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On wikipedia there is a long list of ghost towns by state. Some of the towns listed are defiantly populated so I'm not sure what actually makes a ghost town. The wikipedia link is below.
Also what is your favorite ghost town?
https://en.wikiped..._the_United_States
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You wont find hard and precise definition or rules for this unless some elitest photography group or local historical society has proclaimed one
the term gets used pretty loosely like "sandwich" various stuff between some bread it leaves a lot of room for interpretation
I like Valentine Texas not really a town anymore, a ghost of its former self some people still live there
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Posted by 2Xplorations
I like Valentine Texas not really a town anymore, a ghost of its former self some people still live there
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Yeah Valentine lost their only dentist recently. She relocated to Alpine. Valentine is cool.
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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I can comment on two in NY. Love Canal is near Niagara Falls. It was never really a town per say, more of a neighborhood. After it came to light that several companies and the federal government had been dumping chemicals in the ground and the canal for years most people moved out and the buildings were torn down. Some people still live on the outskirts. It's a cool place to drive through, but not much is left building wise.
Red House has so few people because it is located in Allegheny Park. Which would obviously have very few permanent residents.
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I like this spot just because it's almost in my back yard. 28,000 acres inundated in 1958 for the St. Lawrence Seaway project. On the Canadian side of the river, 6500 people were displaced and 531 homes were moved to new towns. Not as big a deal on the American side as it was sparsely populated around there. Some nice aerial shots can be found here.
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I love Thurmond, WV, population seven. Nothing urbex related but it makes for some awesome train shots! ;)
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Posted by TheSwanStation
I can comment on two in NY. Love Canal is near Niagara Falls. It was never really a town per say, more of a neighborhood. After it came to light that several companies and the federal government had been dumping chemicals in the ground and the canal for years most people moved out and the buildings were torn down. Some people still live on the outskirts. It's a cool place to drive through, but not much is left building wise. |
When is the last time that you've been to the Falls? There's a giant seal on the former Love Canal area, and it's fenced off, and there are a large number of houses on one of the sides. It's not even close to a "ghost town".
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So far the only ghost town that I've explored is Gilman, Colorado. We explored the 30 or so buildings left there (some of them were still kind of neat, others were ravaged by vandals), and we also went down in the valley to explore the mine.
It was a really nice day and epic explore.
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Okaton SD. Real ghost town, turned tourist ghost town, then vacated and turned real ghost town again.
http://www.legends...com/sd-okaton.html
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New England doesn't have many (or any really) of the 'classic' ghost town. So my favorite, the only one I've visited, is Two Guns, AZ. 1910's bridge, 1920's buildings, 1950's Rt66 gas station, a cursed cave...
http://www.ghostto...es/az/twoguns.html
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My favorite isn't even on that list. It's the Long Pond IronWorks in Hewitt, NJ.
http://tfpnj.blogs...ond-ironworks.html
https://www.flickr...62837453@N07/sets/
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