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155,998 | Arcola | AL | Alabama | Hale | 32.557079 | -87.767511 | Arcola, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Arcola is a ghost town on the Black Warrior River in what is now Hale County, formerly Marengo County, Alabama. Named to honor the French victory during the Battle of Arcola, it was established in the early 1820s by former French Bonapartists as part of their Vine and Olive Colony, after they were forced to abandon the... | agricultural_decline | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Arcola.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 323.2 | |
156,027 | Barnesville | AL | Alabama | Tallapoosa | 32.705686 | -85.815792 | Barnesville, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Barnesville is a ghost town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. Two churches still remain in the town. A scattered populace still occupies Barnesville. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Barnesville.jpg | near_ghost | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 240.8 | ||
156,036 | Battelle | AL | Alabama | DeKalb | 34.649526 | -85.565243 | Battelle, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Battelle is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
Battelle was once a thriving mining community which was spread in a north – south line along the foot of Lookout Mountain five miles north of Valley Head, Alabama. | mine_exhaustion | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Battelle.jpg | revived | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 134.8 | |
113,878 | Bellefonte | AL | Alabama | Jackson | 34.711195 | -85.945256 | Bellefonte, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Bellefonte is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, near the site of the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. It is located roughly two miles southeast of Hollywood, Alabama. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Bellefonte.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 152 | ||
156,073 | Blakeley | AL | Alabama | Baldwin | 30.742133 | -87.924162 | Blakeley, Alabama | United States historic place | Blakeley is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. During the height of its existence, Blakeley was a thriving town which flourished as a competitor to its western neighbor, Mobile. Blakeley was the county seat for Baldwin County from 1820 until 1868, when the county government was moved south to Daphn... | military_closure | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Blakeley.jpg | revived | Hot Springs NP | 396 | |
156,087 | Bluffton | AL | Alabama | Cherokee | 34.007044 | -85.439957 | Bluffton, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Bluffton is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Bluffton.jpg | near_ghost | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 156.6 | ||
115,025 | Brownville | AL | Alabama | Conecuh | 31.468498 | -86.900528 | Brownville, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Brownville, also known as Brownsville, Hog Eye, Red Valley, and Sulpher Springs, is a ghost town formerly located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Brownville.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 347.1 | ||
115,367 | Cahaba | AL | Alabama | Dallas | 32.316806 | -87.101379 | Cahaba, Alabama | Archaeological site in Alabama, United States | Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama, United States, from 1820 to 1825. It was the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866. Located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, the town endured regular seasonal flooding. | flood_or_reservoir | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Cahaba.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 307.6 | |
133,598 | Choctaw Corner | AL | Alabama | Clarke | 31.934875 | -87.754727 | Choctaw Corner, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Choctaw Corner was a former town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. It is named for the nearby Choctaw Corner, which marked the border between the native Choctaw and Creek peoples prior to the Indian removal. The community was one of the earliest settlements in the county. | depopulation | 12/01/2003 | photos/AL/Choctaw_Corner.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 352.8 | |
159,405 | Chulafinnee | AL | Alabama | Cleburne | 33.545386 | -85.648848 | Chulafinnee, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Chulafinnee is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | near_ghost | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 188.3 | |||
116,160 | Claiborne | AL | Alabama | Monroe | 31.540161 | -87.515546 | Claiborne, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Claiborne is a ghost town on a bluff above the Alabama River in Monroe County, Alabama. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Claiborne.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 364.4 | ||
155,050 | Deer Park | AL | Alabama | Washington | 31.216842 | -88.317234 | Deer Park, Alabama | Census-designated place in Alabama, United States | Deer Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Deer Park had a population of 141. Although a ghost town by 1966, Deer Park is 17.5 miles (28.2 km) south-southwest of Chatom. Deer Park has a post office with ZIP code 36529. | 11/01/2023 | photos/AL/Deer_Park.jpg | near_ghost | Hot Springs NP | 356.8 | ||
156,331 | Failetown | AL | Alabama | Clarke | 31.927931 | -88.0164 | Failetown, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Failetown is a ghost town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Failetown.jpg | abandoned | Hot Springs NP | 341.3 | ||
118,815 | Gantts Quarry | AL | Alabama | Talladega | 33.14845 | -86.289419 | Gantts Quarry, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Gantts Quarry is a quarry and ghost town in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. The population was zero at the 2000, 2010, and 2020 censuses, although it had seven residents as late as the 1998 population estimate. Incorporated in 1910 to keep neighboring Sylacauga from annexing it, it was officially disincorpora... | mine_exhaustion | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Gantts_Quarry.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 233.3 | |
119,451 | Girard | AL | Alabama | Russell | 32.456532 | -85.004376 | Girard, Alabama | Place in Alabama, United States | Girard, Alabama was a city in the far north-east corner of Russell County, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, Georgia. | 09/04/1980 | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 234.6 | |||
159,817 | Houston | AL | Alabama | Winston | 34.141493 | -87.258069 | Houston, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Houston is an unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, United States. It was the county seat from 1858 until 1884, when the seat was moved to Double Springs. Houston has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, the log Houston Jail. | depopulation | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Houston.jpg | near_ghost | Mammoth Cave NP | 220.2 | |
151,968 | Kowaliga | AL | Alabama | Elmore | 32.740129 | -85.969129 | Kowaliga, Alabama | Former village in Elmore County and Tallapoosa County, Alabama (c. 1890–1926) | Kowaliga, also known as Kowaliga Industrial Community and Benson, was a former unincorporated village and historically African-American community active from roughly 1890 until 1926, and located in Elmore County and later Tallapoosa County in Alabama, United States. | depopulation | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Kowaliga.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 243.8 | |
151,974 | Lacon | AL | Alabama | Morgan | 34.334819 | -86.903338 | Lacon, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Lacon, also known as Cedar Crossing, is a ghost town in extreme southern Morgan County, Alabama, United States. Lacon was named after Lacon, Illinois. Built at the northern foot of Burleson Mountain, alongside the railroad track there, a spring and good clay enabled a substantial brickyard. The Lacon brickyard made bri... | railroad_bypassed | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Lacon.jpg | abandoned | Mammoth Cave NP | 202.1 | |
156,615 | Little Nashville | AL | Alabama | Jackson | 34.752865 | -86.231095 | Little Nashville, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Little Nashville is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 165.8 | |||
156,631 | Louina | AL | Alabama | Randolph | 33.124564 | -85.552176 | Louina, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Louina, sometimes Ole Louina, is a ghost town located 14 miles west of Roanoke and about one mile east of Wadley in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Louina.jpg | near_ghost | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 208.2 | ||
156,764 | Nadawah | AL | Alabama | Monroe | 31.81432 | -87.172208 | Nadawah, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Nadawah is a ghost town in Monroe County, Alabama. | 09/04/1980 | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 337 | |||
156,885 | Pikeville | AL | Alabama | Marion | 34.038158 | -87.951141 | Pikeville, Marion County, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Pikeville is a ghost town in Marion County in the U.S. state of Alabama. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Pikeville.jpg | abandoned | Mammoth Cave NP | 241.1 | ||
156,930 | Prairie Bluff | AL | Alabama | Wilcox | 32.134311 | -87.403607 | Prairie Bluff, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Prairie Bluff, also known as Dale and Daletown, is a ghost town in Wilcox County, Alabama. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Prairie_Bluff.jpg | near_ghost | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 328.8 | ||
157,130 | Suspension | AL | Alabama | Bullock | 32.196537 | -85.588003 | Suspension, Alabama | Ghost town in Alabama, United States | Suspension is a ghost town in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Suspension.jpg | abandoned | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 264.9 | ||
157,201 | Vienna | AL | Alabama | Pickens | 33.018737 | -88.191973 | Vienna, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | Vienna is an unincorporated community about 6 miles from Mississippi in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. It was a prosperous river port from the 1830s until the American Civil War, situated along the eastern shore of the Tombigbee River on the southwestern border of the county. It declined rapidly in importance ... | railroad_bypassed | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/Vienna.jpg | near_ghost | Hot Springs NP | 297.3 | |
128,868 | White City | AL | Alabama | Autauga | 32.648464 | -86.599424 | White City, Alabama | Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States | White City, also known as Centerdale, is an unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States, located 2.0 miles (3.2 km) north of Hanceville. White City was damaged by an EF1 tornado on March 14, 2019, that was produced by the March 2019 North American blizzard. | 09/04/1980 | photos/AL/White_City.jpg | near_ghost | Great Smoky Mountains NP | 271.2 | ||
1,397,926 | Afognak | AK | Alaska | Kodiak Island | 58.022124 | -152.765226 | Afognak, Alaska | Village in Alaska, United States | Afognak (; also Agw'aneq in Alutiiq was an Alutiiq village on the island of Afognak in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. It was located on Afognak Bay on the southwest coast of the island, three miles north of Kodiak Island. The site is now within the CDP of Aleneva. | 01/01/2000 | photos/AK/Afognak.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,389.3 | ||
1,397,967 | Aguikchuk | AK | Alaska | Bethel (CA) | 60.475 | -164.435556 | Aguikchuk, Alaska | Ghost Town in Alaska, United States | Aguikchuk is a former Yup'ik settlement and ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It was located on east bank of Kolavinarak River. The site is approximately 10 miles east of the city of Nightmute. It was visited by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service in December 1878, its name reported by him was "Agi... | agricultural_decline | 03/31/1981 | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,829.7 | ||
1,418,210 | Belkofski | AK | Alaska | Aleutians East | 55.088889 | -162.030556 | Belkofski, Alaska | Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States | Belkofski is an unincorporated community and Alaska Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA) in the Aleutians East Borough in Alaska. It has been uninhabited since the 1980s, reporting a population of 0 in 1990, 2000 and 2010. | depopulation | 01/01/2000 | photos/AK/Belkofski.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,705.2 | |
1,418,226 | Biorka | AK | Alaska | Aleutians West (CA) | 53.826944 | -166.208056 | Biorka, Alaska | Abandoned Village in Alaska | Biorka was an Aleut settlement located on Sedanka Island, off the coast of Unalaska Island. with the name Biorka first appearing in the early 19th Century. | agricultural_decline | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Biorka.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,875.7 | |
1,420,870 | Cape Pole | AK | Alaska | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) | 55.965 | -133.793333 | Cape Pole, Alaska | Unincorporated community in Alaska, United States | Cape Pole is a former census-designated place (CDP) and populated place on the eastern shore of Fishermans Harbor, on the southwest coast of Kosciusko Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. It was a thriving logging camp from 1954 until it was shut down by a federal court ruling in 1978. A post office was... | mine_exhaustion | 03/31/1981 | revived | Olympic NP | 710.5 | ||
1,400,321 | Chisana | AK | Alaska | Copper River | 62.066111 | -142.040833 | Chisana, Alaska | CDP in Alaska, United States | Chisana is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, Chisana had a population of 0. The English name Chisana derives from the Ahtna Athabascan name Tsetsaan' Na, meaning literally 'copper river'. The Chisana River joins the Nabesna River just nor... | mine_exhaustion | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Chisana.jpg | near_ghost | North Cascades NP | 1,216.1 | |
1,400,337 | Chitina | AK | Alaska | Copper River | 61.515833 | -144.436944 | Chitina, Alaska | CDP in Alaska, United States | Chitina is a census-designated place (CDP) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chitina had a population of 101. | mine_exhaustion | 01/01/2000 | photos/AK/Chitina.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,250.2 | |
1,400,735 | Council | AK | Alaska | Nome (CA) | 64.895 | -163.676389 | Council, Alaska | Abandoned townsite in Alaska, USA |
Council is a townsite in the Nome Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It has a population of zero as of the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Censuses. | 01/01/2000 | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,883.6 | |||
1,400,901 | Curry | AK | Alaska | Matanuska-Susitna | 62.614722 | -150.011944 | Curry, Alaska | Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States | Curry is a ghost town in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It was also known as Dead Horse. Its post office was founded with that name as well. | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Curry.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,440.5 | ||
1,402,165 | Flat | AK | Alaska | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) | 62.453611 | -158.0075 | Flat, Alaska | CDP in Alaska, United States | Flat is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Flat had a population of 0. Its post office closed in January 2004. Few buildings are inhabitable with hundreds of collapsed ruins. | depopulation | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Flat.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,662.1 | |
1,403,433 | Holikachuk | AK | Alaska | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) | 62.909722 | -159.5175 | Holikachuk, Alaska | Holikachuk or Huligachagat is an abandoned village on the Innoko River in the U.S. state of Alaska. | 01/01/2000 | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,718.1 | ||||
1,403,697 | Iditarod | AK | Alaska | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) | 62.544444 | -158.095278 | Iditarod, Alaska | Ghost town in the State of Alaska, United States | Iditarod is an abandoned town in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.
It is presently located within the boundaries of the Flat Census Designated Place, which has no residents as of 2000. | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Iditarod.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,667 | ||
1,418,773 | Kashega | AK | Alaska | Aleutians West (CA) | 53.465 | -167.158056 | Kashega, Alaska | Abandoned village in Alaska | Kashega was an Aleut settlement located on the north coast of Unalaska Island, in Kashega Bay. Along with several other villages, Kashega was forcibly evacuated during World War II and permanently abandoned following the war. | military_closure | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Kashega.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,916.9 | |
1,422,980 | Katalla | AK | Alaska | Chugach | 60.197222 | -144.518333 | Katalla, Alaska | Ghost town in Alaska, United States | Katalla is a ghost town in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, 76 km (47 mi) southeast of Cordova. The name of this town was sometimes spelled Catalla. It is now abandoned. | 01/01/2000 | photos/AK/Katalla.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,196.2 | ||
1,413,351 | Kiwalik | AK | Alaska | Northwest Arctic | 66.022778 | -161.841944 | Kiwalik, Alaska | Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States | Kiwalik is an unincorporated community in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located where the Kiwalik River flows into Kotzebue Sound on the Seward Peninsula, 97 km (60 mi) south of Kotzebue. | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Kiwalik.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,863 | ||
1,423,422 | Loring | AK | Alaska | Ketchikan Gateway | 55.6025 | -131.636111 | Loring, Alaska | Unincorporated community in Alaska, United States | Loring was established in 1885 with the first post office in the District of Alaska and is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, The population is 0, down from 4 at the 2010 census, although the number increases in summer months. | depopulation | 11/01/2023 | photos/AK/Loring.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 638.4 | |
1,418,886 | Makushin | AK | Alaska | Aleutians West (CA) | 53.775 | -166.985833 | Makushin, Alaska | Abandoned village in Alaska | Makushin was an Aleut settlement located on the coast of Unalaska Island at the entrance of Makushin Bay, near Makushin Volcano. | agricultural_decline | 01/01/2000 | photos/AK/Makushin.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,907.7 | |
1,407,359 | Nushagak | AK | Alaska | Dillingham (CA) | 58.948056 | -158.492222 | Nushagak, Alaska | Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States | Nushagak was a trade center and settlement near the present-day site of Dillingham, Alaska, United States, at the northern end of Nushagak Bay in northern Bristol Bay. It was located near the confluence of the Wood River and Nushagak Rivers. | agricultural_decline | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Nushagak.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,605.7 | |
1,407,583 | Ophir | AK | Alaska | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) | 63.144722 | -156.519444 | Ophir, Alaska | Unincorporated area in Alaska, United States | Ophir is an unincorporated area located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Ophir.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,637.6 | ||
2,419,532 | Pauloff Harbor | AK | Alaska | Aleutians East | 54.457699 | -162.707146 | Pauloff Harbor, Alaska | Airport | Pauloff Harbor is an unincorporated community with no year-round population on the west side of Pavlov Harbor on the northern coast of Sanak Island, 50 miles (80 km) southeast of False Pass, in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The primary means of transportation is boats and float planes from Fal... | depopulation | 04/11/2008 | photos/AK/Pauloff_Harbor.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,732.1 | |
1,408,178 | Poorman | AK | Alaska | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) | 64.099444 | -155.543889 | Poorman, Alaska | Unincorporated community in the state of Alaska, United States | Poorman is an unincorporated community in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwin Mountains. It lies along the left bank of Poorman Creek on an unpaved road 44 miles (71 km) south of the city of Ruby on the Yukon River. Its elevation is 502 feet (15... | mine_exhaustion | 01/01/2000 | photos/AK/Poorman.jpg | near_ghost | Olympic NP | 1,640.1 | |
1,408,227 | Port Wakefield | AK | Alaska | Kodiak Island | 58.049167 | -153.0525 | Port Wakefield, Alaska | Ghost town in Alaska, United States | Port Wakefield is a ghost town in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the northeast coast of Raspberry Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, along the western shores of the Gulf of Alaska. | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Port_Wakefield.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,399.9 | ||
1,410,976 | Tin City | AK | Alaska | Nome (CA) | 65.558611 | -167.948056 | Tin City, Alaska | Abandoned town in Alaska, US | Tin City is an abandoned town except for a nearby minimally staffed radar station, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated at the mouth of Cape Creek, on the Bering Sea coast, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula. | mine_exhaustion | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Tin_City.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 2,015.3 | |
1,411,037 | Tofty | AK | Alaska | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) | 65.093333 | -150.877222 | Tofty, Alaska | Ghost town in Alaska, United States | Tofty is a ghost town in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was a gold-mining town known for its high production. | mine_exhaustion | 03/31/1981 | abandoned | North Cascades NP | 1,558.2 | ||
1,419,430 | Unga | AK | Alaska | Aleutians East | 55.184092 | -160.505044 | Unga, Alaska | Ghost town on Unga Island in the Aleutians (1833-1969) |
Unga is a ghost town on Unga Island in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, about two miles west of Sand Point. The island's length is 15 miles (24 km). Unga's altitude is 59 feet (18 m). | mine_exhaustion | 03/31/1981 | photos/AK/Unga.jpg | abandoned | Olympic NP | 1,645.1 | |
1,412,352 | York | AK | Alaska | Nome (CA) | 65.493611 | -167.684167 | York, Alaska | Human settlement in Alaska |
York was a mining settlement in the U.S. state of Alaska during the late 19th- and early 20th-century. | mine_exhaustion | 03/31/1981 | abandoned | Olympic NP | 2,006.8 | ||
24,293 | Adamsville | AZ | Arizona | Pinal | 33.01284 | -111.442067 | Adamsville, Arizona | Ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona | Adamsville was a populated place in Pinal County, Arizona. Once a thriving farm town, it became a ghost town by the 1920s. Adamsville is located at an elevation is 1,450 feet, on the south bank of the Gila River, west of Florence, Arizona. | agricultural_decline | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Adamsville.jpg | revived | Saguaro NP | 52 | |
24,294 | Agua Caliente | AZ | Arizona | Maricopa | 32.985324 | -113.324354 | Agua Caliente, Arizona | Former resort in Maricopa County, Arizona | Agua Caliente in Maricopa County, Arizona on the border with Yuma County, is a place north of the Gila River near Hyder, Arizona. Named 'Santa Maria del Agua Caliente' in 1744 by Father Jacob Sedelmayer. In 1775, Father Francisco Garces used the current short form. The location was the site of a resort established at t... | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Agua_Caliente.jpg | revived | Saguaro NP | 134.3 | ||
25,608 | Alto | AZ | Arizona | Santa Cruz | 31.604535 | -110.878143 | Alto, Arizona | Ghost town in Arizona, United States | Alto is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, first settled in the early 1900s in what was then part of the Tyndall Mining District, east of Tubac in the Santa Rita Mountains. The town was originally named El Plomo, which is Spanish for "lead", and was changed to Alto, meaning "high", many years later, probably b... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Alto.jpg | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 50.7 | |
25,248 | Apex | AZ | Arizona | Coconino | 35.943041 | -112.185725 | Apex, Arizona | Ghost town in Arizona, United States | Apex was a lumber town on the Grand Canyon Railway situated in Coconino County, Arizona. Founded as company town on a wye on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, the community was dissolved when lumbering activity ceased in 1936. | mine_exhaustion | 06/27/1984 | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 8.1 | ||
25,296 | Aravaipa | AZ | Arizona | Graham | 32.957285 | -110.355092 | Aravaipa, Arizona | Ghost town in Graham County, Arizona |
Aravaipa, formerly Dunlap, a former populated place, on Arizona Gulch, a tributary of Deer Creek, tributary to Aravaipa Creek north of Klondyke in Graham County, Arizona. Aravaipa lies at an elevation of 4600 feet. | depopulation | 06/27/1984 | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 65.7 | ||
25,738 | Arivaca | AZ | Arizona | Pima | 31.574812 | -111.332321 | Arivaca, Arizona | Unincorporated community in Pima County | Arivaca is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is located 11 miles (18 km) north of the Mexican border and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of the port of entry at Nogales. The European-American history of the area dates back at least to 1695, although the community was not founded until 18... | 11/01/2023 | photos/AZ/Arivaca.jpg | near_ghost | Saguaro NP | 50.8 | ||
26,203 | Bellevue | AZ | Arizona | Gila | 33.332001 | -110.943447 | Bellevue, Arizona | Ghost town in Gila County | Bellevue is a ghost town in Gila County, Arizona, five miles southwest of Miami. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Bellevue.jpg | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 72.7 | ||
1,887 | Bouse | AZ | Arizona | La Paz | 33.932524 | -114.005775 | Bouse, Arizona | CDP in La Paz County, Arizona | Bouse is a census-designated place (CDP) and ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1908 as a mining camp, the economy of Bouse is now based on tourism, agriculture, and retirees. The population was 996 at the 2010 census. It was originally named Brayton after the store owner John Brayton Marti... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Bouse.jpg | revived | Joshua Tree NP | 108.8 | |
26,704 | Bradshaw City | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.196697 | -112.355722 | Bradshaw City, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona | Bradshaw City is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It served as a mining camp from its founding in 1863 until the late 1880s. "Bradshaw City" is the namesake of William D. Bradshaw. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Bradshaw_City.jpg | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 128.9 | |
27,000 | Bumble Bee | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.200865 | -112.152937 | Bumble Bee, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona | Bumble Bee is a ghost town in the Bradshaw Mountains of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, named for nearby Bumble Bee Creek. The townsite area is commonly used by RV campers in winter. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Bumble_Bee.jpg | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 128.1 | ||
27,169 | Calabasas | AZ | Arizona | Santa Cruz | 31.467316 | -110.975366 | Calabasas, Arizona | Ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US | Calabasas is a former populated place or ghost town, within the census-designated place of Rio Rico, a suburb of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. | depopulation | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Calabasas.jpg | near_ghost | Saguaro NP | 58.4 | |
27,253 | Canelo | AZ | Arizona | Santa Cruz | 31.542872 | -110.514526 | Canelo, Arizona | Ghost town in Arizona, United States | Canelo is a ghost town in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, between the Canelo Hills and the northern end of the Huachuca Mountains. The site lies along Turkey Creek on Arizona State Route 83, between Sonoita and Parker Canyon Lake, which is about ten miles (16 km) to the south-southeast in Cochise County. Today, sev... | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Canelo.jpg | ruins | Saguaro NP | 64.6 | ||
24,344 | Canyon Diablo | AZ | Arizona | Coconino | 35.16279 | -111.117644 | Canyon Diablo, Arizona | Ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona | Canyon Diablo is a ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, on the edge of the arroyo Canyon Diablo. The community was settled in 1880 to supply workers building a transcontinental railroad and died out in the early 20th century. The town, which is about 12 mi (19 km) northwest of Meteor Crater, was at th... | railroad_bypassed | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Canyon_Diablo.jpg | abandoned | Petrified Forest NP | 76.6 | |
24,347 | Castle Dome Landing | AZ | Arizona | Yuma | 32.965041 | -114.463559 | Castle Dome Landing, Arizona | Ghost town in Yuma County, Arizona | Castle Dome Landing, Arizona is a ghost town in the Castle Dome Mountains of Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was first settled as a transport depot and mining camp around 1863 in what was then the Arizona Territory. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Castle_Dome_Landing.jpg | abandoned | Joshua Tree NP | 104 | |
24,352 | Cedar Springs | AZ | Arizona | Navajo | 35.451678 | -110.364297 | Cedar Springs, Arizona | Populated place in Arizona, United States | Cedar Springs is a populated place situated in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 6,279 feet (1,914 m) above sea level. | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Petrified Forest NP | 46.2 | |||
24,350 | Cedar | AZ | Arizona | Mohave | 34.778621 | -113.794386 | Cedar, Arizona | Ghost town in Mohave County, Arizona | Cedar was a gold, silver and copper mining town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It was founded circa 1875 on the eastern slope of the Hualapai Mountains, sixty miles southeast of Kingman. A post office was established on September 24, 1895, and closed on July 31, 1911. In addition to the post office there wer... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cedar.jpg | ruins | Mojave NP | 98.1 | |
24,353 | Cerbat | AZ | Arizona | Mohave | 35.303051 | -114.139676 | Cerbat, Arizona | Ghost town in Mohave County | Cerbat is a ghost town just west of the Cerbat Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Mining in the area began in the late 1860s and a camp was established soon after. Cerbat was built in a canyon 38 miles (61 km) from Hardyville. The town was prosperous and contained several mining and public buildings, a... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cerbat.jpg | abandoned | Mojave NP | 78.4 | |
27,538 | Cherry | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.58808 | -112.041824 | Cherry, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona | Cherry is a mining ghost town in central Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, between Dewey and Camp Verde. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cherry.jpg | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 101.5 | |
2,882 | Chloride | AZ | Arizona | Mohave | 35.414438 | -114.199401 | Chloride, Arizona | Census-designated place in Mohave County | Chloride is a one-time silver mining camp in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in the state. The town is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population at the 2020 census of 229. Chloride has a ZIP Code of 86431. | mine_exhaustion | 11/01/2023 | photos/AZ/Chloride.jpg | near_ghost | Mojave NP | 77.2 | |
2,897 | Christmas | AZ | Arizona | Gila | 33.062286 | -110.742605 | Christmas, Arizona | Ghost town in Gila County, Arizona | Christmas is an uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The mine which led to creation of the town was staked on Christmas Day 1902, prompting the name. During the three decades in which the town's post office operated it was a popular destination for holiday mail seeking a "Christmas" post... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Christmas.jpg | revived | Saguaro NP | 58.4 | |
24,368 | Chrysotile | AZ | Arizona | Gila | 33.740329 | -110.566774 | Chrysotile, Arizona | Former mining town in Gila County | Chrysotile is a former mining town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 4,678 feet (1,426 m) above sea level. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Petrified Forest NP | 96.8 | ||
24,371 | Cibola | AZ | Arizona | La Paz | 33.316422 | -114.664957 | Cibola, Arizona | CDP in La Paz County, Arizona | Cibola is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 250 at the 2010 census, up from 172 in 2000. It is named for the famed city of gold of the same name. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cibola.jpg | near_ghost | Joshua Tree NP | 80.9 | |
27,704 | Cleator | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.278641 | -112.23294 | Cleator, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona | Cleator, formerly Turkey Creek or Turkey, is a near ghost town and small community in Yavapai County, Arizona, in the Southwestern United States. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cleator.jpg | near_ghost | Grand Canyon NP | 122.8 | ||
3,051 | Coal Mine Mesa | AZ | Arizona | Coconino | 35.959721 | -110.939584 | Coal Mine Mesa, Arizona | Ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona | Coal Mine Mesa is a ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 6,145 feet (1,873 m) above sea level. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 67.4 | ||
3,069 | Cochise | AZ | Arizona | Cochise | 32.11369 | -109.921734 | Cochise, Arizona | Unincorporated community in Cochise County | Cochise is an unincorporated community located in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The city was created alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s. The city was primarily a stop for coal and water which were needed for trains at the time. At its peak, the town had a population of approximately 3,000 pe... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cochise.jpg | revived | Saguaro NP | 73.9 | |
24,373 | Cochran | AZ | Arizona | Pinal | 33.109506 | -111.149839 | Cochran, Arizona | Ghost town in Pinal County | Cochran is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the Arizona Territory. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cochran.jpg | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 56.2 | ||
3,123 | Colorado City | AZ | Arizona | Mohave | 36.990262 | -112.97577 | Colorado City, Yuma County, Arizona | Ghost town in the United States |
Colorado City is a ghost town in what is now Yuma County, Arizona. It was located on the south bank of the Colorado River at Jaeger's Ferry, 1 mile down river from Fort Yuma. | military_closure | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Colorado_City.jpg | abandoned | Zion NP | 21.5 | |
24,376 | Columbia | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.033644 | -112.310443 | Columbia, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County | Columbia is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 2,198 feet (670 m) above sea level. | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 137 | |||
3,155 | Concho | AZ | Arizona | Apache | 34.475313 | -109.605941 | Concho, Arizona | CDP in Apache County, Arizona | Concho is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Concho is located on Arizona State Route 61, 14 miles (23 km) west of St. Johns. As of the 2010 census, the Concho CDP had a population of 38. | 11/01/2023 | photos/AZ/Concho.jpg | near_ghost | Petrified Forest NP | 36.4 | ||
3,172 | Congress | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.162526 | -112.850737 | Congress, Arizona | CDP in Yavapai County, Arizona | Congress is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Once a gold-mining center for the Congress Mine and then a ghost town, Congress now serves as a retirement and bedroom community for nearby Wickenburg. The population was 1,811 at the 2020 census. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Congress.jpg | near_ghost | Grand Canyon NP | 136.7 | |
42,812 | Constellation | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.063363 | -112.582397 | Constellation, Arizona | Former populated place in Arizona, United States | Constellation is a former mining town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 3,560 feet (1,090 m) above sea level. The town was started to support the Monte Cristo Mine, which was later joined by several other mines. In 1925, the town had a post office and some 250 residents. No tra... | mine_exhaustion | 06/27/1984 | ruins | Grand Canyon NP | 139.8 | ||
27,862 | Continental | AZ | Arizona | Pima | 31.852307 | -110.974813 | Continental, Arizona | Populated place in Arizona, United States | Continental is a populated place located about 25 mi (40 km) south of Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona, United States, near the town of Sahuarita and the retirement community of Green Valley. Once a center for cotton production, Continental is now nearly surrounded by large pecan orchards and Green Valley subdivisions. ... | agricultural_decline | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Continental.jpg | revived | Saguaro NP | 32.7 | |
24,379 | Copper Creek | AZ | Arizona | Pinal | 32.750901 | -110.476483 | Copper Creek, Arizona | Ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona | Copper Creek is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Copper Creek is located in a canyon in the Galiuro Mountains. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Copper_Creek.jpg | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 51 | |
42,763 | Copper Hill | AZ | Arizona | Gila | 33.430333 | -110.764554 | Copper Hill, Arizona | CDP in Gila County, Arizona | Copper Hill is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Copper Hill is located near US Route 60, northeast of the city of Globe. The population as of the 2010 U.S. census was 108. | mine_exhaustion | 11/01/2023 | photos/AZ/Copper_Hill.jpg | near_ghost | Saguaro NP | 81.7 | |
24,380 | Copperopolis | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.080309 | -112.470171 | Copperopolis, Arizona | Populated place in Arizona, United States | Copperopolis is a populated place situated in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 137.7 | |||
27,940 | Cordes | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.303363 | -112.166827 | Cordes, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County | Cordes is a ghost town located eight miles southeast of the area of Mayer in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Cordes was established in 1883 by John Henry Cordes. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Cordes.jpg | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 121 | ||
27,984 | Corva | AZ | Arizona | Coconino | 35.275288 | -112.349341 | Corva, Arizona | Populated place in Coconino County, Arizona, US | Corva was a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 6,227 feet (1,898 m) above sea level. | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 55.1 | |||
24,387 | Courtland | AZ | Arizona | Cochise | 31.770091 | -109.808682 | Courtland, Arizona | Ghost town in Arizona, United States | Courtland is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, that was founded in 1909 due to a copper boom. The town is located at the foot of the Dragoon Mountains, about fifteen miles northeast of Tombstone, and was named after Courtland Young, one of the owners of the Great Western Mining Company. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Courtland.jpg | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 87.5 | |
28,197 | Crown King | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.205586 | -112.338499 | Crown King, Arizona | Unincorporated community in Yavaipai County | Crown King is an unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Crown King has a ZIP Code of 86343; in 2000, the population of the 86343 ZCTA was 133. The site of a former gold mining town, Crown King is 28 miles west of Interstate 17 on Senator Highway, high in the Bradshaw Mountains. The communit... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Crown_King.jpg | near_ghost | Grand Canyon NP | 128.2 | |
24,395 | Cyclopic | AZ | Arizona | Mohave | 35.782768 | -114.246073 | Cyclopic, Arizona | Ghost town in Arizona, United States | Cyclopic is a former mining village in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 4,340 feet (1,320 m) above sea level. | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Mojave NP | 86.4 | ||
4,007 | Dome | AZ | Arizona | Yuma | 32.755324 | -114.362167 | Dome, Arizona | Ghost town in Yuma County, Arizona | Dome is a ghost town located in Yuma County, in southwestern Arizona, United States. It is located in the Dome Valley south of the Gila River. Originally Swiveler's Station, 20 miles (32 km) east of Fort Yuma on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, a post office was established here in 1858. It was first under the name... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Dome.jpg | abandoned | Joshua Tree NP | 117.7 | |
4,036 | Dos Cabezas | AZ | Arizona | Cochise | 32.175357 | -109.613398 | Dos Cabezas, Arizona | Ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona | Dos Cabezas, Spanish for Two Heads, is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It lies at an elevation of 5,082 feet (1,549 m) in the Dos Cabezas Mountains. It is now a ghost town. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Dos_Cabezas.jpg | near_ghost | Saguaro NP | 91.2 | ||
28,680 | Duquesne | AZ | Arizona | Santa Cruz | 31.370933 | -110.685361 | Duquesne, Arizona | Ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona | Duquesne is a ghost town in the Patagonia Mountains in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the international border with Sonora, Mexico. The town, which is currently under private ownership and closed to the public although the roads are almost all public, was once the headquarters of the Duquesne Mining and Reduc... | mine_exhaustion | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Duquesne.jpg | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 69.9 | |
4,361 | Ehrenberg | AZ | Arizona | La Paz | 33.604191 | -114.525232 | Ehrenberg, Arizona | CDP and ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona | Ehrenberg, also historically spelled "Ehrenburg", is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,470 at the 2010 census. Ehrenberg is named for its founder, Herman Ehrenberg. | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Ehrenberg.jpg | near_ghost | Joshua Tree NP | 81.2 | ||
29,118 | Fort Misery | AZ | Arizona | Yavapai | 34.140309 | -112.366556 | Fort Misery, Arizona | Ghost town in Yavapai County | Fort Misery is a ghost town situated in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 4,354 feet (1,327 m) above sea level. | military_closure | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Fort_Misery.jpg | abandoned | Grand Canyon NP | 132.9 | |
24,422 | Fortuna | AZ | Arizona | Yuma | 32.690603 | -114.453003 | Fortuna, Arizona | Ghost town in Yuma County |
Fortuna is a ghost town in Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was located on the Southern Pacific's Sunset Route. | railroad_bypassed | 02/08/1980 | photos/AZ/Fortuna.jpg | abandoned | Joshua Tree NP | 116.9 | |
24,424 | Franconia | AZ | Arizona | Mohave | 34.739452 | -114.268288 | Franconia, Arizona | Place in Arizona, United States | Franconia is a former railroad siding in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,102 feet (336 m) above sea level. | railroad_bypassed | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Mojave NP | 72.8 | ||
24,426 | Galeyville | AZ | Arizona | Cochise | 31.950368 | -109.218395 | Galeyville, Arizona | Populated place in Arizona, United States | Galeyville is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1881, it is now a ghost town.
It has an estimated elevation of 5,732 feet (1,747 m) above sea level. | 02/08/1980 | abandoned | Saguaro NP | 116.5 |
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US Ghost Towns
1,444 documented ghost towns across the United States, with coordinates, Wikipedia descriptions, thumbnails, and decline reasons.
Dataset Details
Each row represents one ghost town confirmed by Wikipedia's state-level ghost town categories, matched to a USGS GNIS coordinate record.
Fields
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
feature_id |
USGS GNIS feature ID |
name |
Town name |
state |
2-letter state abbreviation |
state_name |
Full state name |
county |
County name |
lat / lon |
Decimal degree coordinates (USGS GNIS) |
wikipedia_title |
Wikipedia article title |
description |
Short Wikipedia description |
extract |
Wikipedia article opening paragraph |
thumbnail_url |
Wikipedia thumbnail image URL |
decline_reason |
Parsed reason for abandonment (see below) |
gnis_date_created |
Date the GNIS record was created |
Decline Reasons
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
mine_exhaustion |
Gold, silver, copper, coal, or other mining boom went bust |
railroad_bypassed |
Town bypassed when railroad routes changed |
agricultural_decline |
Farming collapse, Dust Bowl, crop failure |
flood_or_reservoir |
Town flooded or submerged by a dam/reservoir |
depopulation |
General population loss or abandonment |
military_closure |
Fort or military installation closed |
water_scarcity |
Drought or loss of water supply |
fire |
Town destroyed by fire |
| (empty) | Reason not identified from available text |
Sources
- Coordinates: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Ghost town list: Wikipedia category pages ("Ghost towns in [State]") via the MediaWiki API
- Descriptions & thumbnails: Wikipedia REST summary API
Coverage
- Top states: Texas (143), Missouri (135), Arizona (122), Colorado (91), California (69)
- With Wikipedia extract: 1,443 / 1,444
- With thumbnail: 578 / 1,444
- With decline reason: 408 / 1,444
Known Gaps
Some well-known ghost towns (Terlingua TX, Marfa TX) are not included because Wikipedia classifies them as census-designated places rather than ghost towns — they were revived by tourism before the category designation stuck.
License
Data derived from USGS GNIS (public domain, CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). This dataset is released under CC0.
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