Locations
Picher, Oklahoma, located in Ottawa County, was once a major lead and zinc mining center in the Tri-State Mining District for over a century.
Across New Mexico, numerous small towns that once thrived along historic highways and railroad lines now sit abandoned.
Two Guns is a ghost town along the east rim of Canyon Diablo in Arizona. Two Guns prospered as a tourist stop along U.S. Route 66.
Pennsylvania is home to many abandoned and forgotten communities, each with its own unique story.
This is a gallery of abandoned and forgotten communities in West Virginia.
Kay Moor, West Virginia, is a former company town for the Low Moor Iron Company. At its peak, it included a coal mine and processing plant. The town was named after James Kay, a Low Moor Iron employee who was responsible for its construction at the base of the mountain.
Coketon, West Virginia, is a former company town and coal mining facility of the Davis Coal & Coke Company.
Gary, West Virginia is a former company town in McDowell County and was named after U.S. Steel Chairman Judge Elbert Gary. Elbert, Filbert, Ream, Thorpe, and Wilcoe were satellite coal camps around Gary, and for decades, the town held the distinction of having one of the largest preparation plants in the world.
This is a gallery of abandoned and forgotten communities in Maryland.
Littleton is a former town in Wetzel County, West Virginia and has the distinction of having the lowest per capita income in the state at $6,036 – one of the lowest in the United States. Over half of the population of 198 are below the poverty line.
Elkmont, Tennessee was a pioneer Appalachian community, a logging town, and resort in the Little River valley in Tennessee.
Alabaster is a historic mining complex along the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan. It consists of an open-pit gypsum mine and the remains of processing buildings, shops, offices, houses, and outbuildings. It also contains an abandoned railroad and the remains of an elevated marine tramway that spans 1½ miles into Saginaw Bay.
Shadyside Village, better known as Yellow Dog, is a mostly vacant community along Buffalo Creek in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. As of 1987, the village boasted 148 residents, 35 dogs, and “innumerable” number of cats.
Mullens, located along the Guyandotte River in Wyoming County, West Virginia, was the commercial center of the Winding Gulf coalfield.
Kempton, Maryland is a former company town along the North Branch Potomac River and West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway.
Wilson, Maryland, along the North Branch Potomac River and West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway, was developed around the timber industry.
Henry, West Virginia is a former company town constructed by the Henry Brothers Coal & Coke Company, a subsidiary of the Davis Coal & Coke Company.
Nuttallburg, located along the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia, was a coal mining venture that was spawned out of England-born entrepreneur John Nuttall.