List of ghost towns in Nebraska
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska .
Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska Ghost towns [ edit ] Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks Abdal [1] Nuckolls Ames [1] [2] Ketchum Dodge Not a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census. Andrews [1] [3] Sioux 1906 1951 Source([3] ) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made. Angora [1] [4] Antelope Hill Morrill 1900 Anoka [1] [5] Boyd Antioch [1] [2] [5] [6] [7] Sheridan 1891 Appleton Pawnee Arago [1] [8] Fargo Richardson 1860 Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven. Armour [1] Pawnee 1890 1934 Ashford [1] Banner Temporary county seat for Banner County in 1889 Bayonne Cherry Belmont [1] [2] Evergreen City Dawes Bluevale Blue Valley York Bookwalter [1] Pawnee Bower Bowerville Jefferson Breslau [1] Pierce Brewster [1] Blaine County seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character, Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!". Brocksburg [1] [6] [7] Keya Paha Burton [1] Keya Paha Carns [1] Keya Paha Charlestown [1] York Cincinnati [9] Pawnee Covington [1] [7] Harney City Dakota Crouse Lancaster Now Branched Oak State Recreation Area. Dale [1] Custer De Soto [1] Washington DeWitty [7] Audacious Cherry Dobytown [6] [7] Kearney Donald [1] [10] Hooker Duff [1] Rock Dunwell [1] [10] Hooker Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln [2] [7] Sarpy Eclipse [1] [11] Hooker circa 1913 First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse. Edholm [5] Butler Elsmere [1] Cherry Elton [1] Custer Elvira [1] [8] Merrick Once the county seat of Merrick County Factoryville Union Mills Cass Friedensau [1] [8] Thayer Glen [1] Sioux Glencoe Dodge Gross [1] Boyd Near ghost town. Hayland Adams Hecla [1] [10] Hooker Homerville Gosper Hope [1] [12] [8] Scotts Bluff Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community. Ingham [1] Lincoln Jacksonville Jamaica [1] [8] Lancaster Kelso [1] [10] Hooker Koesterville Pawnee Lakeland [8] Brown Lee Park [8] Custer and Valley Lemoyne [1] Keith Linton Lomax [1] Custer Lynn [1] Morrill Mariaville [1] Rock Mars Jessup Knox Marsland [1] [8] Dawes Martha [1] [8] Holt Mayberry Pawnee Meadville [1] Keya Paha Melrose [8] Harlan Meridian [1] [8] Big Sandy Jefferson Minersville [1] [2] [6] [7] Otoe City Otoe Mission Creek Pawnee Monowi [1] [13] Boyd A near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola , Arby’s , and Prudential Financial . They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made. Montrose [1] [7] Sioux Mud Springs [8] [7] Morrill Neapolis [8] [7] Saunders New Home Nonpareil [1] Box Butte North Summerfield Pawnee Omadi Dakota 1856 Oreapolis [14] Cass 1859 1864 Pauline [1] Adams 1887 Pebble Dodge Pishelville [1] Knox 1874 Pittsburg Seward Pleasant Hill [1] [8] [7] Pleasanthill Saline Pleasant Valley [1] Dodge Ringgold Ringold Dawson Rock Bluff [1] [7] Cass Royal [1] Antelope Saltillo [1] Lancaster Sartoria [1] [8] [7] Buffalo Savannah Butler Shafferville Pawnee Scott's Valley Pawnee Sedan [1] Nuckolls Shea Jefferson Speiser Richardson Spring Ranch [1] Springranch, Spring Ranche Clay St. Deroin [1] [5] [6] [7] Saint Deroin Nemaha Tate [1] Pawnee Tipp's Branch Pawnee Unit [1] Sioux Venus [1] [6] [7] Knox Violet [1] [5] Butler Pawnee Wee Town Wee Pierce Weir [1] [10] Hooker Weissert [1] Custer Wheeler [1] Baird Wheeler
Notes and references [ edit ] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 . ^ a b c d e "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 . ^ a b "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 . ^ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914" . Retrieved November 11, 2023 . ^ a b c d e "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns" . Retrieved November 14, 2023 . ^ a b c d e f "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 more Nebraska ghost towns" . Retrieved January 26, 2024 . ^ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers" . Retrieved November 28, 2023 . ^ a b c d e "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map" . Retrieved November 6, 2023 . ^ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913" . Retrieved November 7, 2023 . ^ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)" . Retrieved November 7, 2023 . ^ "Largest advertising poster" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 . ^ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town" . Retrieved November 16, 2023 .