St. Deroin[1][5][6][7] Saint Deroin Nemaha
Tate[1] Pawnee
Tipp's Branch Pawnee
Unit[1] Sioux
Venus[1][6][7] Knox
Violet[1][5] Butler Pawnee
Wee Town Wee Pierce
Weir[1][10] Hooker
Weissert[1] Custer
Wheeler[1] Baird Wheeler

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914". Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns". Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 more Nebraska ghost towns". Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers". Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map". Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  11. ^ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "Largest advertising poster". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town". Retrieved November 16, 2023.

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