List of ghost towns in Nebraska

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.

Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska

Ghost towns

Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks
Abdal[1]Nuckolls
Ames[1][2]KetchumDodgeNot a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
Andrews[1][3]Sioux19061951Source([3]) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
Angora[1][4]Antelope HillMorrill1900
Anoka[1][5]Boyd
Antioch[1][2][5][6][7]Sheridan1891
AppletonPawnee
Arago[1][8]FargoRichardson1860Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
Armour[1]Pawnee18901934
Ashford[1]BannerTemporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
BayonneCherry
Belmont[1][2]Evergreen CityDawes
BluevaleBlue ValleyYork
Bookwalter[1]Pawnee
BowenWashington1886
BowerBowervilleJefferson
Breslau[1]Pierce
Brewster[1]BlaineCounty seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!".
Brocksburg[1][6][7]Keya Paha
Burton[1]Keya Paha
Carns[1]Keya Paha
Charlestown[1]York
Cincinnati[9]Pawnee
Covington[1][7]Harney CityDakota
CrouseLancasterNow Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
Dale[1]Custer
De Soto[1]Washington
DeWitty[7]AudaciousCherry
Dobytown[6][7]Kearney
Donald[1][10]Hooker
Duff[1]Rock
Dunwell[1][10]Hooker
Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln[2][7]Sarpy
Eclipse[1][11]Hookercirca 1913First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
Edholm[5]Butler
Elsmere[1]Cherry
Elton[1]Custer
Elvira[1][8]MerrickOnce the county seat of Merrick County
FactoryvilleUnion MillsCass
FlatsMcPherson
Friedensau[1][8]Thayer
Glen[1]Sioux
GlencoeDodge
Gross[1]BoydNear ghost town.
HaylandAdams
Hecla[1][10]Hooker
HomervilleGosper
Hope[1][12][8]Scotts BluffSeveral Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
Ingham[1]Lincoln
Jacksonville
Jamaica[1][8]Lancaster
Kelso[1][10]Hooker
KoestervillePawnee
Lakeland[8]Brown
Lee Park[8]Custer and Valley
Lemoyne[1]Keith
Letan[1]Box Butte
Linton
Lomax[1]Custer
Lynn[1]Morrill
Mariaville[1]Rock
MarsJessupKnox
Marsland[1][8]Dawes
Martha[1][8]Holt
MayberryPawnee
Meadville[1]Keya Paha
Melrose[8]Harlan
Meridian[1][8]Big SandyJefferson
Minersville[1][2][6][7]Otoe CityOtoe
Mission CreekPawnee
Monowi[1][13]BoydA near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola, Arby's, and Prudential Financial. They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made.
Montrose[1][7]Sioux
Mud Springs[7][8]Morrill
Neapolis[7][8]Saunders
New Home
Nonpareil[1]Box Butte
North SummerfieldPawnee
OmadiDakota1856
Oreapolis[14]Cass18591864
Pauline[1]Adams1887
PebbleDodge
Pishelville[1]Knox1874
PittsburgSeward
Pleasant Hill[1][7][8]PleasanthillSaline
Pleasant Valley[1]Dodge
RinggoldRingoldDawson
Rock Bluff[1][7]Cass
Royal[1]Antelope
Saltillo[1]Lancaster
Sartoria[1][7][8]Buffalo
SavannahButler
ShaffervillePawnee
Scott's ValleyPawnee
Sedan[1]Nuckolls
SheaJefferson
SpeiserRichardson
SpikerWashington
Spring Ranch[1]Springranch, Spring RancheClay
St. Deroin[1][5][6][7]Saint DeroinNemaha
Tate[1]Pawnee
Tipp's BranchPawnee
Unit[1]Sioux
Venus[1][6][7]Knox
Violet[1][5]ButlerPawnee
Wee TownWeePierce
Weir[1][10]Hooker
Weissert[1]Custer
Wheeler[1]BairdWheeler

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914". Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns". Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "15 more Nebraska ghost towns". Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers". Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map". Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Largest advertising poster". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town". Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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