List of ghost towns in Illinois

This is a list of ghost towns in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Ghost towns

Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks
AndersonMacoupin
AppletonKnox
BarrMacoupin
BenjaminvilleMcLean
BethelClay
BloomfieldEdgar
BourbonaisBureau
BrownsvilleJackson
Brush PointDeKalb
BybeeFulton
CaledoniaPutnam
CardiffLivingston
CayugaLivingston
ChallacombeMacoupin
ChamnessWilliamson
CiverFulton
ClayvilleSangamon
CliffordWilliamson
ColtonvilleDeKalb
ComerMacoupin
CrawfordsvilleCrawford
DaggettCarroll
DuttonPike
Elm PointBond
EltonWinnebago
EnosMacoupin
EvansLogan
FillmoreDouglas
FremontClinton
GostynEast GroveDuPageNow a neighborhood in Downers Grove
Green RockHenryNow a neighborhood in Colona
Greenridge[1]Macoupin
GriffinClark
Griggsville LandingPhillips Landing, Phillips FerryPike
GurneyCass
HagamanMacoupin
Half DayLakeAnnexed by Vernon Hills
HalfwayWilliamsonNot confused to be the same as Halfway, known as Little Juarez.
HalfwayLittle JuarezWilliamsonNot to be confused Halfway, Illinois, the one without a nickname.
Henpeck[2]Kane
HoraceEdgar
JugtownGrundyNow part of Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
KumlerMcLean
LedfordSaline
LemmonSangamon
LexingtonEdwards
Little Rock[3]LaSalle
MacoupinMacoupin
McVeyMacoupin
MidwayFulton
Miles StationProvidenceMacoupin
Mills PrairieEdwards
MillsdaleWill
MillvilleJo Daviess
MiltonBrown
MorseStark
OcoyaLivingston
Old Evansville
Old Westville
Orchard PlaceCookDissolved for construction of O'Hare Airport. Airport abbreviation "ORD" based on this ghost town.
Oxford TownshipOxfordHenry
PalmyraEdwards
Papsville
Parker CityParkerJohnson
PiankashawtownEdwards
ReaderReedersMacoupin
Reeds CrossingBoone
Riverview
RoddenJo Daviess
Santa Fe Park
SchoperMacoupin
ShastaAlexander
ShirleyMcLean
SugarvilleFulton
SylvanCass
TacaoganeMassac or Pope
TechnyCook1989Now a neighborhood in Northbrook
TedensDuPage
Totten PrairieTotten’s PrairieFulton
TracyKankakee
TuscumbiaFulton
Vishnu SpringsMcDonough
WanboroughEdwards
WestonDuPageDecember 16, 1966Dissolved for construction of Fermilab though several buildings remain as dorms.
WetzelEdgar
WhistlevilleMaconNow site of Fort Daniel Conservation Area.
White Oak SpringsBrown
WilsonLake

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