List of ghost towns in Iowa

This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Iowa.

Donnan, Iowa memorial sign, showing the former location of the City of Donnan

Ghost towns

Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks
Big SpringWayne
BryantsburgBuchanan
BuxtonMonroe
BuchananCedar
BuckhornJackson
CaledoniaRinggold
CarrolltonCarroll
Civil BendFremont
ClarksonWarren
Coalport[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
ConoverWinneshiek
Cordova[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
DonnanFayette1990s
DorisBuchanan
DudleyPolk
DudleyWapello
Dunreath[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
ElkportClayton
Fifield[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
HerringSac
HinkletownKeokuk
HowellMarion
Green IslandJackson
GriffinsvilleAppanoose
IowavilleVan Buren
IvanhoeLinn
KnowltonRinggold
LakewoodLyon
LittleportClayton
Lucky ValleyWoodbury
MidwayJohnson
MotorClayton
MorrisburgGuthrie
Mount EtnaAdams
Mount PisgahUnionMitt Romney's great-grandfather, Helaman Pratt was born near Mount Pisgah.
NationalJackson
OradellMarion
PercyMarion
Queen CityAdams
Red Rock[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
River JunctionStumptown, Stumpville, StumpyJohnson
RockvilleDelaware
Rousseau[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
Shady GroveBuchanan
SiegelBremer
StanzelAdair
StilesDavis
StrahanMills
SunburyCedar
UniqueHumboldt
White PigeonKeokuk
YattonWashington

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Most People Have No Idea This Underwater City in Iowa Even Exists". Retrieved November 19, 2023.