This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wyoming.

Classification

One of the buildings in Table Rock, which was bulldozed in 2011

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.

Table

Name Other names County Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks
Alva Crook County Semi-abandoned
Antelope Flats 1893 1912 Neglected [1]
Atlantic City Fremont County Semi-abandoned [2]
Baker Town
Barrett Town
Battle [3]
Bear Rock
Benton [2]
Bessemer
Bosler Albany County 1900[1]
Bryan Sweetwater County
Buckhorn
Buford Albany County
Cambria Weston County
Canyon Springs [4]
Carbon Timber Town [2]
Carter Uinta County 1980
Clifton
Dillon Neglected[3]
The Duncan [2]
Eadsville 1891[3]
Empire
Forest City
Fort Laramie [5]
Fort Steele [2]
Gebo Hot Springs County
Hecla Laramie County
Horton
Jay Em [1]
Jeffrey City Fremont County
Jireh A planned college town that never took off.[1]
Kane Big Horn County
Kirwin Historic[3]
Linwood on the Wyoming-Utah state line
Lewiston [2]
Lost Springs Converse County
Manhattan
Mineral Hill
Miner's Delight Fremont County 1867[1]
Moskee [2]
Pacific Springs [2]
Piedmont Byrne[3] Uinta County
Point of Rocks [1]
Rocky Ford
Sage Lincoln County
South Pass City Fremont County Semi-abandoned
Sherman Albany County
Spencer
Sunrise Platte County
Table Rock Sweetwater County Late 1970s 2010 Barren
Tubb Town Weston County
Upton Historic[1]
Van Tassell Niobrara County
Walcott Carbon County [2]
Welcome
Whoop-Up [4]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Truly Grim Reality Of 11 Deserted Ghost Towns In Wyoming". OnlyInYourState®. June 14, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "7 Wyoming Ghost Towns You Need to Explore". travelwyoming.com.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. Lee, Mariska (October 25, 2020). "5 Best Ghost Towns in Wyoming". Van Life Wanderer. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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