List of ghost towns

The following is a partial list of ghost towns.

Australia

*Big Bell, Western Australia
*Boydtown, New South Wales; Originally settled and then abandoned in the 1840s. Remained abandoned until the 1930s. It is now a growing town with commercial and residential developments.
*Broad Arrow, north of Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
*Cassilis, Victoria
*Cook, South Australia
*Copperfield, Queensland
*Cossack, Western Australia
*Crotty, Tasmania
*Farina, South Australia
*Glen Davis, New South Wales
*Goldsworthy, Western Australia
*Gwalia, north of Kalgoorlie, and 4 km south of Leonora (Western Australia)
*Hill End, New South Wales; Never fully abandoned, now a popular tourist town.
*Jay Creek, Northern Territory
*Joadja near Mittagong
*Kanowna, near Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
*Kiandra, New South Wales
*Linda, Tasmania
*Malcolm, east of Leonora (Western Australia)
*Mary Kathleen, Queensland,55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry(Queensland)
*Maytown, Queensland, in the Palmer River goldfields (Queensland)
*Moliagul, Victoria, 202 km north west from Melbourne
*Nannine, Western Australia
*Newnes, New South Wales
*Old Tallangatta, Victoria, most of the township was moved 5 miles west due to the enlargement of Lake Hume. The current township of Tallangatta has approximately 1000 residents.
*Ophir, New South Wales
*Ora Banda, Western Australia
*Pillinger, Tasmania
*Ravenswood, Queensland
*Silverton, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
*Tarcoon, New South Wales
*Walhalla, in the Baw Baw mountains (Victoria)
*Western Tyers, Victoria
*Wittenoom, Western Australia
*Yerranderie in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

Belgium

*Oosterweel, near Antwerp
*Lillo, near Antwerp
*Oorderen, near Antwerp
*Wilmarsdonk,near Antwerp
*Doel, near Antwerp

Cambodia

* Angkor Wat and vicinity [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2148132,00.html]

Canada

Chile

*Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
*Puerto Hambre (also called "Port Famine")
*Sewell, Chile

China

*Niya

Cyprus

*Varosha (Famagusta), region of Famagusta

Faroe Islands

*Blankskáli, Kalsoy
*Fossá, Borðoy
*Múli, Borðoy
*Skarð, Kunoy
*Skarvanes, Sandoy
*Skálatoftir, northwesternmost village on Borðoy
*Slættanes, Vágar
*Strond, north of Ánir
*Víkar, Vágar
*Víkarbyrgi, Suðuroy

Finland

*Jussarö, an old village near the Jussarö mines

France

Six of the French villages destroyed in World War I have never been rebuilt. All are found in the "département" of Meuse, and were destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916:
* Beaumont-en-Verdunois
* Bezonvaux
* Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
* Fleury-devant-Douaumont
* Haumont-près-Samogneux
* Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre

Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by a Waffen-SS battalion during World War II and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.

Guyana

*Jonestown, created by cult leader Jim Jones. On November 18, 1978, he conducted a mass suicide with his cult, resulting in 913 of the 1,110 inhabitants dead.

Hungary

*Derenk, in north-east Hungary, was depopulated between 1938-1943, so that the surrounding area could be used as hunting grounds for Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary.

India

*Daulatabad
*Dholavira
*Fatehpur Sikri
*Gaur
*Hampi
*Lakhpat
*Lothal
*Mandu
*Old Goa
*Pandua
*Pavagadh
*Ross island (Andaman)
*Somnathpur

Iraq

*Babylon

Iran

*Soltaniyeh
*Choqa Zanbil

Ireland

*Slievemore(Sliabh Mór) [ [http://www.visitachill.com/en/desertedvillage.html Visit Achill - Deserted Village at Slievemore, Achill, Co Mayo, Ireland ] ]

Italy

*Bussana Vecchia, Liguria
*Melito Vecchio ("Old Melito"), Avellino, Campania
*Consonno (Olginate, Lecco)
*Craco (Matera)
*Poggioreale, Sicily
*Tocco Caudio, Benevento, Campania

Ivory Coast

*Grand Bassam

Japan

* Hashima Island

México

*Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí
*San Antonio de la Iguana, Nuevo León, Lat 26° 53' 60N, Long 100° 13' 0W
*San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacan Abandoned due to Paricutin volcano

Montserrat

*Plymouth
*St. Patrick's

Namibia

* Kolmanskop and Elizabeth Bay old Diamond mining town

The Netherlands

*Schokland

Norway

*Pyramiden, a Russian settlement on Svalbard

Pakistan

* Amri (Fortified town between 3600 to 3300 BC)
* Chanhudaro (Settlement between 4000-1700 BC)
* Ganeriwala (Urban center around 3000 BC)
* Harappa (Fortified city between 3300-1600 BC)
* Kot Diji (Ancient site about 3000 BC)
* Mehrgarh (Ancient settlement around 7000 BC)
* Mohenjo Daro (Ancient city about 2600-1700 BC)
* Sokhta Koh (Harappan settlement around 2600-1900 BC)
* Takht Bhai (Remains of a famous Buddhist monastery from the 1st century CE)

Poland

*Kłomino

Russia

*Atil
*Ksnyatin
*Mangazeya
*Mologa
*Sarai Berke - said to be 10 times larger than London in the 14th century
*Sarkel
*Sviyazhsk
*Tmutarakan

Saudi Arabia

* Albaten
* Najd
* Shaqra
* Tharmida

Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands

* Deception Island, a Chilean-Norwegian whaling settlement.

=South Georgia=

* Grytviken, a Norwegian whaling settlement on the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia
* Leith Harbour
* Ocean Harbour
* Husvik
* Stromness
* Prince Olav Harbour

Spain

*Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón
*Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León
*La Cornudilla, Valencia
*Fiscal, Towns of Lacort, Jánovas and more in the region called "Solana de Fiscal" - Huesca (Aragón)
*Pernui in Sort, Lleida, Cataluña

Turkey

*Troy

Turkmenistan

*Merv
*Old Urgench

Ukraine

*Chernobyl
*Pripyat

United Kingdom

* Ashopton, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
* Derwent, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
* Bothwellhaugh, North Lanarkshire (Under Strathclyde Loch)
* Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* Dunwich, Suffolk (under the sea)
* Hallsands, Devon (destroyed by a storm in 1917)
* Imber, Wiltshire (taken over by Army in 1943)
* Knaptoft, Leicestershire (deserted in Seventeenth Century)
* Lynford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* Martinsthorpe, Rutland
* Nether Hambleton and Middle Hambleton, Rutland (both under reservoir)
* North Rona, a remote island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (evacuated in 1844)
* Over the Border, Middlesbrough, (largely abandoned but plans to regenerate the area) [http://www.teesvalleyregeneration.co.uk] )
* Saint Kilda, an island off Scotland (evacuated in 1930)
* Shipden, Norfolk (under the sea)
* Stanford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* Sturston, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* Tottington, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* Tyneham, Dorset (taken over by Army in 1943)
* West Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire (Deserted Medieval Village)

United States

See also

*Ghost town
*
*List of places with fewer than ten residents
*List of unused highways

References

External links

* [http://www.ghosttowns.com/ Ghosttowns.com]
* [http://www.ghosttownscanada.ca/ GhostTownsCanada.ca] Lots of pictures of Canadian ghost towns