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List of ghost towns in Nebraska

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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.

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Ghost towns

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|Abdal{{cite web

| title = Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick

| url = https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc

| access-date = Jan 27, 2024}}

Nuckolls
|Ames{{cite web

| title = 5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned

| url = https://raregoldnuggets.com/?p=3865

| access-date = Nov 9, 2023}}

KetchumDodgeNot a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
|Andrews{{cite web

| title = Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan.

| url = https://genealogytrails.com/neb/sioux/countyhistory_andrews.htm

| access-date = Nov 9, 2023}}

Sioux19061951Source() may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
|Angora{{cite web

| title = Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914.

| url = http://genealogytrails.com/neb/morrill/countydata_angora.htm

| access-date = Nov 11, 2023}}

Antelope HillMorrill1900
|Anoka{{cite web

| title = Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns

| url = https://history.nebraska.gov/finding-nebraskas-ghost-towns/

| access-date = Nov 14, 2023}}

Boyd
|Antioch{{cite web

| title = This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget

| url = https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/ne-ghost-towns-road-trip/

| access-date = Jan 27, 2024}}{{cite web

| title = 15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska

| url = https://a-z-animals.com/blog/abandoned-and-forgotten-ghost-towns-in-nebraska/

| access-date = Jan 27, 2024}}

Sheridan1891
|AppletonPawnee
|Arago{{cite web

| title = 15 more Nebraska ghost towns

| url = https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/15-more-nebraska-ghost-towns/collection_cd46f82d-f767-563c-845a-09e77f6825f2.html#1

| access-date = Jan 26, 2024}}

FargoRichardson1860Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
|ArmourPawnee18901934
|AshfordBannerTemporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
|BayonneCherry
|BelmontEvergreen CityDawes
|BluevaleBlue ValleyYork
|BookwalterPawnee
|BowenWashington1886
|BowerBowervilleJefferson
|BreslauPierce
|BrewsterBlaineCounty seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!".
|BrocksburgKeya Paha
|BurtonKeya Paha
|CarnsKeya Paha
|CharlestownYork
|Cincinnati{{cite web

| title = Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers

| url = http://genealogytrails.com/neb/pawnee/earlysettlers.htm

| access-date = Nov 28, 2023}}

Pawnee
|CovingtonHarney CityDakota
|CrouseLancasterNow Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
|DaleCuster
|De SotoWashington
|DeWittyAudaciousCherry
|DobytownKearney
|Donald{{cite web

| title = Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map

| url = https://www.mygenealogyhound.com/maps/Nebraska-County-Maps/Hooker-County-Nebraska-1912-map-Mullen.htm#

| access-date = Nov 6, 2023}}

Hooker
|DuffRock
|DunwellHooker
|Dyson Hollow Lime KilnSarpy
|Eclipse{{cite web

| title = Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913.

| url = http://genealogytrails.com/neb/hooker/countynews.htm

| access-date = Nov 7, 2023}}

Hookercirca 1913First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
|EdholmButler
|ElsmereCherry
|EltonCuster
|ElviraMerrickOnce the county seat of Merrick County
|FactoryvilleUnion MillsCass
|FriedensauThayer
|GlenSioux
|GlencoeDodge
|GrossBoydNear ghost town.
|HaylandAdams
|HeclaHooker
|HomervilleGosper
|Hope{{cite web

| title = Hope (Scott‘s Bluff County)

| url = https://journalstar.com/4-hope-scotts-bluff-county/article_56e3e9d6-157f-5e90-9a9c-ec3d94d7daba.html

| access-date = Nov 7, 2023}}

Scotts BluffSeveral Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
|InghamLincoln
|Jacksonville
|JamaicaLancaster
|KelsoHooker
|KoestervillePawnee
|LakelandBrown
|Lee ParkCuster and Valley
|LemoyneKeith
|LetanBox Butte
|Linton
|LomaxCuster
|LynnMorrill
|MariavilleRock
|MarsJessupKnox
|MarslandDawes
|MarthaHolt
|MayberryPawnee
|MeadvilleKeya Paha
|MelroseHarlan
|MeridianBig SandyJefferson
|MinersvilleOtoe CityOtoe
|Mission CreekPawnee
|Monowi{{cite web

| title = Largest advertising poster

| url = https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-poster

| access-date = Nov 9, 2023}}

BoydA near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and Prudential Financial. They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made.
|MontroseSioux
|Mud SpringsMorrill
|NeapolisSaunders
|New Home
|NonpareilBox Butte
|North SummerfieldPawnee
|OmadiDakota1856
|Oreapolis{{cite web

| title = Oreapolis: Nebraska’s Ghost Town

| url = https://history.nebraska.gov/oreapolis-nebraskas-ghost-town/

| access-date = Nov 16, 2023}}

Cass18591864
|PaulineAdams1887
|PebbleDodge
|PishelvilleKnox1874
|PittsburgSeward
|Pleasant HillPleasanthillSaline
|Pleasant ValleyDodge
|RinggoldRingoldDawson
|Rock BluffCass
|RoyalAntelope
|SaltilloLancaster
|SartoriaBuffalo
|SavannahButler
|ShaffervillePawnee
|Scott's ValleyPawnee
|SedanNuckolls
|SheaJefferson
|SpeiserRichardson
|SpikerWashington
|Spring RanchSpringranch, Spring RancheClay
|St. DeroinSaint DeroinNemaha
|TatePawnee
|Tipp's BranchPawnee
|UnitSioux
|VenusKnox
|VioletButlerPawnee
|Wee TownWeePierce
|WeirHooker
|WeissertCuster
|WheelerBairdWheeler

Notes and references

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