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List of ghost towns in North Dakota

Several ghost towns have been recorded in North Dakota and are in various states of disrepair; some are mostly intact but have no residents, while others have completely barren or inaccessible sites. Other communities might have a small population but are frequently referred to as a ghost town due to population decline and disrepair.

A sign along the railroad tracks in Petrel
The abandoned Falsen School in Verendrye
Abandoned church in Temple

Classification

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Barren site
  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Submerged
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/footings at most
Neglected site
  • Only rubble left
  • All buildings uninhabited
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Some buildings or houses still standing
Abandoned site
  • Buildings or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings
Semi-abandoned site
  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • Fewer than 50 residents
  • Many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

Ghost towns

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Name County Settled Abandoned Status Notes
Alfred LaMoure Semi-abandoned
Appam Williams 1916 Semi-abandoned
Arena Burleigh 1906 Abandoned
Aurelia
Beaver Creek Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Belden Mountrail 1904 Semi-abandoned
Bently [2]
Brisbane Grant 1906 Barren [3][4]
Carbury Bottineau 1901 c. 2000 Abandoned
Charbonneau McKenzie 1960s Abandoned [5]
Charging Eagle Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Clyde Cavalier 1905 Semi-abandoned
Dogtooth Grant 1876 c. 1911 Barren [6]
Elbowoods McLean 1889 1954 Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Epworth
Fort Buford Williams 1866 1895 Abandoned U.S. Army fort
Freda Grant 1910 c. 1975 Neglected
Gorham Billings c. 1899 1972 Abandoned
Hartland Ward 1907
Heaton Wells 1895 Semi-abandoned [7]
Independence Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Keystone Dickey
Leipzig Grant 1896 1910 Barren [2]
Lonetree
Lucky Butte Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
McKinney Renville
Mose Griggs 1889 1943 Barren
Nishu Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Old Sanish 1953 Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Omemee Bottineau 1887 c. 1990s Neglected
Petrel Adams 1908 Barren
Red Butte Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Sanger Oliver 1879 1985 Barren
Schafer McKenzie Neglected [8]
Shell Creek Barren Submerged under Lake Sakakawea[1]
Sherbrooke Steele 1884 circa 1920 Abandoned after the county seat moved from it to Finley, North Dakota, in 1919.
Sims Morton 1883
Sully Springs Billings c. 1880 c. 1939 Barren Railroad town abandoned during the Great Depression[9]
Tagus Mountrail 1900 Semi-abandoned
Temple Williams 1906 c. 1965 Neglected
Temvik Emmons 1904 2000
Ukraina Billings c. 1906 c. 1949 Neglected Only two cemeteries left
Verendrye McHenry 1912 1970 Neglected
Wabek Mountrail Abandoned [10]
Watrous Hettinger 1910 Neglected
Wheelock Williams 1902 c. 1996 Semi-abandoned

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Dura, Jack (June 11, 2022). "The Story of Elbowoods". Prairie Public. Prairie Public Broadcasting. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b New Milwaukee Towns, Mandan [North Dakota] Pioneer 4/8/1910 Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Brisbane, ND Postal Application 1910 Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Brisbane North Dakota Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Dura, Jack (November 1, 2016). "Memories still remain in Charbonneau". McKenzie County Farmer. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  6. ^ Where was Dogtooth North Dakota? Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Heaton". The Herald-Press. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  8. ^ "The ghost town of Schafer". The Bismarck Tribune. October 27, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Hoffbeck, Steve (June 10, 2022). "Sully Springs, A Badlands Ghost Town". Prairie Public. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Davis, Lauren (October 5, 2021). "Hidden History: Preserved Wabek schoolhouse in a "ghost town"". KX News. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
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