List of ghost towns in California

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Ghost towns in California were caused by factors including the end of the California gold rush, the creation of new lakes, and the abandonment of formerly-used rail and motor routes.

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Classification

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Only remnants of structures left
  • Reverted to pasture

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store

Semiabandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

List

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Town Other names County Latitude/Longitude Founded Abandoned Status Remarks
Agua Fria Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1850 1862[1] Barren[2] Truly was abandoned after a fire burnt down the town in 1866.
Agua Mansa San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1853 After 1862[3] Barren[4] Declined slowly after the Great Flood of 1862.[3]
Alma Lexington[5] Santa Clara Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1861 1952 Submerged Already declined to less than 100 residents, Alma was demolished during the 1952 construction of the James J. Lenihan Dam. Currently the few remaining structures are underneath the Lexington Reservoir and can only be seen during low water levels.[6]
Amboy San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1858 N/A Semiabandoned declined slowly from the opening of Interstate 40
Ashford Mill Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1914 unknown Neglected
Asphalto La Brea Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1893 1932 Barren
Atolia San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1906 After 1965 Abandoned
Bagdad San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1883 1973 Barren[7] Abandoned due to opening of Interstate 40
Ballarat Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1897 1968 Neglected The Manson Family left graffiti here. The town became abandoned after its sole resident, who had been living there alone for five decades, died
Beeks Place Orange Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1940 unknown Abandoned
Belleville San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1860 Before 1900 Abandoned Slowly declined after gold deposits in the region dried up
Bennettville Tioga Mono Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1860 1890 Abandoned Abandoned after not enough silver was found in the region
Bend City Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1863 After 1872 Abandoned the 1872 Owens Valley Earthquake caused the Owens River to flow away from the town, driving the last remaining residents out
Bestville Siskiyou Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1850 unknown Barren
Blue Mountain City Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1863 unknown Barren
Bodie Mono Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1876 N/A Semiabandoned Declined slowly from mining profits decreasing since 1914
Branson City Branson San Diego Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1870 unknown Abandoned Abandoned due to not being able to compete with nearby Julian
Calico San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1881 1907 Abandoned [8] Abandoned due to an end to borax mining in the region
Camanche Clay's Bar Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1849 After 1962 Submerged Inundated by Camanche Reservoir
Canon City [1] Trinity Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1851 1891 Barren
Carnegie San Joaquin Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1902 1915 Neglected Slowly declined after a flood in 1911 destroyed many roads and buildings
Carson Hill Slumgullion Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1853 1935 Abandoned
Cement Solano Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1902 1927 Neglected Slowly declined after limestone deposits in the region were depleted
Cerro Gordo Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1866 N/A Semiabandoned One man has been living here since 2020 after everyone else left
Chinquapin Chincapin Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1882 N/A Semiabandoned Still used as a rest stop and ranger station within Yosemite National Park
Chloride City Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1905 unknown Neglected
Chrysopolis Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1863 1910 Neglected Abandoned after a mining boom in the region started in 1900 went away
Coleman City Emily City San Diego Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1870 unknown Abandoned Abandoned after depletion of gold deposits in the region
Coso Granite Springs Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1860 unknown Barren
Cox & Clark Trading Post Kings Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1870 unknown Barren
Cuyamaca City ’Ekwiiyemak San Diego Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1887 1906 Abandoned
Deadwood Placer Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1852 unknown Abandoned
Deadwood Trinity Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1851 1915 Abandoned Abandoned with the closing of the town's post office
Dedrick Trinity Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1890 After 1941 Abandoned
Denny Trinity Script error: No such module "Coordinates". After 1851 After 1970 Abandoned
Desert Spring Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1834 After 1850 Barren
Dogtown Dogtown Diggings Mono Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1857 After 1859 Barren
Drawbridge Saline City Alameda Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1876 1979 Abandoned Population slowly declined due to the closing of nearby bridges and rampant vandalism in the town
Dunmovin Cowan Station Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1936 N/A Semiabandoned
Eagle Mountain Riverside Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1948 2003 Abandoned A jailbreak at the Eagle Mountain Community Correctional Facility caused the prison to be shut down and the last population of the town to leave
Eastwood San Diego Script error: No such module "Coordinates". unknown unknown Barren
Eldoradoville Los Angeles Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1859 1862 Barren Town was washed away during the Great Flood Of 1862
Elliott San Joaquin Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1846[9] After 1901 Abandoned
Empire City Stanislaus Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1850 1862 Barren Town was washed away during the Great Flood Of 1862
Essex San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Before 1937 N/A Semiabandoned Declined slowly due to the opening of Interstate 40 as well as the remoteness of the town
Falk Humboldt
Fountain Springs Tulare Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Freeman Junction Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Fremont Valley Calaveras
French Flat Tuolumne Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Furnace Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Furnace Creek Inn Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Garlock Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gas Point Shasta Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gibsonville Sierra Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Girard Kern
Glenburn Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Goffs San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gold Town Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Goler Heights Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Greasertown Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Greenwater Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Greenwich Kern
Gerstley Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Grub Gulch Madera Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gullion's Bar Siskiyou Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Haiwee Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hamilton Butte Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hart San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hatfields Camp[2] Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Helena Trinity Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hoboken Sacramento Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hodson Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hokokwito Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Holy City Santa Clara Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Horseshoe Bend Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hollands Los Angeles [10]
Igo Shasta Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Independence Flat Calaveras Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Indian Gulch Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Indian Springs Kern
Iowa Hill Placer Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Isabella Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Ivanpah San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Jaeger City Imperial Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Joe Walker Town Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Joyfull Kern
Kasson Inyo
Kern River Slough Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kernvale Kern
Kernville Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kearsarge Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Keeler Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kelso San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kingston Kings Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Kumaini Mariposa
La Panza San Luis Obispo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Langdon Kern
Lavers' Crossing Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Leadfield Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lee Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lee Camp[3] Kern
Leliter Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Leon Riverside Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lexington Santa Clara Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Liberty San Joaquin
Linda Rosa Riverside
Lila C Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lillis Fresno Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Llano del Rio Los Angeles Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lone Pine Station Inyo
Lookout City Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lower Calaveritas Calaveras
Ludlow San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lyons Station Los Angeles Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Macheto Mariposa
Mammoth City Mono
Manchester Monterey
Manzanar Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Martensdale Kern
Martinez Tuolumne County Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Masonic Mono Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Melones Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mentryville Los Angeles Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Merced Falls Merced Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mercuryville Sonoma Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Midland Riverside Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Midway Kern
Mill Valley Calaveras
Minear Mariposa
Minersville Trinity Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mount Ophir Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Miramonte Kern
Mono Mills Mono Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Monterio Kern
Moore's Flat Nevada
Mormon Island Sacramento Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1848 1856 Submerged
Mountain House Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Muroc Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Narka Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Negro Flat Siskiyou Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Neuralia Inyo
New Almaden Santa Clara Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
New Idria San Benito Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Newtown Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Noonday Camp Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Norristown Sacramento Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
North Muroc Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
North Shore Riverside Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Nortonville Contra Costa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Notomidula Mariposa
Olig Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Oregon Bar Calaveras
Oregon City Butte Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Owensville Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Packwood Station Tulare
Panamint City Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Pasinogna San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Patchen Santa Clara
Petersburg Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Petroleopolis Los Angeles
Picacho Imperial Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Pinacate Riverside Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Piute Kern
Politana San Bernardino
Port Chicago Contra Costa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Port Wine Sierra
Prado San Bernardino
Prairie City Sacramento
Providence San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Purissima San Mateo Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1868 early 1900’s Barren Declined slowly due to declined of Redwood Lumber industry, and failure of the Ocean Shore Railroad
Pylema Kern
Quartzburg Kern
Quartzburg Mariposa Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Rincon San Bernardino
Reefer City Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Reilly Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Rice San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Ridleys Ferry Mariposa
Rincon San Bernardino
Rio Bravo Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Riverview Kern
Roachville Inyo
Rock Springs Kern
Sage Kern
San Carlos Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
San Joaquin City San Joaquin Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
San Miguel de los Noches Kern
Sakaya Mariposa
Salmon Falls El Dorado Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1850 1950s Submerged California State Historical Marker #571
Sandy Bar Calaveras
Sawmill Flat Tuolumne Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Scheelite Inyo
Schwaub Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Scovern Hot Springs Kern Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Second Garrotte Tuolumne Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Seneca Plumas Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Shamrock Kern
Shasta Shasta Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Siberia San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Silver Lake San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Skidoo Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Sloss Mariposa
Smyrna Kern
Sodan Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Sorrell's Kern
Spanish Bar Calaveras
St. Louis Sierra
Stickneys Ferry Tulare
Stonewall San Diego
Stony Bar Calaveras
Strader Kern
Strand Kern
Stratton San Diego
Sullivan Kern
Sunland Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Sunset Kern
Swansea Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Taylors Bar Calaveras
Teagle Kern
Tehichipa Kern
Tejon Kern
Telegraph City Grasshopper City Calaveras Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1860 Neglected
Temescal Riverside
Terese Siding Kern
Terra Cotta Riverside Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Timbuctoo Yuba Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Toolwass Kern
Tumco Imperial
Unadilla Kern
Vaca Adobe Kings Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Vallecito San Diego Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Valley Wells[4] San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Vanderbilt San Bernardino Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Vaughn Kern
Water Station Kern
Wenger Mariposa
Westville Placer Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
White Mountain City Inyo
Willard Riverside
Wingo Sonoma Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Winter Garden Kern
Wiskala Mariposa
Woolsey Flat Nevada Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Wrights Santa Clara Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Yaqui Camp Calaveras
You Bet Nevada Script error: No such module "Coordinates". A gold mining town
Zurich Alvord, Station[11] Inyo Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

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References

  1. ↑ Template:California's Geographic Names
  2. ↑ Template:Cite ohp
  3. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Article by Jon M. Corry, http://ghosttowns.com/states/ca/lexingtonandalma.html
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 70-84.
  11. ↑ Template:California's Geographic Names

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