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List of ghost towns in Oregon

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According to several historians, the U.S. state of Oregon contains over 200 ghost towns.{{cite book|last=Arndt|first=Steve|title=Oregon Ghost Towns A to Z|year=2015|isbn=978-0-984-42949-3|publisher=Stephen Arndt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsWUrgEACAAJ|location=Portland, Oregon}}{{cite web|work=1859|url=https://1859oregonmagazine.com/think-oregon/history/the-vanished-cities/|oclc=489252235|location=Bend, Oregon|title=The Vanished Cities|last=McBee|first=Ben|date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819000938/https://1859oregonmagazine.com/think-oregon/history/the-vanished-cities/|archive-date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}} Professor and historian Stephen Arndt has counted a total of 256 ghost towns in the state, some well known, others "really obscure."{{cite web|work=USA Today|issn=0734-7456|title=Grant's Getaways: Oregon's Ghost Towns|last=McOmie|first=Grant|date=September 5, 2015|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/grants-getaways/2015/09/05/grants-getaways-oregons-ghost-towns/71789942/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819233934/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/grants-getaways/2015/09/05/grants-getaways-oregons-ghost-towns/71789942/|archive-date=August 19, 2019}} The high number of ghost towns and former communities in the state is largely due to its frontier history and the influx of pioneers who emerged in the area during the 19th century. Many of the ghost towns in Oregon were once mining or lumber camps that were abandoned after their respective industries became unprosperous.

This list includes towns and communities that have been described as ghost towns, and may be abandoned, unpopulated, or have populations that have declined to significantly small numbers;{{efn|According to T. Lindsay Baker, a "ghost town" can refer to either an unpopulated town or a town that, though still populated (albeit in small numbers), has seen a significant decline in population since its establishment.{{sfn|Baker|2003|p=9}}}} some may still be classified as unincorporated communities. {{As of|2019}}, some of the towns included may have small residual populations; others may retain few physical remnants of their existence, but are broadly considered ghost towns under prevailing definitions in the United States.{{efn|American author Lambert Florin's preferred definition of a ghost town is simply "a shadowy semblance of a former self,"{{sfn|Hall|2010|p=7}} while historian T. Lindsey Baker defines a ghost town as simply "a town for which the reason for being no longer exists." Based on the definitions, Sherman County has the most ghost towns with 14 while Klamath County has the fewest with zero.{{sfn|Baker|2003|p=9}}}}

Classifications

Many historians and enthusiasts of ghost towns use a classification system to distinguish ghost towns by types. This classification, which breaks towns into numerous different types, was established by photographer Gary Speck, and has been adapted here.{{sfn|Thomsen|2012|pages=24–25}}{{Cite web |title=Ghost Town Categories |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gtusa/history/classes.pdf |website=Ghost Town USA}}

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! style="width:1%"| Class

! style="width:20%" | Distinguishing features{{sfn|Thomsen|2012|pages=24–25}}

style="text-align:center;"| A

| No apparent remains of former settlement exist. In some cases, site may be marked and/or contain a cemetery.

style="text-align:center;"| B

| Dilapidated buildings and/or remnants of buildings present, along with rubble and debris.

style="text-align:center;"| C

| No population, but structures are still mostly intact; may be actively preserved by a caretaker.

style="text-align:center;"| D

| Area is sparsely populated and may boast period structures (of varied physical condition) and/or a cemetery, but no operative town proper.

style="text-align:center;"| E

| Has retained a small population and historic structures, though typically not as substantive as in its heyday.

style="text-align:center;"| F

|Not a stand-alone classification, but an addition to any of the above. It usually designates a restored town, state park, or indicates some other “additional” status.

Towns

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width=100| Town

! width=70|{{abbr|Est.|Established}}

!width=70|Disest.

! County

! Class

! class=unsortable|Notes

! class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Refs.|References}}

scope="row"| Airlie

| 1882

|1927

| Polk

| D

| The railroad from Airlie north to Monmouth was abandoned in 1927, but the community survived, anchored by a general store and gas station.

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=6}}{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=11}}

scope="row"| Ajax

| 1888

|1940s{{Cite web |last=Willey |first=Ross |date=1995–1996 |title=Ajax, Oregon |url=https://westernplaces.net/products/kawich-nv-keystone-wa-eliza-ca-mud-springs-station-nv-and-ajax-or-by-alan-h-patera-western-places-volume-4-1 |url-status=dead |website=Family Search |access-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602133341/https://westernplaces.net/products/kawich-nv-keystone-wa-eliza-ca-mud-springs-station-nv-and-ajax-or-by-alan-h-patera-western-places-volume-4-1 }}

| Gilliam

| A

|20 miles Northwest of Condon lies what's left of Ajax, along with its accompanying private use runway.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|pages=6–7}}

scope="row"| All Hours

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| Josephine

| A

| A gold mining town 4 miles east of Takilma in the Illinois River Valley.

| {{Cite web |last=Walter |first=Greg |date=Aug 22, 2022 |title=Ghost Towns of the Illinois River Valley |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ghost_towns_illinois_river_valley/pdf/#:~:text=The%20towns%20(All%20Hours%2C%20Allentown,mines%20and%20had%20more%20amenities.}}

scope="row"| Alma

| 1880s

| {{unknown}}

|Lane

| A

|It was the location of a work camp for the county Department of Corrections in Lane County until 2008.

|{{Cite web |title=Camp Alma |url=https://veteranslegacyoregon.org/camp-alma/ |website=Veterans Legacy Oregon|date=October 4, 2022 }}

scope="row"| Andrews

| 1880

| 1996

| Harney

| C

|When it burned down in 1996, the community became a ghost town.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=24}}

scope="row"| Anlauf

| 1901

| 1946

| Douglas

| D

|Near modern Curtin.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=18}}

scope="row"| Antelope

| 1871

|

| Wasco

| D

|As more Rajneeshees moved to Antelope, more of the town's original residents sold their lots and left. The old-timers panicked, and held a vote to disincorporate.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|pages=109–112}}

scope="row"| Apiary

| 1889

|

| Columbia

| D

|Currently, Apiary Road is a popular freight route for forest products moving from the Northern Oregon Coast Range to markets in Longview, Washington.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Miller|1977|p=127}}

scope="row"| Ashwood

| 1870 ({{circa}})

|

| Jefferson

| C

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=16, 18}}{{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=688–690}}

scope="row"| Auburn

| 1861

| 1903

| Baker

| A

| Site of first gold rush in eastern Oregon.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Miller|1977|p=69}}

scope="row"| Austin

| 1888

| 1950

| Grant

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Miller|2017|p=15}}

scope="row"| Bacona

|1897

|

| Washington

|A

|Four families from Denmark immigrated at the same time and settled in the area.

|{{Cite book |last=Friedman |first=Ralph |title=Tracking Down Oregon |publisher=Caxton Press |year=1978 |isbn=9780870042577 |edition=illustrated}}

scope="row"| Ballston

| 1878

|1969

| Polk

| D

|Previously known as “Ballsville”, the name of the post office was changed to Ballston in 1880.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite news |url= http://www.itemizerobserver.com/DIOExplorer/explore06.pdf |title= Explore Polk County |date= May 22, 2009 |work=Polk County Itemizer-Observer|page= 77C |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090920111351/http://www.itemizerobserver.com/DIOExplorer/explore06.pdf |archive-date= September 20, 2009 |url-status= dead }}

scope="row"| Bates

| 1917

| 1975

| Grant

| A

| Named after Paul Chapman Bates

|{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Gregg |title=Community of Bates |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bates_community_/}}

scope="row"| Bayocean

| 1906

|1953

| Tillamook

| A

| Destroyed by coastal erosion; In 1971, the last remaining building (a garage) fell into the ocean.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/28/bayocean-american-city-disappeared-oregon|title=Bayocean: the American city that disappeared because man ignored nature|date=April 28, 2015|last=Wilson|first=Jason|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150428202041/http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/28/bayocean-american-city-disappeared-oregon|archive-date=April 28, 2015|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Beaver Hill

| 1896

|1926

| Coos

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Miller|1977|p=72}}

scope="row"| Bethel

| 1865

|

| Polk

| D

|The only remaining structure is a school, now serving as a church.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Florin|1992|p=13}}

scope="row" | Black Rock

|1910

|1960

| Polk

| A

|In 1943, Black Rock was incorporated into the U.S. tree farm system.

|

scope="row"| Blaine

|1882

|

|Tillamook

|D

|James G. Blaine. Smith was appointed postmaster in 1882.

|{{Cite web |title=City, Community, and Road Name Origins |url=https://www.tillamookcounty.gov/publicworks/page/city-community-and-road-name-origins |website=tillamookcounty.gov}}

scope="row" | Blalock

| 1879

|1968

| Gilliam

| A

| Inundated by the John Day Dam in 1968.

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|pages=88–89}}

scope="row"| Blitzen

| 1915 ({{circa}})

|1943

| Harney

| B

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Metzler|1986|p=61}}

scope="row"| Bohemia City

| 1893

|1922

| Lane

| B

|The mining town depended on provisions from Cottage Grove.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Romaine|2015|p=150}}

scope="row"| Boston

| 1858

|1899

| Linn

| C-F

| Partly resected and subsumed by Shedd in 1899.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|pages=101, 865}}

scope="row"| Bourne

| 1895

|

| Baker

| D

|Originally named "Cracker City".

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Miller|1977|p=73}}

scope="row"| Boyd

| 1861

|1955

| Wasco

| C

| Repurposed as farmland.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|pages=100–101}}

scope="row"| Bradwood

| 1930

| June 25, 1963

| Clatsop

| A

| on June 25, 1963 the mill & entire town was sold at auction into private hands. A major fire in 1965 destroyed the mill & much of the remaining buildings, and another fire in 1984 took care of what buildings remained.

|{{Cite web |date=June 18, 2023 |title=BG278: Abandoned General Store at now gone Bradwood, Oregon – April 1981. |url=https://yesterdaystrails.wordpress.com/2023/06/18/bg278-general-store-at-now-gone-bradwood-oregon-april-1981/ |website=Yesterdays Trails}}{{Cite web |title=Bradwood, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA |url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-295464.html |website=Mindat}}{{Cite news |last=Webb |first=Patrick |date=April 10, 2018 |title=Aalberg highlights Bradwood, Wauna and Westport under the spotlight |url=https://www.discoverourcoast.com/coast-weekend/arts/at-the-april-19-thursday-night-talk-jim-aalberg-highlights-bradwood-wauna-and-westport-under/article_4525ff1a-d3b3-5758-99c8-837564f904bc.amp.html |work=Weekend}}

scope="row"| Bridal Veil

| 1886

|

| Multnomah

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|title=Where We Live: The ghost town that is Bridal Veil|url=https://www.koin.com/news/where-we-live-the-ghost-town-that-is-bridal-veil/amp/|work=KOIN|location=Portland, Oregon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819023245/https://www.koin.com/news/where-we-live-the-ghost-town-that-is-bridal-veil/amp/|last=Boddie|first=Ken|date=10 September 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Brighton

|1912

|1950s

|Tillamook

|D

|Named for the seaside resort of Brighton, England. It was hoped the place would become a popular vacation spot.

|{{Sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}}

scope="row"| Browntown

| 1853

| {{unknown}}

| Josephine

| B

| It was located near the mouth of Walker Gulch on Althouse Creek before being moved in 1876. The flat on which the town stood has been long since sluiced away, and no trace of the old townsite remains.

|{{Cite news |last=Mackay |first=William |date=Jun 18, 1911 |title=Althouse Creek in the Early Days |work=Medford Sun |pages=B4}}

scope="row"| Buena Vista

| 1850

|

| Polk

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Corning|1947|p=55}}

scope="row"| Bull Run

| 1893

|

| Clackamas

| D

| Originally named Unavilla. Site of Bull Run Hydroelectric Powerhouse.

| style="text-align:center;'| {{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/today/2014/12/historic_bull_run_powerhouse_t.html|work=The Oregonian|date=December 4, 2014|last=Kullgren|first=Ian K.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819080103/https://www.oregonlive.com/today/2014/12/historic_bull_run_powerhouse_t.html|archive-date=August 19, 2019|title=Historic facility that powered Portland's early streetcars to reopen to public|location=Portland, Oregon|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=93}}

scope="row"| Buncom

| 1851

|

| Jackson

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=248–249}}

scope="row"| Burlington

| 1855

|1857

| Linn

| A

| Burlington post office was established in 1855 and ran until 1857 when it was renamed Peoria and likely moved to the other town

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Corning|1947|p=67}}

scope="row"| Butteville

| 1840

|

| Marion

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=701–703}}{{sfn|Florin|1992|pages=19–21}}

scope="row"| Cabell City

| 1880s

|

| Grant

| B

| Mining encampment; also contains cemetery.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1991|p=116}}

scope="row"| Cascadia

| 1892

|

| Linn

| C

| Originally a stage stop on the Santiam Wagon Road, then a summer resort also known as Cascadia Mineral Springs, Cascadia had a post office established in 1898.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=137}}

scope="row"| Castle Rock

| 1881

| 1968

| Morrow

| A

| In 1968 Lake Umatilla inundated the railroad bed and the adjacent highway. The railroad station was subsequently moved to a higher elevation about a mile south and renamed Castle.

|{{Cite web |last=Peck |first=Jerry |title=History of Castle Rock & Boardman, Oregon |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ormorrow/BoardmanHistory.htm}}

scope="row"| Champoeg

| 1841

| 1861

| Marion

| C-F

|Destroyed by the great flood of 1862

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|pages=28–29}}

scope="row"| Chapman

|1905

|1990s

|Columbia

|A-F

|Originally the terminus to the Portland & Southwestern Railroad. In 2005, the Port of St. Helens donated the Chapman Landing property for a future trailhead, [https://www.scappoose.gov/parksrec/page/chapman-landing park], and water connection.

|{{Cite web |date= |title=Crown-Z Trail History |url=https://sites.google.com/colcomuseum.org/crownz-trail/history_1/trail-history# |website=colcomuseum.org |publisher=Columbia County Historical Society & Museum Association}}{{Cite web |title=Chapman |url=https://sites.google.com/colcomuseum.org/crownz-trail/history_1/ruley-th/chapman |website=colcomuseum.org |publisher=Columbia County Historical Society & Museum Association}}

scope="row"| Cherryville

| 1884

|

| Clackamas

| D

| Remaining cemetery designated local historic site in 2014.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=621}}{{cite web|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/sp/68-news/223984-85419-historic-cherryville-cemetery-receives-a-stone-marker|work=Portland Tribune|location=Portland, Oregon|title=Historic Cherryville Cemetery receives a stone marker|last=Wray|first=Kylie|date=June 11, 2014|archive-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212044416/https://pamplinmedia.com/sp/68-news/223984-85419-historic-cherryville-cemetery-receives-a-stone-marker}}

scope="row"| Chitwood

| 1887

|

| Lincoln

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=196}}

scope="row"| Chinatown

| 1864

| 1940s

| Baker

| A

| In the 1970s, the last of its buildings were torn down.

|{{Cite web |last=Dielman |first=Gary |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Baker City Chinatown |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/baker_city_chinatown/ |website=Oregon Encyclopedia}}

scope="row"| Clarksville

| 1862

| 1880s

| Baker

| A

|

|{{Cite book |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv18148 |title=Clarksville, Or., general store account book}}

scope="row"| Clatsop Plains

|1870

|1910s

|Clatsop

|F

|Clatsop Plains extended from the Skipanon River to Seaside. Eventually, Gearhart came into being and the town was subsumed by it.

|{{Cite web |title=The History of Seaside, Oregon |url=http://www.clatsop.com/ccri/seaside/seaside-history-pg12.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971027022107/http://www.clatsop.com/ccri/seaside/seaside-history-pg12.html |archive-date=Oct 27, 1997 |website=clatsop.com}}

scope="row"| Clifton

| 1874

|

| Clatsop

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=123–124}}

scope="row" | Coe

|1889

|1952

|Marion

|B

|The original townsite of Detroit (coe) was inundated in 1952 when the Corps of Engineers finished Detroit Dam on the Santiam River.

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://detroitoregon.us/our-history/ |website=detroitoregon.us|date=February 12, 2021 }}

scope="row"| Copper

| 1924

|1980

| Jackson

| A

| Remaining buildings demolished and/or flooded to make way for Applegate Lake.

| style=text-align:center|{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Bill|title=The underwater ghost town|url=http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20081214/NEWS/812140331|website=Mail Tribune|location=Medford, Oregon|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en|date=December 14, 2008}}

scope="row"| Copper

| 1904

|

| Wallowa

| B

|Now part of Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=176}}

scope="row"| Copperfield

| 1898

|1927

| Baker

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2016/10/rich_even_murderous_history_ca.html|title=Rich, even murderous, history can still be found in Oregon's ghost towns: Halloween history photos|date=October 31, 2016|last=Perry|first=Douglas|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819012842/https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2016/10/rich_even_murderous_history_ca.html|archive-date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Cornucopia

| 1884

|

| Baker

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|p=36}}

scope="row"| Cross Hollows

|1879

|1911

|Wasco

|B

|Thought to be the previous name for Shaniko, August Scherneckau arrived at Cross Hollows from Germany in 1874.

|

scope="row"| Danner

| 1863

|

| Malheur

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=267}}

scope="row"| Dee

| 1906

|

| Hood River

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Miller|1977|p=116}}

scope="row"| De Moss Springs

| 1887

|

| Sherman

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.co.sherman.or.us/ghost-towns-old-west/|publisher=Sherman County, Oregon|title=Ghost Towns of the Old West|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819054552/https://www.co.sherman.or.us/ghost-towns-old-west/|archive-date=August 19, 2019}}

scope="row"| Divide

| 1900

| 1909

| Lane

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|pages=291–292}}

scope="row"| Dolph

| 1880s

| 1960s

| Tillamook

| A

|In 1916–1917, a new public road was built from the Little Nestucca road over Sourgrass Summit to join the old road, Because the new route to the coast was free, there was no longer a need to collect tolls and the town no longer had a reason to exist.

|{{Cite web |last=McKillip |first=Lloyd |title=Dolph, Oregon |url=http://www.southtillamookcounty.com/dolph.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112721/http://www.southtillamookcounty.com/dolph.htm |archive-date=Jul 16, 2011 |website=South Tillamook County}}

scope="row"| Dufur

| 1893

|

| Wasco

| E

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|pages=138–9}}

scope="row"| Elk City

| 1868

|

| Lincoln

| D

| Originally named Newton.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=323}}

scope="row"| Ellendale

| 1850

|

| Polk

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=327}}

scope="row"| Eola

| 1844

|

| Polk

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=333}}

scope="row"| Erskine

| 1882

|1907

| Sherman

| A

|Also known as Millra.

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| Eureka

| 1892

|

| Baker

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=261}}

scope="row"| Eureka Bar

| 1903

|

| Wallowa

| B

| {{As of|2015}}, only foundations of buildings remain.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.wallowa.com/news/local/eureka-bar-s-faded-summer-dream/article_fd69081e-b944-5e7f-afb3-3c9ea90cd8c5.html|work=Wallowa County Chieftain|location=Enterprise, Oregon|title=Eureka Bar's faded summer dream|last=Rautenstrauch|first=Rick|date=January 28, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820053351/https://www.wallowa.com/news/local/eureka-bar-s-faded-summer-dream/article_fd69081e-b944-5e7f-afb3-3c9ea90cd8c5.html|archive-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Farmington

|1845

|

|Washington

|D

|Was known as Bridgeport for a short time.

|

scope="row"| Fleetwood

| 1913

| 1938

| Lake

| A

|

|

scope="row"| Flora

| 1897

|

| Wallowa

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Miller|1977|p=116}}

scope="row"| Fort Clatsop

| 1804

|

| Clatsop

| C

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|p=116}}

scope="row"| Fort Stevens

| 1863

|

| Clatsop

| C

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|p=120}}

scope="row"| Frankport

| 1850s

|1905

| Curry

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=William |title=Secret sea cave |url=http://special.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/sports/outdoors/13315930-41/story.csp |website=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820064852/http://special.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/sports/outdoors/13315930-41/story.csp |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |language=en |date=June 30, 2009 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| Fremont

| 1908

| 1922

| Lake

| A

|

|{{Cite book |last=Hatton |first=Raymond |title=High Desert of Central Oregon |publisher=Binford and Mort |year=1981 |pages=110}}

scope="row"| Friend

| 1903

|

| Wasco

| B

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|pages=138–42}}

scope="row"| Galena

| 1865

|

| Grant

| C

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=16–17}}

scope="row"| Geiser

| 1898

| 1910s

| Baker

| A

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |title=Geiser, Oregon |url=https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/oregon/geiser/ |website=Western Mining History}}

scope="row"| Geneva

| 1910

|

| Jefferson

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Hatton|Chitwood|Garrett|1996|p=263}}

scope="row"| Glencoe

| 1842

| 1910s

| Washington

|E-F

|In 1910, a railroad line to Tillamook was built to the north of Glencoe with much of the community relocating one mile west to the new community of North Plains. Whole buildings were moved to the new town.

|

scope="row"| Golden

| 1840 ({{circa}})

|

| Josephine

| C-F

| Golden has been a Oregon State Heritage Site since 2011.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|pages=149–150}}

scope="row"| Grandview

|1910 ({{circa}})

|1930 ({{circa}})

|Jefferson

|B

|

|{{Cite journal |last=Swanson |first=Guy |date=Fall 2017 |title=A History of Grandview, Oregon |url=https://dirtyfreehub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/The-Agate-Jefferson-County-Historical-Society.pdf |journal=The Agate |volume=8 |pages=23 |via=dirtyfreehub.org}}

scope="row"| Granite

| 1867

|

| Grant

| D

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|p=132}}{{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=9–11}}

Grant

|1880

|1894

|Sherman

|C

|Almost completely abandoned after a flood, This site is currently privately owned.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |title=Grant – Sherman County, Oregon History |url=https://shermancountyoregon.com/sherman-county/sherman-county-towns/grant/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |language=en-US}}

scope="row"| Greenback

| 1897

|

| Josephine

| B

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=63–64}}

scope="row" | Greenhorn

| 1897

|

| Baker, Grant

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Miller|1977|p=91}}

scope="row"| Greenville

| 1871

|

| Washington

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=154, 293}}

scope="row"| Hardman

| 1881

|

| Morrow

| D

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|p=169}}

scope="row"| Hobsonville

| 1870s

| 1940s

| Tillamook

| C

|By World War II the community was largely defunct, with some portion of the Hobsonville Indian community moving to the town of Garibaldi.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |last=Deur |first=Douglas |title=Hobsonville Indian Community |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/squawtown_at_hobsonville/#.YN-QN25lBTY |website=Oregon Encyclopedia}}

scope="row"| Horse Heaven

| 1933

|

| Jefferson

| B

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=39–40}}

scope="row"| Idiotville

| {{unknown}}

|

| Tillamook

| A

| style="text-align:center;"|

|

scope="row"| Izee

| 1889

|

| Grant

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Miller|2017|p=8}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gcoregonlive.com/cities/izee/|publisher=Grant County Chamber of Commerce|title=Izee|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820062911/https://www.gcoregonlive.com/cities/izee/|archive-date=August 20, 2019}}

scope="row"| Jawbone Flats

| 1931

|

| Marion

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.opalcreek.org/about/jawbone-flats/|publisher=United States Forest Service|work=Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center|title=Jawbone Flats History|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190818232343/https://www.opalcreek.org/about/jawbone-flats/|archive-date=August 18, 2019}}

scope="row"| Jennyopolis

|1851

|1860s

|Benton

|A

|The first murder in Oregons history took place here, it would go on to shape the State of Oregon's legal procedures and laws.

|{{Cite journal |title=Government Field Notes |journal=Government Field Notes |volume=1 |issue=Benton County}}

scope="row"| Jimtown

| 1904

|

| Baker

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|pages=511–512}}

scope="row"| Jonesboro

|

| 1990s

| Malheur

| A

|

| {{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

scope="row" | Keasey

| August 5, 1890

| 1955

| Columbia

| A

| There are no remains of the original community due to the destruction of the Portland, Astoria & Pacific Railroad.

|{{Cite web |title=Keasey Falls |url=https://wildcolumbia.org/waterfalls-of-northwest-oregon/keasey-falls/ |website=Wild Columbia County|date=January 7, 2022 }}

scope="row"| Kent

| 1887

|

| Sherman

| D

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|pages=152–5}}

scope="row"| Kerby

| 1884 ({{circa}})

|

| Josephine

| E

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|p=206}}

scope="row"| Kerry

| 1917

| 1940s

| Columbia

| C

| It was founded to extend the Columbia & Nehalem River Railroad.

|{{Cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=Nov 29, 2008 |title=Kerry, Albert Sperry (1866-1939) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8856 |website=History Link}}

scope="row"| Kernville

| 1896

|

| Lincoln

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|pages=406–407}}

scope="row"| Kings Valley

| 1855

|

| Benton

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=736–738}}{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4139350| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200615/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4139350| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kings Valley CDP, Oregon| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 24, 2014}}

scope="row"| Kingsley

|1878

|1930s ({{circa}})

|Wasco

|B

|After the construction of the Great Southern Railroad in 1913 & the Dalles-California Highway in 1926, these bypasses sealed the towns fate.

|{{Cite news |last=McNeal |first=W |title=Kingsley |url=https://od1.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df70h481n}}

scope="row"| Kinton

| 1894

|

| Washington

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=386}}

scope="row"| Kinzua

| 1927

| 1978

| Wheeler

| A

|

| style=text-align:center|

scope="row"| Kirk

| 1920

| 1948

| Klamath

|A

|

|{{Cite web |last=Demsher |first=Lynda |title=Ghost Town Kirk, Once Served as Rail Crossroad |url=https://www.ijpr.org/show/as-it-was/2015-10-28/ghost-town-kirk-ore-once-served-as-rail-crossroad?_amp=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405150121/https://www.ijpr.org/show/as-it-was/2015-10-28/ghost-town-kirk-ore-once-served-as-rail-crossroad?_amp=true |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 5, 2025 |website=Jefferson Public Radio}}

scope="row"| Kishwalks

| 1930s ({{circa}})

|

|Wasco

|B

|Likely named after Elijah Kishwalk, about 5 mi south east of Simnasho

|{{Cite web |date=1933 |title=Simnasho, Kishwalks, Choolie Flat, Mutton Mtn. |url=https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1328882/Page+029+++Township+7+S++Range+12+E+++Simnasho++Kishwalks++Choolie+Flat++Mutton+Mtn/ |website=Historic Map Works}}{{Cite news |last=Aguilar |first=George |date=February 13, 1997 |title=Recollection Reveals Past |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn93050507/1997-02-13/ed-1/seq-12/ocr/ |work=Spilyay Tymoo |pages=12}}

scope="row"| Klondike

| 1899

|1951

| Sherman

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| Lamonta

| 1890

|1934

| Jefferson

| A

| Originally named Desert.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=181214|work=Central Oregonian|location=Prineville, Oregon|title=Homesteading on the Grasslands|last=Austin|first=Lon|date=January 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818233738/https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=181214|archive-date=August 18, 2019}}

scope="row"| Latourell

| 1876

|

| Multnomah

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|work=Columbia River Images|url=http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/latourell.html|title=Latourell, Oregon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200314215753/http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/latourell.html|archive-date=March 14, 2020|url-status=usurped}}

scope="row"| Leland

|1888

|1943

|Josephine

|D

|

|

scope="row"| Lime

| 1899

|

| Baker

| B

| Site of former lime cement plant.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1991|p=508}}

scope="row"| Linn City

|1843

|1861

|Clackamas

|A

|Linn City was a community that existed from 1843 to 1861 and was destroyed in the Great Flood of 1862. The former site of Linn City was incorporated into the city of West Linn.

|{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Mike |date=Aug 18, 2024 |title=Linn City, Oregon: A Victim of Nature's Wrath |url=http://www.blm.gov/heritage/HE_Kids/HM3/Linn_City.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017233408/http://www.blm.gov/heritage/HE_Kids/HM3/Linn_City.htm |archive-date=Oct 17, 2006 |website=blm.gov}}

scope="row"| Locust Grove

| 1895

|1914

| Sherman

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=608–609}}

scope="row"| Longcoy

|1890s

|1900s

|Lincoln

|A

|Longcoy only existed for about ten years. Taft on the north side of Schooner Creek and Siletz Bay were better settlement locations so residents moved.

|{{Cite journal |last=Wyatt |first=Steve M. |date=2001 |title=Taft: The Transformation of a Waterfront Community to a Resort Town |url=http://lincolncityor.govoffice3.com/vertical/sites/%7BDDC39B4D-9F7A-4251-AEA0-F594E7F89DDB%7D/uploads/Taft_Historic_Context_Statement-small.pdf |journal=Historic Context Statement & Cultural Resource Inventory |pages=15 |via=lincolncityor.govoffice3.com}}

scope="row"| Lonerock

| 1881

|

| Gilliam

| D

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|pages=113–116}}

scope="row"| Luper

| 1850

|

| Lane

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|work=Eugene Daily News|location=Eugene, Oregon|url=http://eugenedailynews.com/2014/02/take-walk-past/|title=Take A Walk With Me Into The Past|last=Harris|first=Sandy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819034239/http://eugenedailynews.com/2014/02/take-walk-past/|archive-date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| McCoy

| 1879

|

| Polk

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| McDonald

| 1904

|1922

| Sherman

| A

| Site of a former river crossing, only modern ranch buildings remain

|

scope="row"| McEwen

| 1891

|

| Baker

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=477}}

scope="row"| Mabel

| 1878

|

| Lane

| C

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=600}}{{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=742–743}}

scope="row"| Malheur City

| 1863

|1911 ({{circa}})

| Malheur

| B

| All wooden structures destroyed in 1957 brushfire, leaving only stone remnants.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=744–746}}

scope="row"| Marysville

| 1849

|1853

| Benton

|F

| Eventually became Corvallis on December 20, 1853

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Corning|1947|p=61}}

scope="row"| Mayville

| 1884

|

| Gilliam

| D

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|pages=162–4}}{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia|title=Mayville|last=Gardner|first=Rita|url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mayville/#.XVuZt5NKhn4|date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820065920/https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mayville/%23.XVuZt5NKhn4|archive-date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Maxville

|1923

|1933

|Wallowa

|A

|No buildings remain.

|{{Cite web |date= |title=Maxville |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ghost/Pages/logging-maxville.aspx |website=sos.oregon.gov}}

scope="row"| Medical Springs

| 1868

|

| Union

| D

| {{As of|2014}}, three buildings remained.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/1945516-151/traveling-union-countys-back-roads|work=The Bulletin|title=Traveling Union County's back roads|author=Anderson, John Gottberg|date=April 14, 2014|location=Bend, Oregon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150316075109/http://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/1945516-151/traveling-union-countys-back-roads|archive-date=March 16, 2015|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Miller

| 1860 ({{circa}})

|

| Sherman

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://shermancountyoregon.com/sherman-county/sherman-county-timelines/sherman-county-milestones/|publisher=Sherman County, Oregon|title=Sherman County Milestones|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819064441/http://shermancountyoregon.com/sherman-county/sherman-county-timelines/sherman-county-milestones/|archive-date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Millican

| 1913

|

| Deschutes

| D

|

| style=text-align:center| {{cite web|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/1363925-153/remnants-of-another-time|work=The Bulletin|location=Bend, Oregon|title=Remnants of another time|date=June 9, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2017}}

scope="row"| Mitchell

| 1873

|

| Wheeler

| E

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=748–750}}

scope="row"| Narrows

| 1889

|

| Harney

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|p=63}}

scope="row"| Nelson

| 1880s

|

| Baker

| A

| Location of lime cement plant between 1979 and 1980.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=578}}

scope="row"| New Era

| 1876

|

| Clackamas

| D

| Also location of the New Era Spiritual Camp.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=456}}

scope="row"| New Pokegama

|1903

|1909

|Klamath

|A

|Previously a freight & stage terminal, site located south off Green Springs Hwy.

|{{Cite book |url=https://www.klamathcountyhistoricalsociety.org/images/Echoes/Klamath-Echoes-No.-3---Pokegama.pdf |title=Klamath Echoes |publisher=Klamath County Historical Society |year=1966}}

scope="row"| No Fog

| June 7, 1915

| Feb 28, 1918

| Douglas

| B

| Also referred to as Nofog.

|McArthur, Lewis A. “Oregon Geographic Names: X; Additions since 1944.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 49, no. 1 (1948): 63–72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20611847.

scope="row"| Nolin

| 1860s

|

| Umatilla

| D

| Originally named Happy Canyon.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=711}}

scope="row"| Nonpareil

| 1882

|

| Douglas

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=542}}

scope="row" | Old Pokegama

| 1897

| 1903

| Klamath

| A

| The Sugar Pine Logging Company operated here. Nothing remains of the logging camp and all the railroad tracks were removed in the 1910s.

|{{Cite web |last=Halvorsen |first=Douglass |date=June 27, 2020 |title=Old Pokegama 1897 - 1903 |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152013 |website=The Historical Marker Database}}

scope="row"| Orleans

| 1850

|1862

| Linn

| A

| Significantly damaged in the Great Flood of 1862.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Corning|1947|pages=61, 66}}

scope="row"| Ordnance

| 1943

|

| Umatilla

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=725}}

scope="row"| Orodell

| 1867

|1878

| Union

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1991|p=643}}

scope="row"| Ortley

| 1911

|1922

| Wasco

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|p=66}}

scope="row"| Paisley

| 1873

|

| Lake

| E

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=760–762}}

scope="row"| Palestine

| 1891

| 1903

| Multnomah

|F

|Eventually subsumed by Portland.

|

scope="row"| Persist

| 1902

|

| Jackson

|B

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=580}}

scope="row"| Pine Grove

|

|

| Umatilla

| B

| The old townsite can be found along W Birch Creek Rd, off of 395.

| {{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

scope="row"| Pinehurst

| 1878

|

| Jackson

| D

| Public school still operating as of 2017.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=755}}{{cite web|work=Mail Tribune|location=Medford, Oregon|url=https://mailtribune.com/news/education/the-pinehurst-way|title=The Pinehurst way|last=Nguyen|first=Tran|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820063910/https://mailtribune.com/news/education/the-pinehurst-way|archive-date=August 20, 2019|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Pittsburg

| 1879

|

| Columbia

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Miller|1977|p=53}}

scope="row"| Placer

| 1885

|

| Josephine

| D

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=60–62}}

scope="row"| Pocahontas

| 1862

|

| Baker

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|pages=771–772}}

scope="row"| Pondosa

| 1927

|

| Union

| D

|

| style=text-align:center|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35076474/la_grande_observer/|date=June 22, 1959|work=The Observer|location=La Grande, Oregon|page=1|title=Ghost Town Of Pondosa Left In Charred Ruins By Flames|last=Bebout|first=Bill|via=Newspapers.com}}

scope="row" | Rajneeshpuram

| 1981

| 1988

| Wasco

| B

| The Oregon Supreme Court closed its litigation in 1987, leaving Rajneeshpuram vacant, bankrupt, but legal within Oregon law.

|{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Carl |title=Utopia and Bureaucracy: The Fall of Rajneeshpuram, Oregon |url=https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=usp_fac}}

scope="row"| Richmond

| 1899

|

| Wheeler

| B

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Weis|2006|pages=23–24}}

scope="row"| Riverview

|

|

| Umatilla

|A

|

|

scope="row"| Robinette

| 1898

|1958

| Baker

| A

| Inundated by Brownlee Reservoir in 1958.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2018/01/robinette_the_eastern_oregon_g.html|title=Robinette: The Eastern Oregon ghost town lying underwater|agency=Associated Press|date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819053834/https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2018/01/robinette_the_eastern_oregon_g.html|archive-date=August 19, 2019}}

scope="row"| Robinsonville

|1878

|1880s

|Grant

|A

|

|{{Cite book |last=McArthur |first=Lewis |title=Oregon Geographic Names |date=1922 |publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press |isbn=0-87595-236-4 |pages=700}}

scope="row"| Rock Point

| 1852

|

| Jackson

| C

| Original tavern ({{abbr|est.|established}} 1864) restored by Del Rio Vineyards in 2001.

| style="text-align:center;'|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=818}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonwinepress.com/vine-with-a-view|work=Oregon Wine Press|title=Wine with a View|date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820052138/https://www.oregonwinepress.com/vine-with-a-view|last=Battistella|first=Maureen|archive-date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Rowland

| 1886

| 1905

| Linn

| D

|

|{{Cite web |title=Rowland |url=http://www.linncountyroots.com/Towns/MoreTowns2.htm |website=Linn County Roots}}

scope="row"| Saint Joseph

| 1872

|

| Yamhill

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|p=838}}

scope="row"| Sanger

| 1871

|

| Baker

| B

| Originally named Augusta; renamed Sanger in 1887.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|p=75}}

scope="row"| Scottsburg

| 1850

|

| Douglas

| D

| Population significantly declined after Great Flood of 1862.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=220–221}}

scope="row"| Shaniko

| 1901

|1911

| Wasco

| D

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|2013|p=156}}

scope="row"| Shelburn

| 1850 ({{circa}})

|

| Linn

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|p=79}}

scope="row"| Sherar's Bridge

| 1860

|

| Sherman

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Florin|1971|pages=771–772}}

scope="row"| Shevlin

| 1930s

| 1950s

| Deschutes Klamath

|B

|

|

scope="row"| Silver Falls City

| 1888

|1930s

| Marion

| A-F

|It was home to approximately 200 people at its height. While none of the structures remain, a trace of this settlement can be seen at the Orchard Picnic Shelter, where the apple and pear trees date back to the Volz family homestead.

|{{Cite web |title=Historic South Falls Lodge |url=http://www.friendsofsilverfalls.net/files/History.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225095342/http://www.friendsofsilverfalls.net:80/files/History.html |archive-date=Feb 25, 2015 |website=friendsofsilverfalls.net}}

scope="row"| Skipanon

| 1845

| 1903 ({{circa}})

| Clatsop

| A-F

| First known as Lexington, eventually known as Skipanon. Nothing remains because the settlement was eventually subsumed by Warrenton.

|{{Cite web |last=Kirkham |first=Roy |title=The Oregon Trail to Clatsop Plains |url=https://www.seasidemuseum.org/clatsop_plains.cfm.html |website=Seaside Historical Society Museum}}

scope="row"| Sodhouse

| 1872 ({{circa}})

| 1878

| Harney

| B

| Sodhouse was a short lived community near the present-day headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

|{{Cite web |title=Sod House Ranch |url=https://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=37492.pdf}}

scope="row"| Southport

| 1875 ({{circa}})

| 1890s

| Coos

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Case|1983|p=59}}

scope="row"| Snooseville

|

|

| Washington

| A

| About 8 miles north of Mountaindale, a sawmill used to stand in the town.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |title=Oregon Transportation Map, Washington County |url=https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/Documents/County_Washington_01_of_01.pdf |website=Oregon.gov}}

scope="row"| Sparta

| 1872

|

| Baker

| B

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Florin|1992|p=83}}

scope="row"| Spicer

| 1886

| 1904

| Linn

| D

| Previously known as Lengs.

|

scope="row"| Stauffer

|1910

|1950s

|Lake

|A

|Residents originally wanted to name the post office Lost Creek. However, the United States postal system already had a post office with that name, so it was named after Charles Stauffer, who was the community's first postmaster.

|{{Cite book |last=McArthur |first=Lewis A. |title=Oregon Geographic Names |publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press |year=1928 |isbn=978-0875952772 |edition=7th |location=Portland, Oregon |publication-date= |pages=341, 1018 |language=English}}

scope="row"| Sterlingville

| 1854

|1957

| Jackson

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=249–250}}{{cite web|work=Mail Tribune|location=Medford, Oregon|title=The road to Sterlingville|url=https://mailtribune.com/archive/the-road-to-sterlingville|date=November 3, 2013|last=Fattig|first=Paul|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820070747/https://mailtribune.com/archive/the-road-to-sterlingville|archive-date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Sumpter

| 1889

|

| Baker

| E

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|pages=124–129}}

scope="row"| Susanville

| 1864

|

| Grant

| B

|

| style=text-align:center| {{sfn|Weis|2006|p=19}}

scope="row"| Tallman

| 1886

| 1923

| Linn

| D

|

|

scope="row"| Thatcher

| 1895

|

| Washington

| D

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=156}}

scope="row"| Thomas

| 1898

| 1920

| Linn

| D

| The town took its name from the nearby Thomas Creek

|

scope="row"| Thornberry

| 1916

| 1923

| Sherman

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=724}}

scope="row"| Three Lynx

| 1920s

| 2020s

| Clakamas

| B

| On September 8, 2020, the Riverside Fire tore through the area, destroying all but five of the Three Lynx houses. The remaining buildings were removed in 2022, and the land returned to a more natural state.

|{{Cite news |last=Tims |first=Dana |date=Jul 3, 2016 |title=One of the West's last company towns: Three Lynx, Oregon |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2016/07/three_lynx_near_estacada_is_on.html |work=Oregon Live}}{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=George |title=Three Lynx Village |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/three-lynx-oregon/#:~:text=A%20company%20housing%20area%20located,of%20the%20Oak%20Grove%20Powerhouse. |website=Oregon Encyclopedia}}

scope="row"| Tiller

| 1902

|

| Douglas

| C

| Sold in 2018 to be converted into a resort.

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2018/09/entire_tiny_town_tiller_oregon.html|title=Sold! The entire town of Tiller to turn into a resort (photo, video)|last=Eastman|first=Janet|date=September 12, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200314215749/https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2018/09/entire_tiny_town_tiller_oregon.html|archive-date=March 14, 2020}}

scope="row"| Valsetz

| 1919

|1984

| Polk

| A

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=181}}

scope="row"| Vanport

| 1942

| May 30, 1948

| Multnomah

| A

| Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 due to the Columbia River Flood. The city was underwater by nightfall, leaving around 18,000 of its inhabitants homeless.

|{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Carl |title=Vanport |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/vanport/ |website=Oregon Encyclopedia}}

scope="row"| Waldo

| 1852

| 1928

| Josephine

| A

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=236–237}}

scope="row"| Weatherby

| 1879

| 1920

| Baker

| B-F

| In 1884, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company established a Weatherby station on its line to Huntington.

|

scope="row"| Wendling

| 1899

| 1922

| Lane

| A

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=510}}{{cite web|url=https://kval.com/news/local/it-was-quite-a-town-the-rise-and-fall-of-wendling-oregon|work=KVAL|location=Eugene, Oregon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820051510/https://kval.com/news/local/it-was-quite-a-town-the-rise-and-fall-of-wendling-oregon|archive-date=August 20, 2019|title='It was quite a town': The rise - and fall - of Wendling, Oregon|last=Adams|first=Tom|date=November 7, 2016|access-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Westfall

| 1870

|

| Malheur

| B

| Originally named Bully.

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Smith|1963|p=18}}{{cite web|work=The Observer|location=La Grande, Oregon|url=https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/outdoors/4025283-151/westfall|title=Westfall|last=Highberger|first=Mark|date=September 20, 2002|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820080401/https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/outdoors/4025283-151/westfall|archive-date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| West Lake City

| 1905

| 1918

| Klamath

| B

| Eliminated by irrigation and drainage projects, what was once White Lake is bisected by California State Route 161, connecting U.S. Highways 139 and 97.

|{{Cite web |last=Halvorsen |first=Douglass |date=January 15, 2018 |title=White Lake City |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=112708 |website=The Historical Marker Database}}{{Cite book |last= |title=Klamath Echoes - Klamath Basin 1977}}

scope="row"| Whitney

| 1900

|

| Baker

| C

|Logging declined in the area in the 1940s, which caused the town and the railroad to fade.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Varney|Drew|Drew|2005|p=124}}

scope="row"| Yarnell

|1901

|

|Lane

|D

|

|

scope="row"| Yaquina

| 1887

|1930s

| Lincoln

| A

|By the beginning of World War II, Toledo was the western terminus of the rail line, and the tracks from there to Yaquina were removed. Roughly 20 years later, the former seaport's population dropped to zero.

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|pages=57–60}}{{cite web|url=http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/geo422/422_Paper_Sandler.pdf|publisher=Oregon State University|location=Corvallis, Oregon|last=Sandler|first=Rich|title=The Rise and Fall of Yaquina City|date=Winter 2008|pages=1–15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820081939/http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/geo422/422_Paper_Sandler.pdf|archive-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=August 20, 2019}}

scope="row"| Zena

| 1858

|

| Polk

| C

|

| style=text-align:center|{{sfn|Friedman|1990|p=400}}

scope="row"| Zumwalt

| 1903

|

| Wallowa

| B

|

|style=text-align:center|{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|1974|p=817}}

See also

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Notes and references

=Notes=

{{notelist}}

=References=

{{reflist}}

=Sources=

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  • {{cite thesis|last=Case|first=George Baxter|title=The History of the Port of Coos Bay|year=1983|publisher=Pan American University|oclc=10205043}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Corning|first=Howard McKinley|title=Ghost Towns on the Willamette of the Riverboat Period|journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly|volume=48|number=2|date=June 1947|pages=55–67|jstor=20611743}}
  • {{cite book|last=Florin|first=Lambert|year=1971|title=Ghost Towns of the West|url=https://archive.org/details/ghosttownsofwest00flor|url-access=registration|publisher=Promontory Press|isbn=978-0-883-94013-6|location=New York City}}
  • {{cite book|last=Florin|first=Lambert|year=1992|title=Ghost Towns of the Pacific Frontier|publisher=Promontory Press|isbn=978-0-883-94068-6|location=New York City|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ghosttownsofpaci0000flor}}
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  • {{cite book|last=Hall|first=Shawn|title=Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Southern Nevada|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=978-0-738-57013-6}}
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  • {{cite book|last1=McArthur|first1= Lewis A.|last2=McArthur|first2=Lewis L.|title= Oregon Geographic Names|orig-year= 1928|year= 1991|edition= 6th|publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press|location= Portland, Oregon|isbn= 978-0-87595-237-6}}
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  • {{cite book|last=Smith|first=Earl R.|year=1963|title=The Westfall Country: The Story of an Eastern Oregon Community and the People Who Settled and Lived There|publisher=Exposition Press|oclc=908823656|location=New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rrs3AQAAIAAJ}}
  • {{cite book|last=Thomsen|first=Clint|year=2012|title=Ghost Towns: Lost Cities of the Old West|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=New York|isbn=978-1-782-00107-2}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Varney|first1=Phillip|last2=Drew|first2=Susan|last3=Drew|first3=Jonathan|year=2005|title=Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to the Hidden History of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia|publisher=Voyageur Press|edition=1st|location=Stillwater, Minnesota|isbn=978-0-896-58592-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780896585928}}
  • {{cite book|last=Varney|first=Phillip|title=Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to the Hidden History of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia |year=2013|publisher=Voyageur Press|edition=2nd|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota|isbn= 978-0-760-34316-6}}
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External links

  • [https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/or/or.html Oregon] at GhostTowns.com

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