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

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
Despite multiple reconstruction attempts, Burgdorf is still abandoned

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
Burke had 15 residents in 1990

Semi abandoned site

  • 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

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

Table

Name Other names County Location 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
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]
Joseph Idaho County
Joseph Plains Idaho County
Idaho City Boise County [2]
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]

See also

References

  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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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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