This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Washington, a state of the United States.
Classification
Barren site Sites no longer in existence Sites that have been destroyed Submerged in water 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, 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.
List of towns Name County Location Settled AbandonedCurrent status Remarks AinsworthFranklin The northern bank of the mouth of the Snake River, in what is now Pasco, Washington. October, 1879 (platted) Approximately 1885Absorbed into Pasco AlderdaleKlickitat Along Washington State Route 14, where Alder creek connects into Columbia River 1907 (post office established) 1962 (post office closed)Barren It is believed that Lewis & Clark camped at nearby Alder Creek in 1806. AlmotaWhitman Where Almonta Creek connects into Snake River 1878 (post office established) 1961 (post office closed)Submerged Remains of Almota were flooded by construction of the Little Goose Dam. AlpineSkagit Shore of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County 1894 1898Abandoned Established as a resort, the village had homes, a schoolhouse, a post office, and a nascent hotel. By 1906 it was described as deserted. AlpineKing Cascade Mountains near Skykomish late 19th century c. 1929Destroyed AltoColumbia Eleven or twelve miles north-east of Dayton. 1882 (post office established) 1903 (post office closed) AmeliaMason 1895 (post office established) 1901 (post office closed) AnkenyAdams AttaliaWalla Walla 1906 (post office established) 1952 (post office closed) BairdDouglas 1896 (post office established) 1934 (post office closed) BarnestonKing 1901 1924 Abandoned in 1924 after the City of Seattle disallowed all human habitation within the Cedar River watershed in order to keep the water pure. Barron Whatcom Near modern Winthrop 1893 1907 Belcher CampFerry c. 1897 BishopWhitman 1913 (post office established) 1925 (post office closed) Blewett Chelan c. 1874 After 1905Neglected BodieOkanogan 1886 1934Neglected BolsterOkanogan 1899 After 1916 BonitaDouglas 1903 1927 BordeauxThurston 1890s 1941Barren Logging town that had a post office by 1909. Town site purchased by Courtney Love in the 2000s; some concrete foundations and a smokestack remain. BossburgStevens c. 1892 c. 1910Semi-abandoned Brief Burnt RidgeLewis Approximately east of Onalaska 1880s Unknown (schoolhouse shuttered in 1945) Locale, landform Location of the Burnt Ridge Airstrip (WN74) Camp 1Pierce CanyonWhitman 1905 (post office established) 1918 (post office closed) CedarvilleStevens 1890s 1911 Clay CityPierce Before 1913 CoeySpokane CraigeAsotin 1898 (post office established) 1941 (post office closed) Diamond CityPend Oreille DarknellSpokane DelaneyColumbia DrumhellerFranklin 1906 (post office established) 1909 (post office closed) DuncanSpokane EhrlichSkagit 1896 1915 ElbertonWhitman 1886 (platted) 1966 (disincorporated)Semi-abandoned EwartsvilleWhitman FairbanksWhitman FairfaxPierce 1892 1943 (post office closed)Barren FishtrapLincoln 1906 (post office established) 1936 (post office closed) FrankfortPacific 1876 (Homesteaded) After 1960 FranklinKing 1880s After 1919FreedomSpokaneBarrenNearby the town of Spangle.GalenaSnohomishNortheast of IndexPlatted in 1891 GettysburgClallam 1887 (settled) 1926 (post office closed)Barren GilmerKlickitat 1883 (post office established) 1919 (post office closed) GodfreyStevens 1905 (post office established) 1912 (post office closed) GoldenOkanogan 1887 After 1910 GoshenWhatcom GovanLincoln Late 1880s 1967 (with population remaining into the 2010s)Abandoned Grange CityColumbia Grisdale Grays Harbor 1946 1986 GulerKlickitat Absorbed A small town that was absorbed into Trout Lake, Guler was a dairy and forestry community in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. It had a small store and tavern and gas station. Once the Forest Service came in and built housing, Trout Lake and Guler merged into one town now known as Trout Lake. Some folks tend to call the town of Trout Lake "Sleeping Beauty Valley", as the mountain at the foot of Mt. Adams and between Adams and Flat Top mountain resembles a sleeping Native American Maiden said to be "Bird Woman", the bride of Adams. (also known as Patoe) HanfordBenton 1907 (settled) 1943 (depopulated)Evicted/demolished Hanson FerryAsotin 1891 (post office established) 1929 (post office closed) HavenGrant 1907 (post office established) 1913 (post office closed) HillhurstPierce 1878 (post office established) 1920 (post office closed) HolmanPacific 1889 (railroad stop established) 1930 (railroad stop removed) Hot SpringsKing 1886 Before 1918Barren IlliaGrant InteriorWhitman JamesonDouglas 1906 (post office established) 1912 (post office closed) JerichoGrant JeritaWhitman KennedyKestnerGrays Harbor18911986De-facto abandoned in 1939. KenovaWhitman KerristonKing 1904 (post office established) 1935 (post office closed) KeystoneAdams KnapptonPacific 1871 (post office established) 1943 (post office closed) KopiahLewis 1906 (post office established) After 1930 LadowWhitman Laurel Whatcom between Glenwood and Trout Lake Early 1960s A small town part of Broughten Lumber Company. LesterKing 1891 or 1892 About 1984Demolished/barren LeveyFranklin LibertyKittitas 1873 After 1960Historic Abandoned gold mining town associated with an 1873 gold rush. Liberty BondKlickitat Between Appleton and Glenwood Around 1930s A former logging camp and town LindbergLewis 1911 (post office established) Loop LoopOkanogan Mack Manito MartindaleFranklin McAdamFranklin McGeesJefferson McGowanPacific 1853 (established) April 15, 1939 (post office closed)Abandoned MelmontPierce 1900 Early 1920sBarren MendotaLewis 1909 (post office established) 1923 (post office closed)Mineral CitySnohomishNorth of Galena on Silver Creek1873 (settled as Silver City) 1892 (established as Mineral City)Barren MockSpokane MolsonOkanogan 1900 August 1967 (post office closed)Historic MonohonKing 1888 1925 Monte CristoSnohomish About 1889 1983Barren/neglected MoonaxKlickitat Around 1940Submerged Railroad station submerged underwater. MooreChelan 1892 (post office established) 1955 (post office closed) MoraClallam 1891 (post office established) 1942 (post office closed)Barren MottingerBenton 1908 (post office established) 1951 (post office closed) NagromKing 1911 (post office established) Before 1984 Old TorodaOkanogan About 1897 Not to be confused with Toroda, which was moved and renamed Bodie. OsceolaKing Around 1900Abandoned Pacific CityPacific About 1848 1865 (post office closed) PageKing ParkWhatcom 1884 (post office established) 1925 (post office closed) PenawawaWhitman 1871 Named after a nearby creek at Union Flat, the town of Penawawa lay twelve miles west of Almota. Its first permanent settler, Mr. Ed Johnson, arrived in 1871 and raised cattle. In 1872, the territorial road running from Walla Walla to Colville stopped at the settlement and helped its economy greatly. It was platted in 1877 by founders Emsley Flincher, C.C. Cram and Francis Marion Byrd. Cram owned a ferry business on the other side of the Snake River and Penawawa grew as a ferry station and an exchange station that kept fresh horses for the stage coach route from Spokane to Pendleton. It was widely used until the highway was built and bypassed Penawawa for Central Ferry instead. There was also a railroad in the vicinity, located near Camas Prairie Road. The Penawawa post office was in existence from 1872 to 1937. Their school, which had begun sometime before 1890, consolidated with Colfax in 1940. The cemetery was also moved to Colfax in 1966 due to the likelihood of water levels rising from construction (beginning 1963) of the Little Goose Dam. Pinkney CityStevens 1859 After 1882 Pleasant ViewWalla Walla 1894 PluviusPacific Watershed divide of the Chehalis and Willapa rivers 1891-1892 Voting precinct only by 1950s Named after the Roman god, Jupiter, by the construction crew of a Northern Pacific Railroad line, due to heavy rainfall during the build. ProvidenceAdamsNear where the town of Servia stood. PurringtonWhitman RenslowKittitas RipariaWhitman 1882 (post office established) 1963 (post office closed) RobinsonOkanogan 1900 (post office established) 1902 (post office closed) RockdaleKing 1912 (post office established) 1915 (post office closed) RockwellAdams RodnaSpokane 1912 (post office established) 1931 (post office closed) RozaKittitas 1904 (post office established) 1935 (post office closed) RubyOkanogan Spring 1886 1893 Not the Ruby in Pend Oreille County. RyanStevens 1897 (post office established) 1912 (post office closed) RyeKittitas SandersonDouglas 1908 (post office established) 1920 (post office closed) Sauk CitySkagit Near Rockport 1880s (original town), 1901 (new town) 1897 (original town), early 20th century (new town) SeahavenPacific Late 1880s 1891 (post office closed) SelticeWhitman ServiaAdams Shanako ShanoAdams SheridanKing 1892 (post office established) 1895 (post office closed) ShermanLincoln 1880s-1890sAbandoned ShuksanWhatcom 1897Barren Skagit CitySkagit 1868 Early 1910sAbandoned Standard (Green's Spur) Whatcom Between Acme and Clipper on the SR 9, directly south of Homesteader Rd.1908 (post office established)1920 (post office closed)Historic Swift SynarepOkanogan TauntonAdams 1908 (post office established) 1913 (post office closed) TaylorKing 1893 1947Evicted/barren TeskeAdams ThavisAdams TheonAsotin 1884 1909 (post office closed) TonoThurston 1907 1976Barren TrinityChelan Around 1914 UnfriedGarfield 1910 (post office established) 1917 (post office closed) Union CenterWhitman VailThurston 1930 (post office established) 1963 (post office closed) WaltersWhitman WalvilleLewis 1903 (post office established) 1936 (post office closed) WellingtonKing 1893 After 1929Demolished Renamed Tye WestonKing Around 1885-1886 Around 1915Barren White BluffsBenton 1861 1943Barren WhitneySkagit 1882 (platted) 1914 (post office closed) WilcoxWhitman 1892 (post office established) 1935 (post office closed) WinesapChelan 1909 (post office established) 1944 (post office closed) ZindelAsotin 1902 (post office established) 1912 (post office closed)
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