List of ghost towns in Wyoming

This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wyoming.

Classification
One of the buildings in Table Rock, which was bulldozed in 2011

Barren site
  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site
  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store

Semi abandoned site
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

Historic community
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Table
Name Other names County Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks
Atlantic City Fremont County Semi-abandoned [1]
Alva Crook County Semi-abandoned
Baker Town
Barrett Town
Bear Rock
Benton [1]
Bessemer
Bosler Albany County
Bryan Sweetwater County
Buckhorn
Buford Albany County
Cambria Weston County
Canyon Springs [2]
Carbon Timber Town [1]
Clifton
The Duncan [1]
Empire
Forest City
Fort Steele [1]
Gebo Hot Springs County
Hecla Laramie County
Horton
Jeffrey City Fremont County
Jireh
Kane Big Horn County
Linwood on the Wyoming-Utah state line
Lewiston [3]
Lost Springs Converse County
Manhattan
Mineral Hill
Miner's Delight Fremont County
Moskee [3]
Pacific Springs [3]
Piedmont Uinta County
Rocky Ford
Sage Lincoln County
South Pass City Fremont County Semi-abandoned
Sherman Albany County
Spencer
Sunrise Platte County
Table Rock Sweetwater County Late 1970s 2010 Barren
Tubb Town Weston County
Van Tassell Niobrara County
Walcott Carbon County [4]
Welcome
Whoop-Up [5]

Notes and references
  1. Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  2. Hafnor, John. Black Hills Believables: Strange-but-true Tales of the Old West. Fort Collins, Colorado: Lone Pine Productions, 2002. 54. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.
  3. Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  4. Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  5. Hafnor, John. Black Hills Believables: Strange-but-true Tales of the Old West. Fort Collins, Colorado: Lone Pine Productions, 2002. 54. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.
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