List of ghost towns in Utah
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Ghost towns are listed by name, and also by county.
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- AdventureAdventure, UtahAdventure was an early settlement in Washington County, Utah, United States, established in 1860 by Philip Klingensmith and five other people from Iron County. They formed a small settlement as part of the cotton growing colony in the area, at a place a couple of miles up the Virgin River from...
- AjaxAjax, Utah-External links:* at Tooele County Guide to Historical Attractions...
- AluniteAlunite, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- ArgyleArgyle, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Asay
- Bacchus
- Bingham CanyonBingham Canyon, UtahBingham was a city formerly located in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed,...
- Black Rock (Millard County)Black Rock, Millard County, UtahBlack Rock was a small, unincorporated village located in southern Millard County, Utah, about 20 miles north of Milford. The town was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad , and was a community center for a small number of early twentieth century homesteaders and ranchers. A...
- Blacks ForkBlacks Fork, UtahBlacks Fork, also known as Blacks Fork Commissary, is a ghost town in Summit County, Utah, United States. Named for the Blacks Fork River, it was a logging town that operated from 1870 to 1930.-History:...
- Blue CreekBlue Creek, UtahBlue Creek is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It was a railroad settlement that started as a Union Pacific camp during the final stages of construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad....
- BridgeportBridgeport, UtahBridgeport was the community name given to a small ranching area in far eastern Daggett County, Utah, USA, near the Colorado border. The Bridgeport store, saloon and post office were located on the north side of the Green River near the mouth of Jesse Ewing Canyon, near the western end of Browns...
- Bullion
- Bullionville
- Caineville
- Castle GateCastle Gate, UtahCastle Gate is a ghost town located in Carbon County in eastern Utah, USA. Castle Gate was a mining town approximately southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. The name of the town was derived from a rock formation near the mouth of Price Canyon...
- Castle Rock
- Castleton
- Cedar CreekCedar Creek, UtahCedar Creek is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Founded in the 1860s, Cedar Creek was a farming town. Businesses included a school, an inn, and a store. The interstate highway system built through Cedar Creek and the nearby communities of Snowville and Park Valley...
- CiscoCisco, UtahCisco is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah near the junction of State Route 128 and Interstate 70. At one time the town served as a saloon and water-refilling station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The town's demise came with the demise of the steam locomotive. The town site...
- ClarionClarion, UtahClarion is a ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. Lying about southwest of Gunnison, Clarion was the site of a brief, early-twentieth century experiment in Jewish rural living...
- Clear Lake
- Coal CityCoal City, UtahCoal City is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal City was established in 1885, and soon after it was established, coal was discovered in the area. Small-scale mining began to take place, and because the mining operations were a mile or two away from the mines at National and...
- ColtonColton, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com* at Legends of America...
- Connellsville
- DelleDelle, UtahDelle is a small unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah, along Interstate 80 near the Bonneville Salt Flats. The town has never had more than a few residents and has served primarily as a filling station along the I-80 corridor...
- Desert LakeDesert Lake, UtahDesert Lake is a ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1885 to about 1910.-History:In 1885, several families moved from the town of Cleveland, Utah to an area they called Desert Lake, and built a embankment dam to impound a irrigation reservoir. In 1896, the dam...
- DeweyDewey, UtahDewey is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah. Originally named Kingsferry, it began in the 1880s when Samuel King built and operated a ferry across the Grand River . A small community soon developed around the ferry, although it never grew large. The town served as a ferry crossing until the Dewey...
- Diamond
- Dividend
- DoverDover, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- DragonDragon, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Duncan's RetreatDuncan's Retreat, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com* at Sons of Utah Pioneers...
- Dyer
- Eagle CityEagle City, UtahEagle City is a ghost town located in Garfield County, Utah, United States. Nestled in Bromide Basin high in the remote Henry Mountains of southern Utah, it was a gold mining camp. Eagle City was settled about 1890, but was almost abandoned by the start of World War I...
- Elgin
- Fish Springs
- Forest CityForest City, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- FriscoFrisco, UtahFrisco is a ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, USA. It was an active mining camp from 1879 to 1929.-History:Frisco developed as the post office and commercial center for the San Francisco Mining District, and was the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad extension from Milford. The Horn Silver...
- FruitaFruita, UtahFruita is the best-known settlement in Capitol Reef National Park in Wayne County, Utah, United States. It is located at the confluence of Fremont River and Sulphur Creek.-History:...
- Fry CanyonFry Canyon, UtahFry Canyon was a small community in San Juan County, Utah, USA, located in Fry Canyon, on State Route 95 and just south of White Canyon. Fry Canyon was a uranium boom town during the 1950s...
- Garfield
- Georgetown
- GilesGiles, Utah-External links:* at Ghost Towns of Utah...
- Gold HillGold Hill, UtahGold Hill is a small, unincorporated community in far western Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah near the Nevada state line. The town, located near the Deep Creek Mountains, was the center of a mining district that was active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, producing...
- GoldenGolden, UtahGolden is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is located west of Park Valley, near the southern base of the Raft River Mountains.-History:...
- GraftonGrafton, UtahGrafton is a ghost town, just south of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Said to be the most photographed ghost town in the West, it has been featured as a location in several films, including 1929's In Old Arizona—the first talkie filmed outdoors—and the...
- Grass CreekGrass Creek, Utah-External links:* at Summit County Historical Society...
- GreendaleGreendale, UtahGreendale was the community name given to a small ranching area in the Uinta Mountains of south-central Daggett County, Utah, USA. During the early and mid twentieth century, the Greendale area was home to a small number of homestead families who primarily operated small cattle ranches in the...
- HailstoneHailstone, UtahHailstone, Utah was a town in Wasatch County. It was submerged in 1995 by the waters of Jordanelle Reservoir along with Keetley, Utah.Hailstone was located at the junction of US-40 and US-189, seven miles north of Heber....
- HaleHale, UtahHale is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. The site lies just to the east of Scofield Reservoir, at an elevation of 7598 feet . In fact, the reservoir covers the upper part of town. Like the other nearby towns of Scofield and Winter Quarters, Utah, Hale was a coal mining camp....
- Hamblin
- HarperHarper, UtahHarper is a ghost town located in Nine Mile Canyon in the southern part of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. This stagecoach town came into existence in 1886. The nearest inhabited town is Wellington...
- HarrisburgHarrisburg, UtahHarrisburg is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States. Established as Harrisville in 1859, the town was flooded by the Virgin River in 1862, causing the residents to move farther up the river. Soon after, the town's name was changed to Harrisburg...
- HebronHebron, Utah-External links:* *...
- Heiner
- HiawathaHiawatha, UtahHiawatha is a ghost town, formerly a coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The town is located at the base of Gentry Mountain, some 12 miles southwest of Price. It used to be a vibrant mining town, with a population of above 1,500 in the 1940s...
- Homansville
- Home of TruthHome of Truth, UtahHome of Truth is a ghost town located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, United States. The settlement was a short-lived utopian religious intentional community in the 1930s, led by a spiritualist named Marie Ogden...
- Ingersoll
- Iosepa
- Iron City
- JacksonJackson, UtahJackson is a ghost town in the western desert of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It lay on the western end of the Lucin Cutoff, just west of the Great Salt Lake. Jackson was never much more than a railroad siding, named by the railroad for a prospector who operated a mine in the area...
- Johnson
- Joy
- KeetleyKeetley, UtahKeetley is a ghost town located in Wasatch County, Utah, United States. It began as a mining community, with a spur of the Union Pacific Railroad increasing the economic interest in the community for a short time. The village was submerged by the waters of Jordanelle Reservoir in 1995 along with...
- KeltonKelton, Utah-External links:* by Randy W. Lewis* at Utah State History...
- KimberlyKimberly, Utah- External links :* at GhostTowns.com* at Ghost Towns of Utah...
- KizKiz, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com*...
- KnightsvilleKnightsville, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- La PlataLa Plata, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- LarkLark, UtahLark is a ghost town located west of Herriman in the Oquirrh Mountains of southwest Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Lark was the location of several copper mines.-History:...
- Latuda
- Lincoln
- LinwoodLinwood, UtahLinwood was a small, unincorporated village in north-central Daggett County, Utah, USA, near the Wyoming state line. The town, located along Henrys Fork of the Green River about 5 miles east of the county seat of Manila, was first settled in the 1890s...
- LucinLucin, UtahLucin is an abandoned railroad community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, along the western side of the Great Salt Lake, northwest of Salt Lake City.- History :...
- LundLund, UtahLund is a small unincorporated village located in the Escalante Valley of northwestern Iron County, Utah, United States, about 35 miles northwest of Cedar City. The town, established in the early twentieth century, was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad , and was a community...
- MammothMammoth, UtahMammoth is a semi-ghost town in northeastern Juab County, Utah, United States about three miles south of Eureka and two miles east of Tintic Junction....
- McCornickMcCornick, Utah-External links:* at Ghost Towns of Utah...
- MercurMercur, UtahMercur is a historical hard rock mining ghost town located at in Tooele County, Utah, USA. Its elevation from sea level is approximately 2,042m...
- Mill Fork
- Miners BasinMiners Basin, UtahMiners Basin or simply Basin is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1898 to 1908.- History :Miners Basin was settled among the La Sal Mountains. Copper was discovered in the area in 1888, but a mining town was not established until 1898, when the recently...
- Modoc
- MohrlandMohrland, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Mosida
- Mountain Dell
- Mutual
- NationalNational, UtahNational is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located along upper Gordon Creek.-History:Coal was discovered in the area in 1908, but large-scale mining didn't begin until the National Coal Company purchased the mines in the 1920s. All of the buildings in National were...
- NewhouseNewhouse, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Notom
- Osiris
- PariaParia, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- PeerlessPeerless, UtahPeerless is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. It is located just three miles west of Helper.- History :In 1916, of land were purchased by William and Charles Sweet. They immediately began to develop coal mining operations. In 1917, the Sweets sold the property to the Peerless Coal Company....
- Priesthood Camp
- Rainbow
- Richardson
- RockportRockport, UtahRockport is a ghost town in a narrow part of Weber Valley at the mouth of Three Mile Canyon in Summit County, Utah, United States. Located south of Wanship, it was inhabited for nearly a century before the creation of Rockport Reservoir, which covered almost the whole townsite.-History:The first...
- Rockwell's Station
- Round Valley
- RoyalRoyal, UtahRoyal is a ghost town that existed in the early 1900s as a small coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Originally called Bear Canyon, the town was renamed Cameron, Rolapp, and finally Royal, changing names each time a new owner took over. All that remains of Royal today are some...
- Russian SettlementRussian Settlement, UtahRussian Settlement is a ghost town in the Park Valley area of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is not known what name, if any, the settlers gave to their community; it has been called "Box Elder County's ghost town with...
- Sage Creek
- ScrantonScranton, UtahScranton is a ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. Located in Barlow Canyon near the Juab County line, it was a short-lived mining town. Scranton has been uninhabited for nearly a century, but some of its ruins have survived relatively intact....
- SegoSego, UtahSego is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States. It lies in the narrow, winding Sego Canyon, in the Book Cliffs some north of Thompson Springs. Formerly an important eastern Utah coal mining town, Sego was inhabited about 1910–1955...
- Silver CitySilver City, UtahSilver City is a ghost town located at the mouth of Dragon Canyon on the west flank of the East Tintic Mountains in northeast Juab County in central Utah, United States. It was a silver mining town approximately south-southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. This area was considered part of the Tintic...
- Silver ReefSilver Reef, UtahSilver Reef is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States, about northeast of St. George and west of Leeds. Silver Reef was established after John Kemple, a prospector from Nevada, discovered a vein of silver in a sandstone formation in 1866. At first, geologists were uncertain about...
- Soldier SummitSoldier Summit, UtahSoldier Summit is the name of both a mountain pass in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah and a ghost town located at the pass. Soldier Summit has been an important transportation route between the Wasatch Front and Price, Utah since the area was settled by the Mormon pioneers. It is on the route of both...
- Spring CanyonSpring Canyon, UtahSpring Canyon, also called Storrs, is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. In 1912, Jesse Knight purchased 1,600 acres of coal land and began developing a mine and a company town. Knight named the town Storrs, after the mine superintendent. The name of the town was changed to Spring...
- StandardvilleStandardville, UtahStandardville is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Standardville was established after coal was discovered in the area in 1912. The layout of the town was so well-planned, it became the "standard" for all mining towns to follow, which resulted in the town name of Standardville. In...
- Stateline
- SulphurdaleSulphurdale, UtahSulphurdale is a ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, United States. Sulphurdale was established in 1870, but mining did not begin in large scale until 1883. Homes, a school, a store and company offices were built in town. Despite the heavy mining activity, high quality sulfur was difficult to find....
- Sunshine
- TerraceTerrace, UtahTerrace is a ghost town, located in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The town was established in 1869 as a Central Pacific Railroad "division point" , on the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad...
- ThistleThistle, UtahThistle is a ghost town in Utah County, Utah, United States, about southeast of Salt Lake City. During the era of steam locomotives, the town's primary industry was servicing trains for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad...
- Tonaquint
- TuckerTucker, UtahTucker is a ghost town located in Utah County, Utah, below Soldier Summit on U.S. Route 6 through Spanish Fork Canyon. It was once an important loading point and construction camp on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. After the town was abandoned, the state of Utah used the town site for...
- Upper Kanab
- Upton
- Valley City
- Verdure
- VictorVictor, UtahVictor is a ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1910 to 1920.-History:Victor was established in 1910, when a burst dam treated the soil near Desert Lake with alkaline water, preventing farming. Residents of Desert Lake, a town located near the lake, had to...
- Vipont
- WahsatchWahsatch, UtahWahsatch is a ghost town in Summit County, Utah, United States. It lies along I-80 at the northeastern end of Echo Canyon some east of Echo, and only west of Evanston, Wyoming. Wahsatch was established as a railroad camp, later achieving local prominence in sheep ranching...
- Washakie
- Watson
- Wattis
- Welby
- Westwater
- WidtsoeWidtsoe, UtahWidtsoe is a ghost town in Garfield County, Utah, United States. Located in John's Valley northeast of Bryce Canyon and along the Sevier River at the mouth of Sweetwater Creek, the town existed about 1908–1936.-History:...
- Willow Creek
- Willow Valley
- Winter QuartersWinter Quarters, UtahWinter Quarters is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal was discovered in the area in 1875, and later that year, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company began coal mining operations. A group of coal miners were delayed during an early winter storm in 1877, which led to the town's name...
- Woodrow
- WoodsideWoodside, UtahWoodside is a ghost town located on the west bank of the Price River in the nearly uninhabited eastern part of Emery County, Utah, United States. Its fenced-in filling station is one of the only signs of human activity along the lonely stretch of U.S...
- YostYost, UtahYost is a ghost town located in northwestern Box Elder County, Utah, on the north central slopes of the Raft River Mountains, some 115 miles northwest of Brigham City. The first name for the area was "George Creek" for a man named George, an early range rider who came to the area with Charles Yost...
BeaverBeaver County, UtahAs of the census of 2010, there were 6,629 people, 2,265 households, and 1,697 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.56 people per square mile . There were 2,908 housing units at an average density of 1.12 per square mile...
- FriscoFrisco, UtahFrisco is a ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, USA. It was an active mining camp from 1879 to 1929.-History:Frisco developed as the post office and commercial center for the San Francisco Mining District, and was the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad extension from Milford. The Horn Silver...
- Lincoln
- NewhouseNewhouse, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- SulphurdaleSulphurdale, UtahSulphurdale is a ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, United States. Sulphurdale was established in 1870, but mining did not begin in large scale until 1883. Homes, a school, a store and company offices were built in town. Despite the heavy mining activity, high quality sulfur was difficult to find....
Box ElderBox Elder County, UtahBox Elder County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It lies on the north end of the Great Salt Lake, covering a large area north to the Idaho border and west to the Nevada border. Included in this area are large tracts of barren desert, contrasted by high, forested mountains. The...
- Blue CreekBlue Creek, UtahBlue Creek is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It was a railroad settlement that started as a Union Pacific camp during the final stages of construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad....
- Cedar CreekCedar Creek, UtahCedar Creek is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Founded in the 1860s, Cedar Creek was a farming town. Businesses included a school, an inn, and a store. The interstate highway system built through Cedar Creek and the nearby communities of Snowville and Park Valley...
- GoldenGolden, UtahGolden is a ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is located west of Park Valley, near the southern base of the Raft River Mountains.-History:...
- JacksonJackson, UtahJackson is a ghost town in the western desert of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It lay on the western end of the Lucin Cutoff, just west of the Great Salt Lake. Jackson was never much more than a railroad siding, named by the railroad for a prospector who operated a mine in the area...
- KeltonKelton, Utah-External links:* by Randy W. Lewis* at Utah State History...
- LucinLucin, UtahLucin is an abandoned railroad community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, along the western side of the Great Salt Lake, northwest of Salt Lake City.- History :...
- Russian SettlementRussian Settlement, UtahRussian Settlement is a ghost town in the Park Valley area of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is not known what name, if any, the settlers gave to their community; it has been called "Box Elder County's ghost town with...
- TerraceTerrace, UtahTerrace is a ghost town, located in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The town was established in 1869 as a Central Pacific Railroad "division point" , on the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad...
- Vipont
- Washakie
- YostYost, UtahYost is a ghost town located in northwestern Box Elder County, Utah, on the north central slopes of the Raft River Mountains, some 115 miles northwest of Brigham City. The first name for the area was "George Creek" for a man named George, an early range rider who came to the area with Charles Yost...
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- La PlataLa Plata, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Willow Valley
CarbonCarbon County, UtahCarbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for the major coal deposits in the area, the county seat and largest city, is Price. Carbon County is the second largest natural gas producer in Utah , with 94 billion cubic feet produced in 2008. As of 2010 the population was...
- Castle GateCastle Gate, UtahCastle Gate is a ghost town located in Carbon County in eastern Utah, USA. Castle Gate was a mining town approximately southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. The name of the town was derived from a rock formation near the mouth of Price Canyon...
- Coal CityCoal City, UtahCoal City is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal City was established in 1885, and soon after it was established, coal was discovered in the area. Small-scale mining began to take place, and because the mining operations were a mile or two away from the mines at National and...
- HaleHale, UtahHale is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. The site lies just to the east of Scofield Reservoir, at an elevation of 7598 feet . In fact, the reservoir covers the upper part of town. Like the other nearby towns of Scofield and Winter Quarters, Utah, Hale was a coal mining camp....
- Heiner
- HiawathaHiawatha, UtahHiawatha is a ghost town, formerly a coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The town is located at the base of Gentry Mountain, some 12 miles southwest of Price. It used to be a vibrant mining town, with a population of above 1,500 in the 1940s...
- KizKiz, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com*...
- Latuda
- Mutual
- NationalNational, UtahNational is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located along upper Gordon Creek.-History:Coal was discovered in the area in 1908, but large-scale mining didn't begin until the National Coal Company purchased the mines in the 1920s. All of the buildings in National were...
- PeerlessPeerless, UtahPeerless is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. It is located just three miles west of Helper.- History :In 1916, of land were purchased by William and Charles Sweet. They immediately began to develop coal mining operations. In 1917, the Sweets sold the property to the Peerless Coal Company....
- RoyalRoyal, UtahRoyal is a ghost town that existed in the early 1900s as a small coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Originally called Bear Canyon, the town was renamed Cameron, Rolapp, and finally Royal, changing names each time a new owner took over. All that remains of Royal today are some...
- Spring CanyonSpring Canyon, UtahSpring Canyon, also called Storrs, is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. In 1912, Jesse Knight purchased 1,600 acres of coal land and began developing a mine and a company town. Knight named the town Storrs, after the mine superintendent. The name of the town was changed to Spring...
- StandardvilleStandardville, UtahStandardville is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Standardville was established after coal was discovered in the area in 1912. The layout of the town was so well-planned, it became the "standard" for all mining towns to follow, which resulted in the town name of Standardville. In...
- Wattis
- Winter QuartersWinter Quarters, UtahWinter Quarters is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal was discovered in the area in 1875, and later that year, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company began coal mining operations. A group of coal miners were delayed during an early winter storm in 1877, which led to the town's name...
DaggettDaggett County, UtahDaggett County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 1,059 at the 2010 census. It was named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first surveyor-general of Utah. Its county seat and only municipality is Manila. There is one other small community, Dutch...
- BridgeportBridgeport, UtahBridgeport was the community name given to a small ranching area in far eastern Daggett County, Utah, USA, near the Colorado border. The Bridgeport store, saloon and post office were located on the north side of the Green River near the mouth of Jesse Ewing Canyon, near the western end of Browns...
- GreendaleGreendale, UtahGreendale was the community name given to a small ranching area in the Uinta Mountains of south-central Daggett County, Utah, USA. During the early and mid twentieth century, the Greendale area was home to a small number of homestead families who primarily operated small cattle ranches in the...
- LinwoodLinwood, UtahLinwood was a small, unincorporated village in north-central Daggett County, Utah, USA, near the Wyoming state line. The town, located along Henrys Fork of the Green River about 5 miles east of the county seat of Manila, was first settled in the 1890s...
EmeryEmery County, UtahEmery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 10,860, and by 2009 had been estimated to decrease to 10,629. It was named for George W. Emery, governor of the Utah Territory in 1875...
- Connellsville
- Desert LakeDesert Lake, UtahDesert Lake is a ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1885 to about 1910.-History:In 1885, several families moved from the town of Cleveland, Utah to an area they called Desert Lake, and built a embankment dam to impound a irrigation reservoir. In 1896, the dam...
- MohrlandMohrland, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- VictorVictor, UtahVictor is a ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1910 to 1920.-History:Victor was established in 1910, when a burst dam treated the soil near Desert Lake with alkaline water, preventing farming. Residents of Desert Lake, a town located near the lake, had to...
- WoodsideWoodside, UtahWoodside is a ghost town located on the west bank of the Price River in the nearly uninhabited eastern part of Emery County, Utah, United States. Its fenced-in filling station is one of the only signs of human activity along the lonely stretch of U.S...
GarfieldGarfield County, UtahGarfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4,735. It was named for James A. Garfield, President of the United States in 1881. Its county seat and largest city is Panguitch.-Geography:...
- Asay
- Eagle CityEagle City, UtahEagle City is a ghost town located in Garfield County, Utah, United States. Nestled in Bromide Basin high in the remote Henry Mountains of southern Utah, it was a gold mining camp. Eagle City was settled about 1890, but was almost abandoned by the start of World War I...
- Osiris
- WidtsoeWidtsoe, UtahWidtsoe is a ghost town in Garfield County, Utah, United States. Located in John's Valley northeast of Bryce Canyon and along the Sevier River at the mouth of Sweetwater Creek, the town existed about 1908–1936.-History:...
GrandGrand County, UtahGrand County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8,485, and by 2005 had been estimated at 8,743. It was named for the Colorado River, which at the time of statehood was known as the Grand River. Its county seat and largest city is Moab.-Geography:According...
- Castleton
- CiscoCisco, UtahCisco is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah near the junction of State Route 128 and Interstate 70. At one time the town served as a saloon and water-refilling station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The town's demise came with the demise of the steam locomotive. The town site...
- DeweyDewey, UtahDewey is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah. Originally named Kingsferry, it began in the 1880s when Samuel King built and operated a ferry across the Grand River . A small community soon developed around the ferry, although it never grew large. The town served as a ferry crossing until the Dewey...
- Elgin
- Miners BasinMiners Basin, UtahMiners Basin or simply Basin is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1898 to 1908.- History :Miners Basin was settled among the La Sal Mountains. Copper was discovered in the area in 1888, but a mining town was not established until 1898, when the recently...
- Richardson
- SegoSego, UtahSego is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States. It lies in the narrow, winding Sego Canyon, in the Book Cliffs some north of Thompson Springs. Formerly an important eastern Utah coal mining town, Sego was inhabited about 1910–1955...
- Valley City
- Westwater
IronIron County, UtahAs of the census of 2000, there were 33,779 people, 10,627 households, and 8,076 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 13,618 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...
- Iron City
- LundLund, UtahLund is a small unincorporated village located in the Escalante Valley of northwestern Iron County, Utah, United States, about 35 miles northwest of Cedar City. The town, established in the early twentieth century, was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad , and was a community...
- Stateline
JuabJuab County, UtahJuab County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8,238, and by 2005 had been estimated at 9,113. It was named from an Indian word meaning thirsty valley, or possibly only valley. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.Juab County is part of the...
- Diamond
- Fish Springs
- Joy
- KnightsvilleKnightsville, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- MammothMammoth, UtahMammoth is a semi-ghost town in northeastern Juab County, Utah, United States about three miles south of Eureka and two miles east of Tintic Junction....
- Silver CitySilver City, UtahSilver City is a ghost town located at the mouth of Dragon Canyon on the west flank of the East Tintic Mountains in northeast Juab County in central Utah, United States. It was a silver mining town approximately south-southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. This area was considered part of the Tintic...
KaneKane County, UtahAs of the census of 2000, there were 6,046 people, 2,237 households, and 1,628 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 3,767 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...
- Georgetown
- Johnson
- PariaParia, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Upper Kanab
MillardMillard County, UtahMillard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. In 2010, its population was 12,420. It was named for Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President of the United States. Its county seat is Fillmore and the largest city is Delta.-Geography:...
- Black RockBlack Rock, Millard County, UtahBlack Rock was a small, unincorporated village located in southern Millard County, Utah, about 20 miles north of Milford. The town was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad , and was a community center for a small number of early twentieth century homesteaders and ranchers. A...
- Clear Lake
- Ingersoll
- McCornickMcCornick, Utah-External links:* at Ghost Towns of Utah...
- Woodrow
PiutePiute County, UtahPiute County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The population in 2000 was 1,435, and by 2005 had been estimated to decrease to 1,365. It was named for the Paiute tribe of Native Americans. The county seat is Junction and the largest city is Circleville.-Geography:According to the U.S...
- AluniteAlunite, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Bullion
- KimberlyKimberly, Utah- External links :* at GhostTowns.com* at Ghost Towns of Utah...
RichRich County, UtahRich County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The southern half of Bear Lake and the Bear Lake Valley lie on the northern edge of the county. The Bear River Valley lies in most of the eastern portion of the county. The elevation of these valleys is close to , and the rest of the county...
- ArgyleArgyle, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Round Valley
- Sage Creek
Salt LakeSalt Lake County, UtahSalt Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It had a population of 1,029,655 at the 2010 census. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. It occupies Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west...
- Bacchus
- Bingham CanyonBingham Canyon, UtahBingham was a city formerly located in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed,...
- Garfield
- LarkLark, UtahLark is a ghost town located west of Herriman in the Oquirrh Mountains of southwest Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Lark was the location of several copper mines.-History:...
- Modoc
- Mountain Dell
- Priesthood Camp
- Rockwell's Station
- Welby
San JuanSan Juan County, UtahAs of the current census of 2010, there were 14,746 people and 4,505 households. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 50.4% Native American, 45.8% white, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% African American and 2.3% reporting two or more races...
- Home of TruthHome of Truth, UtahHome of Truth is a ghost town located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, United States. The settlement was a short-lived utopian religious intentional community in the 1930s, led by a spiritualist named Marie Ogden...
- Fry CanyonFry Canyon, UtahFry Canyon was a small community in San Juan County, Utah, USA, located in Fry Canyon, on State Route 95 and just south of White Canyon. Fry Canyon was a uranium boom town during the 1950s...
- Verdure
SummitSummit County, UtahSummit County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a rugged and mountainous area. In 2010 its population was 36,324. It is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Clearfield Combined Statistical Area. The county is...
- Blacks ForkBlacks Fork, UtahBlacks Fork, also known as Blacks Fork Commissary, is a ghost town in Summit County, Utah, United States. Named for the Blacks Fork River, it was a logging town that operated from 1870 to 1930.-History:...
- Castle Rock
- Grass CreekGrass Creek, Utah-External links:* at Summit County Historical Society...
- RockportRockport, UtahRockport is a ghost town in a narrow part of Weber Valley at the mouth of Three Mile Canyon in Summit County, Utah, United States. Located south of Wanship, it was inhabited for nearly a century before the creation of Rockport Reservoir, which covered almost the whole townsite.-History:The first...
- Upton
- WahsatchWahsatch, UtahWahsatch is a ghost town in Summit County, Utah, United States. It lies along I-80 at the northeastern end of Echo Canyon some east of Echo, and only west of Evanston, Wyoming. Wahsatch was established as a railroad camp, later achieving local prominence in sheep ranching...
TooeleTooele County, UtahTooele County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 40,735 and by 2005 was estimated at 51,311. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele....
- AjaxAjax, Utah-External links:* at Tooele County Guide to Historical Attractions...
- DelleDelle, UtahDelle is a small unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah, along Interstate 80 near the Bonneville Salt Flats. The town has never had more than a few residents and has served primarily as a filling station along the I-80 corridor...
- Gold HillGold Hill, UtahGold Hill is a small, unincorporated community in far western Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah near the Nevada state line. The town, located near the Deep Creek Mountains, was the center of a mining district that was active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, producing...
- Iosepa
- MercurMercur, UtahMercur is a historical hard rock mining ghost town located at in Tooele County, Utah, USA. Its elevation from sea level is approximately 2,042m...
- ScrantonScranton, UtahScranton is a ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. Located in Barlow Canyon near the Juab County line, it was a short-lived mining town. Scranton has been uninhabited for nearly a century, but some of its ruins have survived relatively intact....
- Sunshine
UintahUintah County, UtahThis page deals with the Utah County. For the Wyoming County, see Uinta County, Wyoming.Uintah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 25,224 and by 2009 was estimated at 31,536. It was named for the Ute Indians, the tribe that lives in the basin. Its...
- Bullionville
- DragonDragon, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Dyer
- Rainbow
- Watson
- Willow Creek
UtahUtah County, UtahUtah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 368,536 and by 2008 was estimated at 530,837. It was named for the Spanish name for the Ute Indians. The county seat and largest city is Provo...
- ColtonColton, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com* at Legends of America...
- Dividend
- Forest CityForest City, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
- Homansville
- Mill Fork
- Mosida
- ThistleThistle, UtahThistle is a ghost town in Utah County, Utah, United States, about southeast of Salt Lake City. During the era of steam locomotives, the town's primary industry was servicing trains for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad...
- TuckerTucker, UtahTucker is a ghost town located in Utah County, Utah, below Soldier Summit on U.S. Route 6 through Spanish Fork Canyon. It was once an important loading point and construction camp on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. After the town was abandoned, the state of Utah used the town site for...
WasatchWasatch County, UtahWasatch County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It was named for a Ute Indian word meaning mountain pass or low place in the high mountains. Its county seat and largest city is Heber City.The county is governed by a county council with an appointed county manager.Wasatch County is...
- HailstoneHailstone, UtahHailstone, Utah was a town in Wasatch County. It was submerged in 1995 by the waters of Jordanelle Reservoir along with Keetley, Utah.Hailstone was located at the junction of US-40 and US-189, seven miles north of Heber....
- KeetleyKeetley, UtahKeetley is a ghost town located in Wasatch County, Utah, United States. It began as a mining community, with a spur of the Union Pacific Railroad increasing the economic interest in the community for a short time. The village was submerged by the waters of Jordanelle Reservoir in 1995 along with...
- Soldier SummitSoldier Summit, UtahSoldier Summit is the name of both a mountain pass in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah and a ghost town located at the pass. Soldier Summit has been an important transportation route between the Wasatch Front and Price, Utah since the area was settled by the Mormon pioneers. It is on the route of both...
WashingtonWashington County, UtahAs of the census of 2000, there were 90,354 people, 29,939 households, and 23,442 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 36,478 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
- AdventureAdventure, UtahAdventure was an early settlement in Washington County, Utah, United States, established in 1860 by Philip Klingensmith and five other people from Iron County. They formed a small settlement as part of the cotton growing colony in the area, at a place a couple of miles up the Virgin River from...
- Duncan's RetreatDuncan's Retreat, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com* at Sons of Utah Pioneers...
- GraftonGrafton, UtahGrafton is a ghost town, just south of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Said to be the most photographed ghost town in the West, it has been featured as a location in several films, including 1929's In Old Arizona—the first talkie filmed outdoors—and the...
- Hamblin
- HarrisburgHarrisburg, UtahHarrisburg is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States. Established as Harrisville in 1859, the town was flooded by the Virgin River in 1862, causing the residents to move farther up the river. Soon after, the town's name was changed to Harrisburg...
- HebronHebron, Utah-External links:* *...
- Silver ReefSilver Reef, UtahSilver Reef is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States, about northeast of St. George and west of Leeds. Silver Reef was established after John Kemple, a prospector from Nevada, discovered a vein of silver in a sandstone formation in 1866. At first, geologists were uncertain about...
- Tonaquint