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This is a partial '''list of [[ghost town]]s in [[Arizona]]''' in the United States. Most ghost towns in Arizona are former [[mining]] [[boomtown]]s that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those not set up as mining camps often became mills or supply points supporting nearby mining operations.<ref name="varney">{{cite book |last=Varney |first=Philip |title=Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: A Travel Guide to History |editor=Stieve, Robert |publisher=Arizona Highways Books |location=Phoenix|year=2005 |edition=10th |isbn=1932082468 }}</ref>

==Conditions==
[[File:Wickenburg Vulture Mine-Assay office-1884-1.jpg|thumb|1881 Assay Office of Vulture City]]
Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of buildings or civilization and have reverted to empty land. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Still others may support full-time residents, though usually far less than at their historical peak, while others may now be museums or historical sites.<ref name="varney"/>

For ease of reference, the sites listed here are placed into one of the following general categories.

;Barren site
* Site is no longer in existence
* Site has been destroyed, covered with water, or reverted to empty land
* May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

;Neglected site
* Little more than rubble remains at the site
* Dilapidated, often roofless buildings remain at the site

;Abandoned site
* Building or houses still standing, but all or almost all are abandoned
* No population, with the possible exception of a caretaker
* Site no longer in use, except for one or two buildings

;Semi-abandoned site
* Buildings or houses still standing, but most are abandoned
* A few residents may remain

;Historic site
* Buildings or houses still standing
* Site has been converted to a historical site, museum, or tourist attraction
* Still a busy community, but population is smaller than its peak years

==Ghost towns==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
! width="*" |'''Town name'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" |'''Other name(s)'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
!Location
! width="*" |'''County'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" |'''Settled'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" |'''Abandoned'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" |'''Current status'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" class="unsortable"|'''Remarks''' &nbsp;&nbsp;
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||[[Adamana, Arizona|Adamana]] ||  
| || [[Apache County, Arizona|Apache]] || 1896 ||  || Semi-abandoned site  || Originally the place was known as Adam Hanna's, as time passed and more people came to visit, the elision of a few letters gave us the name Adamana.
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||[[Adamsville, Arizona|Adamsville]] || Sanford 
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1866 || 1920s || Neglected site || Original farming town mostly destroyed in a flood, now farmland.  The remnant abandoned by the 1920s.  Only its cemetery and some ruins remain.
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||[[Agua Caliente, Arizona|Agua Caliente]]|| 
| || [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]] || 1858 ||  ||Neglected site||[[Hotel]], [[ruins]] of a [[rock (geology)|stone]] [[house]] and a [[swimming pool]].
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||[[Alamo Crossing, Arizona|Alamo Crossing]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Alimo 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1899 || 1918 || Submerged || Submerged in [[Alamo Lake State Park|Alamo Lake]].
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||[[Alexandra, Arizona|Alexandra]]<ref name="sherman">{{cite book |last=Sherman |first=James E. |author2= Sherman, Barbara H.  |title=Ghost Towns of Arizona |url=https://archive.org/details/ghosttownsofariz0000sher |url-access=registration |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=1969 |edition= |isbn=978-0806108438|oclc=21732}}</ref> ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1875 || {{circa|1903}} || Barren site || The town is located in Peck Canyon and was named Alexandra after Mrs. T.M. Alexander, a founder and the first lady to be at the town.
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||[[Algert, Arizona|Algert]] ||  
| || [[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino]] || 1883 || 1921 || Neglected site || Walls of some of the school buildings, and some of the walls of the trading post are still standing.
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||[[Allen, Arizona|Allen]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Gunsight, Allen City<ref name="allen-gnis">{{GNIS|23928|Gunsight}}</ref> 
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || {{circa|1880}} || {{circa|1886}} || Barren site ||Allen was founded by [[John Brackett Allen]], he named his town after himself.
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||[[Alma, Arizona|Alma]] || Stringtown 
| || [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]] || 1880 ||  || Historic site || Mormon settlement now part of [[Mesa, Arizona]].<ref name=Barnes>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bradhallart.com/images_phoenix/Arizona_Place_names_1935.pdf|title=Welcome bradhallart.com|website=www.bradhallart.com|access-date=January 19, 2015|archive-date=January 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119080011/http://www.bradhallart.com/images_phoenix/Arizona_Place_names_1935.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
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||[[Alma, Pinal County, Arizona|Alma]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1891 || 1898 || Abandoned site || Wooden water tanks, concrete ore chute, and metal ore buckets, etc. as well as a small slag heap remain on the site within private property.  A settlement with a post office, 6 miles above [[Camp Grant, Arizona|Old Camp Grant]] on the west side of the [[San Pedro River (Arizona)|San Pedro River]].<ref name=Barnes/>{{rp|16}}
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||[[Alto, Arizona|Alto]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] ||1907||1933||Neglected site||Adobe Walls of old Post office and Sign for "Alto Camp".  Historic Mining district back to the 18th Century.
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||[[American Flag, Arizona|American Flag]]<ref name="sherman"/> || 
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || {{circa|1879}} || {{circa|1884}} ||  ||The post office was moved to the American Flag Ranch in 1880. The building still stands, and is the oldest surviving territorial post office building in Arizona.
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||[[American Ranch, Arizona|American Ranch]] || Lee's Ranch 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1863 || {{circa|1883}} || Barren site || A stage stop on [[Mint Wash]] in [[Little Chino Valley]] on the Hardyville–Prescott Road with a large hotel for travelers.<ref>{{GNIS|629|American Ranch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sharlot.org/img/topic_htmls/bura.html|title=Photographs Virtual Browsing Book – Buildings-Ranches – Sharlot Hall Museum|access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sharlot.org/library-archives/days-past/a-day-trip-to-seligman-on-the-williamson-valley-road/|title=A day trip to Seligman on the Williamson Valley Road|work=Sharlot Hall Museum Library & Archives|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502113224/http://www.sharlot.org/library-archives/days-past/a-day-trip-to-seligman-on-the-williamson-valley-road/|archive-date=2 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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||[[Angel Camp, Arizona|Angel Camp]] ||  
| || [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Apron Crossing, Arizona|Apron Crossing]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Aravaipa, Arizona|Aravaipa]] ||  Dunlap
| || [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] ||  ||  ||  || Originally named Dunlap after Burt Dunlap, the local rancher who established it in 1882.
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||[[Aubrey Landing, Arizona|Aubrey Landing]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Aubrey 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || {{circa|1860}} || {{circa|1886}} || Barren site || A steamboat landing, later inundated when [[Lake Havasu]] was formed
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||[[Aura, Arizona|Aura]] ||  
| || [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] || 1899 ||  ||  ||
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||[[Aztec, Arizona|Aztec]] ||  
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1880s ||  || Semi-abandoned site || Former railroad station
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||[[Barcelona, Arizona|Barcelona]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1880s ||  || Site completely devoured by mine || Segregated town near Kelvin
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||[[Bellevue, Arizona|Bellevue]] ||  
| || [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila]] || 1906 || 1927 || Abandoned site ||Town was built to harbor the Gibson Cooper Mine
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||[[Big Bug, Arizona|Big Bug]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Bigbug, Red Rock 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1862 || {{circa|1910}} || Barren site ||Town was founded by Theodore Boggs during the [[American Civil War]]. Boggs' father was the former governor of [[Missouri]], [[Lilburn Boggs]], who helped drive the [[Mormons]] out during the [[Missouri Mormon War]].
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||[[Black Diamond, Arizona|Black Diamond]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Bonita, Arizona|Bonita]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/bonita.html|title= Ghost Towns, Arizona: Bonita |access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref>||
| ||[[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] || {{circa|1885}} || 1950 || Abandoned site ||Catered to [[Fort Grant, Arizona|Fort Grant]] 
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||[[Boyles, Arizona|Boyles]]|| Carpenter 
| ||[[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee]] || 1904 || 1908 || Barren site ||Farming and ranching community at the mouth of the [[Blue River (Arizona)]]<ref>{{GNIS|26530|Blue River}}</ref> 
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||[[Bradshaw City, Arizona|Bradshaw City]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || {{circa|1860}} || {{circa|1880}} || Barren site ||Town supported the Tiger Mine. Namesake of its founder, [[William D. Bradshaw]].
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||[[Brigham City, Arizona|Brigham City]]<ref name="azheritage">{{cite web |url=http://arizonaheritagetraveler.com/templates/content-view.php?nid=2&sid=125 |title=Historic Sites – Brigham City |publisher=Arizona Heritage Traveler |access-date=2010-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707161826/http://arizonaheritagetraveler.com/templates/content-view.php?nid=2&sid=125 |archive-date=2011-07-07 }}</ref> ||  
| || [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo]] || 1876 || 1881 || Historic site ||Founded by member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] near the present city of [[Winslow, Arizona|Winslow]] in 1876, it was one and one-half miles north of Winslow's current city center, along the [[Little Colorado River]]. It was organized as a Latter-Day Saints ward in 1878, but by 1881 it had been abandoned.
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||[[Bumble Bee, Arizona|Bumble Bee]]<ref name="varney"/><ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1863 ||  || Semi-abandoned site || Privately owned, few residents.<ref name="varney"/>
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||[[Calabasas, Arizona|Calabasas]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Calabazas 
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || 1866 || 1913 || Abandoned site || Was a [[Tohono O'odham people|Tohono O'odham]] Village, Mexican Garrison, Military Base, mining town. Town was known as the gateway to [[Mexico]] and had the finest hotel from [[San Francisco]] to [[Denver]].<ref>{{GNIS|36569|Calabasas Hotel (historical)}}</ref>
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||[[Camp Crittenden, Arizona|Camp Crittenden]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] ||1867||1873||Semi-abandoned site|| Private property, named Camp Crittenden by Generals Orders No. 57 Department of California, September 30, 1867, in honor of Thomas S. Crittenden, Col. 32nd U.S. Infantry Major General U.S. Volunteers. Established to protect settlements of Babocomari.
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||[[Camp Reno, Arizona|Camp Reno]] ||  
| || [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila]] ||1867||1870||Neglected site|| Area was once occupied by the United States Army to keep surveillance on the [[Apache]]. Ransom B. Moore bought the property in about 1883 and operated the Reno Ranch until his death in 1904; his son William sold it sometime after.<ref name="camp reno">{{cite web|url=http://ghosttowns.com/states/az/campreno.html|title=Camp Reno|access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>
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||[[Canelo, Arizona|Canelo]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || {{circa|1904}} ||  ||  |Semi-abandoned site|| Several historic buildings remain, including a one-room schoolhouse and a United States Forest Service ranger station complex.
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||[[Canyon Diablo, Arizona|Canyon Diablo]] ||  
|Exit 230 off [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|Interstate 40]]|| [[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino]] || 1882 ||  Before 1947||  Neglected||Only existed because of an error in constructing a railway bridge, died out shortly after the bridge was completed
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||[[Cascabel, Arizona|Cascabel]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1916 || 1936 ||Semi-abandoned site||Several occupied adobes and ruined adobe walls, adjacent to Cascabel Rd.
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||[[Castle Dome, Arizona|Castle Dome]]<ref name="lowe">{{cite book |last=Lowe |first=Sam |title=Arizona Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff |publisher=Globe Pequot |date=2007 |edition=2nd |page=226 |chapter=Southwest Arizona |isbn=978-0762741144 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vv4FAzcxRd8C&q=castle%20dome%20arizona&pg=PA226}}</ref> || 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1869 || 1876 || Historic site || Site of the Castle Dome Mines Museum.
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||[[Castle Dome Landing, Arizona|Castle Dome Landing]]<ref name="varney"/><ref name="sherman"/> || Castle Dome City 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1869 || 1884 || Submerged || A steamboat landing, submerged in [[Martinez Lake]].
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||[[Catoctin, Arizona|Catoctin]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || {{circa|1902}} || {{circa|1920}} || Barren site ||A small mining town
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||[[Cedar, Arizona|Cedar]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || {{circa|1875}} || {{circa|1911}} || Neglected site ||gold, silver and copper mining town
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||[[Cerbat, Arizona|Cerbat]] || Campbell 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || {{circa|1869}} || {{circa|1912}} || Neglected site ||From June 25, 1890, to October 24, 1902, the town was known as Campbell.<ref name="sherman"/>
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||[[Cerro Colorado, Arizona|Cerro Colorado]]  ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || {{circa|1856}} || {{circa|1911}} || Neglected site ||The subject of a lost treasure story
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||[[Chaparral, Arizona|Chaparral]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || {{circa|1895}} || {{circa|1918}} || Barren site ||
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||[[Charleston, Arizona|Charleston]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1879 || 1888 || Neglected site || Maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]].<ref name="blm-rnca">{{cite web |url=http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/ncarea/sprnca/cultural.html |title=San Pedro RNCA – Cultural Resources |date=February 2, 2009 |publisher=Bureau of Land Management |access-date=2009-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115094113/http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/ncarea/sprnca/cultural.html |archive-date=January 15, 2009 }}</ref>
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||[[Cherry, Arizona|Cherry]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] ||  1884 || 1943 || Semi-abandoned site ||Once a mining town, now the site of a retirement community.
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||[[Chloride, Arizona|Chloride]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1863 ||  || Semi-abandoned site||
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||[[Cleator, Arizona|Cleator]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || ||  || ||
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||[[Clemenceau, Arizona|Clemenceau]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1917 ||  || Historic site || Now part of [[Cottonwood, Arizona]]
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||[[Cochise, Arizona|Cochise]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] ||  ||  || Semi-abandoned site||
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||[[Cochran, Arizona|Cochran]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1905 || 1915 ||  ||
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||[[Colorado City, Yuma County, Arizona|Colorado City]] || 
| ||[[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] ||1853||1862||Barren site||Colorado River ferry crossing, destroyed by [[Great Flood of 1862]]
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||[[Congress, Arizona|Congress]]<ref name="varney"/> ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Contention City, Arizona|Contention City]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Contention 
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1880 || 1888 || Neglected site || Maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]].<ref name="blm-rnca"/>
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||[[Copper Creek, Arizona|Copper Creek]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1880s || 1942 || Neglected site || In recent years, several companies have proposed opening a mine here.
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||[[Cordes, Arizona|Cordes]] || Antelope Junction 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1883 || 1950s || Semi-abandoned site ||
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||[[Courtland, Arizona|Courtland]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1908 || 1942 || Abandoned site ||Remains of old Jail and Cemetery
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||[[Crown King, Arizona|Crown King]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1894 || 1954 || Historic site || Old Saloon and Many occupied buildings including general store
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||[[Curtis, Arizona|Curtis]] || Arizona City 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1889 || 1907 ||  || Former mining town. Currently the site of a mining operation, just north of [[Mayer, Arizona|Mayer]] on [[Big Bug Creek]].
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||[[Dome, Arizona|Dome]] ||  
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1892 || 1904 || Neglected site
 || Ruins of an adobe building, cemetery
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||[[Duquesne, Arizona|Duquesne]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || 1880s || 1920s || Semi-abandoned site ||Several wood buildings including Westinghouse home
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||[[Ehrenberg, Arizona|Ehrenberg]] || Mineral City 
| || [[La Paz County, Arizona|La Paz]] || 1863 || 1915 || Neglected site || A steamboat landing, Colorado River ferry, junction of the [[Bradshaw Trail]] and La Paz–Wikenburg Road
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||[[Fairbank, Arizona|Fairbank]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Junction City, Kendall, Fairbanks<ref name="blm-fairbank"/> 
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1883 || 1970s || Abandoned site || Maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]].<ref name="blm-fairbank">{{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/cultural/fairbank.html |title=Fairbank Historic Townsite |date=February 2, 2009 |publisher=Bureau of Land Management |access-date=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608072029/http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/cultural/fairbank.html |archive-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref>
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||[[Fortuna, Arizona|Fortuna]] || Fortuna Mine 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1896 || 1924 || Neglected site ||Foundation of General Store, Mill and Reservoir. Interpretive hiking trail maintained with signs by USMC–Yuma Marines. Mine shaft, Sign in log.
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||[[Fort Buchanan, Arizona|Fort Buchanan]] || Battle site 
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] ||1857||1865 || Barren site ||Civil War era Frontier Post, The post was officially abandoned in 1861 but during the American Civil War troops of the California Column occasionally manned the post. In February 1865 Apaches attacked and forced the small garrison to retreat.
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||[[Galeyville, Arizona|Galeyville]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1881 || 1882 || Barren site ||
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||[[Geronimo, Arizona|Geronimo]] ||  
| || [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Gillett, Arizona|Gillett]] || Gillette<ref>{{GNIS|24431|Gillette}}</ref> 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1878 || 1880 || Neglected site || Gillett Cemetery and nearby Burfind Hotel foundations.
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||[[Gila City, Arizona|Gila City]] || Ligurta<ref name="gnis-ligurta">{{gnis|24494|Ligurta}}</ref> 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1858 || 1863 || Barren site || Destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
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||[[Gleeson, Arizona|Gleeson]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Turquoise 
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1870s || 1940 || Semi-abandoned site || Town was first settled as Turquoise in the 1870s in what was then the [[Arizona Territory]], then later re-established as Gleeson in 1900.
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||[[Goldfield, Arizona|Goldfield]] || Youngsburg 
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1892, 1920 || 1898, 1926 || Historic site || Goldfield revived as Youngsburg in 1920, is now a tourist attraction.
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||[[Goldroad, Arizona|Goldroad]]<ref name="sherman"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Heatwole |first1=Thelma |title=Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona |date=1991 |publisher=American Traveller Press|pages=14, 19–20|location=Phoenix |isbn=978-0914846109}}</ref>|| Acme 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1902 || 1942 || ||Died out due to railroad closure
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||[[Guthrie, Arizona|Guthrie]] ||  
| || [[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee]] || 1880s || 1922 || Neglected site || An important railroad stop along the Arizona & New Mexico Railway. Transfer point of the Morenci Southern Railway.<ref>{{GNIS|24445|Guthrie}}</ref>
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||[[Hardyville, Arizona|Hardyville]]||   
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1864 || 1883 || Historic site || Hardyville Pioneer Cemetery, a historic landmark and an unofficial historical marker for nearby [[Bullhead City, Arizona]]. A steamboat landing, Colorado River ferry, mining town, junction of the [[Mojave Road]] and Hardyville–Prescott Road
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||[[Harshaw, Arizona|Harshaw]]<ref name="varney"/><ref name="sherman"/> || Durazno 
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || 1880 || 1960 || Semi-abandoned site || Cemetery, several adobe walls, flat townsite pads still visible
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||[[Helvetia, Arizona|Helvetia]] ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || 1891 ||1921|| Neglected site ||small cemetery on approach with period graves, road to gunsite pass, small adobe wall and smelter stone wall still visible
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||[[Hilltop, Arizona|Hilltop]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1880s || 1940s ||Neglected site  ||
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||[[House Rock, Arizona|House Rock]] ||  
| || [[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino]] ||  ||  ||Semi-abandoned site  ||
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||[[Hyder, Arizona|Hyder]] ||  
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Jerome Junction, Arizona|Jerome Junction]]<ref name="backcountry">{{cite book |last=Massey |first=Peter |author2=Wilson, Jeanne  |title=Backcountry Adventures Arizona: The Ultimate Guide to the Arizona Backcountry for Anyone With a Sport Utility Vehicle |publisher=Adler Publishing Co |date=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5duDoiPh30C&q=castle%20dome%20arizona&pg=PP1 |isbn=1930193289 |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref> ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1894 || 1920 ||  ||
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||[[Johnson, Arizona|Johnson]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Kentucky Camp, Arizona|Kentucky Camp]] ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || 1874 || 1912 || Historic site || Maintained by [[US Forest Service]]
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||[[Klondyke, Arizona|Klondyke]] ||  
| || [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] || {{circa|1900}}  ||  || Historic site || Maintained by [[US Forest Service]]
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||[[Kofa, Arizona|Kofa]] ||  
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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|[[La Laguna, Arizona|La Laguna]] || Laguna 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1860 || 1862 || Submerged ||Mining camp. Site under [[Mittry Lake]]
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||[[La Paz, Arizona|La Paz]] ||  
| || [[La Paz County, Arizona|La Paz]] || 1862 || 1875 || Neglected site || Site of the first major gold strike along the Colorado River.  Steamboat landing to 1866, Yuma County seat until 1871.
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||[[Lochiel, Arizona|Lochiel]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || {{circa|1880}} || 1986  || Neglected site ||
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||[[Metcalf, Arizona|Metcalf]] ||  
| || [[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee]] || 1889 || 1936 || Neglected site ||A copper mining town, died after the ore ran out in 1918.<ref>{{GNIS|31773|Metcalf}}</ref>  Its post office lasted from 1899 to 1936.<ref>{{GNIS|2745405|Metcalf Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
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||[[Millville, Arizona|Millville]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Marinette, Arizona|Marinette]]<ref name="grant">{{cite book |last=Grant |first=Tina |title=International directory of company histories |volume=14 |publisher=St. James Press |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cm6AAAAIAAJ&q=marinette+%22ghost+town%22 |pages=163 |isbn=1558623426 |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref> ||  
| || [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]] ||  ||  || Barren site || [[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]] was built on the site of Marinette in the 1960s
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||[[McMillenville, Arizona|McMillenville]]<ref name="sherman"/> || McMillianville, McMillanville 
| || [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila]] || 1876 || {{circa|1886}} || Neglected site ||
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||[[Mohave City, Arizona|Mohave City]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Mojave City 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1863 || 1938 || Barren site || A steamboat landing, mining and garrison town, absorbed into [[Fort Mojave Indian Reservation]].<ref name="mohavevalley">{{cite web|url=http://www.mohavevalleychamber.com/area-info |title=Area Information: Our Past |publisher=Mohave Valley Chamber of Commerce |access-date=2009-09-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303094852/http://www.mohavevalleychamber.com/area-info |archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
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||[[Mowry, Arizona|Mowry]]<ref>[http://www.azghosttowns.com/towns/mowry.html Mowry – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com]</ref> || The Patagonia Mine
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] ||  1858||  1880||  Abandoned|| Originally a lead and silver mine called "The Patagonia Mine" which was renamed after Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry purchased the mine from the local Mexicans in 1860. Mowry was later arrested by [[James Henry Carleton|General H. Carleton]] in 1862 and charged with selling lead to the confederate army. After his release Mowry returned to England where he hoped to get money so that he could resume his mining operations, but died before this was possible.<ref name="sherman"/>
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||[[Mt. Trumbull, Arizona (ghost town)|Mt. Trumbull]]<ref name=usgs-bundyville>{{cite journal|title=Geologic Map of the Upper Hurricane Wash and Vicinity, Mohave County, Northwestern Arizona: Pamphlet to accompany Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2410|year=2003|author=George H. Billingsley and Helen C. Dyer, prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management|publisher=US Geological Survey|quote=Hurricane Wash begins near the abandoned village of Mt. Trumbull (Bundyville), Arizona.}}</ref>  || Bundyville 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1916 || {{circa|1970}} || Abandoned site, historic site ||
The site is mostly abandoned, but remains home to a reconstruction of a historic schoolhouse.<ref name=azgt-bundyville>{{cite web|title=Mount Trumbull – Arizona Ghost Town|url=http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/mounttrumbull.html|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429015016/http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/mounttrumbull.html|archive-date=29 April 2012}}</ref> Town was sometimes called Bundyville, after the family that settled the area. As of 2006 one member of the Bundy family still lived alone on a 320-acre ranch near the abandoned town site.<ref name=shaffer-bundyville>{{cite news|last=Mark|first=Shaffer|title=Arizona man cherishes freedom, isolation|url=http://forum.roadfly.com/threads/11261026-AZ-man-cherishes-freedom-isolation.-Long.|access-date=21 May 2013|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|date=21 May 2006}}</ref>
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||[[Nothing, Arizona|Nothing]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1977 || 2005 || Abandoned site || An attempted revival occurred sometime after August 2008, but by April 2011, Nothing was marked as abandoned again.
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||[[Oatman, Arizona|Oatman]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1902 ||  || Historic site ||
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||[[Obed, Arizona|Obed]] ||  
| || [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo]] || 1876 || 1877 || Barren site ||
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||[[Octave, Arizona|Octave]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]]  ||  ||  || Neglected site ||
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||[[Oro Blanco, Arizona|Oro Blanco]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || 1873 || 1915 || Neglected site ||
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||[[Oroville, Arizona|Oroville]] || Oro 
| || [[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee]] || 1880 || 1882 || Neglected site || A farm community supporting Clifton.<ref>{{GNIS|32565|Oroville}}</ref>
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||[[Pantano, Arizona|Pantano]] ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || 1858 || {{circa|1956}} || Barren site ||
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||[[Paradise, Arizona|Paradise]]<ref name="sherman"/> ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1901 || 1943 || Barren site ||
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||[[Pearce, Arizona|Pearce]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] ||1896||1942||Semi-abandoned||Mine Gold/silver workings, general store, cemetery and several occupied dwellings, Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church.
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||[[Pedrick's, Arizona|Pedrick's]] || – 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1854 || 1879 || ? || Steamboat landing on the east bank of the [[Colorado River]], just above the [[Sonora, Mexico|Sonora]] – Arizona border.
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||Piedmont ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Pinal City, Arizona|Pinal City]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] ||  ||  || Abandoned site ||
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||[[Ray, Arizona|Ray]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1958 ||  ||  ||
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||[[Reymert, Arizona|Reymert]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Rosemont Copper|Rosemont]] ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] ||  ||  ||Semi-abandoned  ||Adobe walls at junction, old house now owned by Rosemont Mine.  Soon to be destroyed by pit mine. [[Rosemont Copper|Rosemont Mine]]
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||[[Ruby, Arizona|Ruby]] || Montana Camp 
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || 1870s || 1941 ||  Historic site||25 buildings under roof, including the old jail and houses, the old school, the playground, old mine machinery, buildings and mine workings. Ruby is entirely on private property.
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||[[San Rafael, Arizona|San Rafael]] ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || || || Barren site ||
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||[[Salero, Arizona|Salero]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] ||1884||1890||Neglected site  ||Old Bunkhouse and Assay Office, now off limits on private property (Gated)
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||[[Santa Claus, Arizona|Santa Claus]] || Santa Claus Acres 
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1937 ||  || Abandoned site ||
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||[[Sacaton (village)]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1857 || 1880s || Barren site || One of the 19th century [[Maricopa people|Maricopa]] villages among the [[Pima Villages]]
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||[[Sasco, Arizona|Sasco]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1907 || 1920s || Neglected site ||
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||[[Signal, Arizona|Signal]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] || 1877 || 1932 ||  ||
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|[[Silver Bell, Arizona|Silver Bell]]
|Silverbell
|23 Miles West of I-10 Exit 242
|[[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]]
|1952
|1984
|Barren site
|4 Miles south of original town of Silverbell. Abandoned due to [[ASARCO|Asarco]] Silver Bell mine temporary closure in 1984. Mine was reopened in 1998 and is currently in operation
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||[[Simmons, Arizona|Simmons]] || Wilson, Williamson's Valley 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1871 || 1934 || Barren site || A stop on the Hardyville–Prescott Road, and a local post office.
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||[[Socatoon Station]] ||  
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1858 || 1870s || Barren site || Stagecoach station
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||[[Spenazuma, Arizona|Spenazuma]] ||  
| || [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] || 1898 || 1899 || Barren site ||
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||[[Stanton, Arizona|Stanton]] || Antelope Station 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1863 || 1905 || Historic site || Owned and maintained by the Lost Dutchman Mining Association
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||[[Stanwix Station]] || Flap Jack Ranch, Grinnell's Station 
| || [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]] || 1858 || 1880s || Barren site || Stagecoach station. Site of the [[Stanwix Station#Skirmish at Stanwix Station|Skirmish at Stanwix Station]], often considered the westernmost engagement of the [[American Civil War]].
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||Stoddard<ref>{{cite web|title=Stoddard, Arizona|url=http://www.apcrp.org/STODDARD/2_Stoddard_Mark_Quigley_010612.htm|website=Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project|access-date=29 October 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://www.azghosttowns.com/towns/stoddard.html Stoddard] – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com</ref><ref name="sherman"/>{{rp|147}} || 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1882 || 1830s || Neglected site || Supported by several nearby copper mines, the town had a smelter, school, stores, and up to 300 people until it was abandoned when the price of copper fell.
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||[[Sunset, Arizona|Sunset]]|| 
| || [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo]] || 1876 || 1887 || Abandoned site || Only the cemetery remains today
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||[[Swansea, Arizona|Swansea]]<ref name="varney"/><ref name="sherman"/> || Signal 
| || [[La Paz County, Arizona|La Paz]] || 1908 || 1937 || Abandoned site || Maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]].
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||[[Tiger, Arizona|Tiger]]<ref name="sherman"/> || Schultz 
| || [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] || 1881 || 1954 || Barren site || All structures demolished
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||[[Tip Top, Arizona|Tip Top]] ||  
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1876 ||  ||  ||
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||[[Total Wreck, Arizona|Total Wreck]] ||  
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || 1879 || {{circa|1890}} ||Neglected site|| Smelter walls and mine still remain, small rock cabin foundation to south, filming location for movie ''Hombre''
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||[[Tres Alamos, Arizona|Tres Alamos]] ||  
| || [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise]] || 1874 || 1886 || – ||
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||[[Twin Buttes, Pima County, Arizona|Twin Buttes]] || 
| || [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]] || {{circa|1903}} || {{circa|1930}} || Barren site || Buried under the Twin Buttes Mine. All that remains is the cemetery.
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||[[Vulture City, Arizona|Vulture City]] || 
| || [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]] || 1863 || 1942 || Historic site || Privately owned and operated as a tourist attraction
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||[[Washington Camp, Arizona|Washington Camp]] ||  
| || [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]] || 1880s || 1920s || Semi-abandoned site ||
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||[[Weaver, Arizona|Weaver]] || Weaverville 
| || [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]] || 1863 || 1900 || Neglected site ||
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||Webb ||  
| || [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]]|| ||  ||  ||
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||[[White Hills, Arizona|White Hills]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Wilford, Arizona|Wilford]]<ref name="Hanchett">{{cite book |last=Hanchett, Jr. |first=Leland J. |title=The Crooked Trail to Holbrook – An Arizona Cattle Trail|publisher=Arrowhead Press |year=1993|edition=First| pages=163 |isbn= 0963778501}}</ref> ||  
| ||   [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo]] || 1883 || 1926 || Barren site || Loose rock foundations.
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||[[Wolf Hole, Arizona|Wolf Hole]] ||  
| || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave]] ||  ||  ||  ||
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||[[Zeniff, Arizona|Zeniff]]<ref name="Hanchett"/> ||  
| || [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo]] || 1909 || 1940s || Barren site || Few walls precariously standing amid piles of wood and adobe rubble.
|}

==Images of ghost towns==
<gallery>
File:Florence-Adamsville Ghost Town-1870-Marker.JPG|[[Adamsville, Arizona|Adamsville]] ghost town marker
File:Florence-Adamsville Ghost Town-Water Tanks-1870.JPG|Adamsville ghost town water tanks
File:Agua Caliente -(B)-Agua Caliente Resort-1897.jpg|The [[Agua Caliente, Arizona|Agua Caliente]] Resort
File:Agua Caliente- Agua Caliente Stone house ruins-1897-6.jpg|Stone house ruins in Agua Caliente
File:Oracle-American Flag Post Office Ranch-1877-1.jpg|American Flag Post Office Ranch  – 1877
File:Mayer-(B)-Historic Mayer Business Block marker.jpg|[[Big Bug, Arizona|Big Bug]] marker
File:Mayer-Historic Mayer Business Block-Mayor General Market Store-1902.jpg|The General Market Store in what once was Big Bug
File:Cottonwood-Clemenceau Public School-1923-NRHP-2.jpg|Front view, [[Clemenceau, Cottonwood|Clemenceau]] Public School
File:Cottonwood-Bank of Clemenceau-1918.jpg|Bank of Clemenceau
File:Cochise-Cochise Southern Pacific Railroad Train Depot-1903.jpg|[[Cochise, Arizona|Cochise]] Southern Pacific Railroad train depot
File:Sonoita-Fort Buchanan Bridge Ruins-1856.jpg|Ruins of the [[Fort Buchanan, Arizona|Fort Buchanan]] Bridge over Sonoita Creek
File:Sonoita-Camp Crittenden Marker.jpg|[[Fort Crittenden]] historic marker 
File:Geronimo-1876.jpg|Historic [[Geronimo, Arizona|Geronimo]] town marker
File:Gillett-Burfind Hotel-1878-2.jpg|The ruins of the 1878 Burfind Hotel in [[Gillett, Arizona|Gillett]]
File:Gillett-Burfind Hotel-1878-1.jpg|Different view of the ruins of the Burfind Hotel in Gillett
File:Apache Junction-Goldfield Ghost Town-Main Street-1.JPG|[[Goldfield, Arizona|Goldfield's]] Main Street
File:Apache Junction-Goldfield Ghost Town-abandoned house.JPG|Old Hyder building
File:Salome-Hotel-1904.jpg|Kofa Hotel, built in 1904
File:Morristown-Morris Hotel-Store-1899-2.JPG|The Morristown Hotel/Store, built in 1899
File:Morristown-Commercial Building-1920.jpg|Morristown commercial building, built in 1920
File:Oatman-Oatman Drug Company Building-1915-2.jpg|Oatman Drug Company Building, built in 1915 and listed on the NRHP
File:Oatman-Oatman Hotel-1902.jpg|Oatman Hotel, originally the Durlin Hotel, built in 1902
File:Pearce-Ranch House-1896.jpg|Old ranch house in Pearce
File:Sacaton-Cook Memorial Church-1870-2.JPG|Side view of the C.H. Cook Memorial Church, a historic Sacaton church
File:Sacaton-Grave of Col. James Patton perkins.JPG|The grave of [[American Civil War]] and Confederate Veteran Colonel James Patton Perkins in the C.H. Cook Memorial Church Cemetery in [[Sacaton, Arizona|Sacaton]]
File:Sentinel-Sentinel Train Depot-1895-1.jpg|Ruins of the 1895 [[Sentinel, Arizona|Sentinel]] train depot
File:Sentinel-Sentinel Ranch House-1890-1.jpg|1890 ranch house in Sentinel
File:Twin Arrows-Twin Arrows Ghost town-4.jpg|Abandoned [[Twin Arrows, Arizona|Twin Arrows]] trading post, now within the boundaries of [[Winslow, Arizona|Winslow]]
File:Twin Arrows-Twin Arrows Ghost town-2.jpg|Abandoned cafeteria in Twin Arrows
File:Two Guns-Ruins-17.jpg|Round stone house/tower ruins in [[Two Guns, Arizona|Two Guns]], now within the boundaries of Winslow
File:Two Guns-Ruins-23-Harry E. Miller Zoo.jpg|Abandoned zoo building in Two Guns
File:Wickenburg Vulture Mine-Ghost town houses.jpg|[[Vulture City, Arizona|Vulture City]] ghost town houses
File:Wickenburg_Vulture_Mine-Rita's_Brothel.jpg|Rita's Brothel in Vulture City
</gallery>

==See also==
{{History of Arizona}}
* [[American Old West]]
* [[Arizona Territory]]
* [[Copper mining in Arizona]]
* [[History of Arizona]]
* [[New Mexico Territory]]
* [[Silver mining in Arizona]]
* [[Tombstone, Arizona]]
* [[List of cemeteries in Arizona]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1=Austin |first1=Noah |editor1-last=Vaughn |editor1-first=Kelly |title=Arizona Ghost Town: 50 of the State's Best Places to Get a Glimpse of the Old West |date=2019 |publisher=Arizona Highways |location=Phoenix |isbn=978-0998981307|oclc=1147975628}}
* {{cite book |last1=Paher |first1=Stanley W. |last2=Spude |first2=Robert L.S. |last3=Purcell |first3=Roy E. |title=Colorado River Ghost Towns |date=1976 |publisher=Nevada Publications |location=Las Vegas |oclc= 2687591}}
* {{cite book |last1=Paher |first1=Stanley W. |title=Northwestern Arizona Ghost Towns |year=1980 |orig-year=1971|edition= revised|publisher=Nevada Publications |location=Las Vegas |isbn=978-0913814307|oclc=7199950}}
* {{cite book |last1=Paher |first1=Stanley W. |title=Southwestern Arizona Ghost Towns |date=1981 |publisher=Nevada Publications |location=Las Vegas |isbn=978-0913814321|oclc=7509446}}
* {{cite book |last1=Paher |first1=Stanley W. |title=Western Arizona Ghost Towns |publisher=Nevada Publications|date=1990|oclc= 
23172961|isbn=978-0913814895}}
* {{cite book|last1=Spude|first1=Robert L.S. |last2=Paher |first2=Stanley W.|title=Central Arizona Ghost Towns |date=1978 |publisher=Nevada Publications |location=Las Vegas|oclc=4125889}}
* {{cite book |last1=Varney |first1=Philip |last2=Hinckley |first2=Jim |last3=James |first3=Kerrick |title=Ghost Towns of the West |date=2017 |publisher=Voyager Press |location=Minneapolis |isbn=978-0760350416 |oclc=958797582}}

==External links==
* [http://www.azghosttowns.com/nambrow.html Ghost Town of the Month] – azghosttowns.com
* [http://www.ghosttownaz.info/sitemap.php GhosttownAZ]
* [https://www.ghosttowngallery.com/htme/arizona_ghost_towns.htm Arizona Ghost Towns] – GhostTownGallery.com
* [https://www.ghosttowns.com/ GhostTowns.com]
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