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!Name
!Other names
!County
!Township
!Settled
!Abandoned
!Current status
!Remarks |
| Acme
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|Westmoreland /Fayette counties
|Donegal, Mount Pleasant (Westmoreland)
Bullskin (Fayette)
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|
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|[{{Cite web |title=Ghost Towns of Pennsylvania (A-D) |url=https://unitedstatesghosttowns.com/ghost-towns-of-pennsylvania-a-d/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=United States Ghost Towns |date=March 2021 |language=en-us}}] |
| Aitch
|
|Huntingdon County
|
|1887
|
|Submerged
|submerged to form Raystown Lake.[{{cite book|title=Enhancing Wildlife Habitat: Demonstration Sites in Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcTZAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=PennState, College of Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension|page=39|quote=accesses are at the Aitch Boat Launch...}}] |
| Alice
|
|Westmoreland County
|East Huntingdon Township
|
|
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| |
| Alvira
|Wisetown
|Union County
|Gregg Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |last=Glessner |first=Rusty |date=2020-10-27 |title=Exploring the Abandoned Alvira Bunkers in Union County |url=https://pabucketlist.com/exploring-the-abandoned-alvira-bunkers-in-union-county/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=PA Bucket List |language=en-US}}] |
| Andrico
|
|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=ANDRICO: Andrico Mines (New Alexandria Mines), Andrico, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town." "Contains: Andrico Miners Memorial." |journal=Academia|url=https://www.academia.edu/44103663}}] |
| Antwerp
|
|Clarion County
|Richland Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |title=The Call of the Clarion |url=https://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/call-clarion/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine |language=en-US}}] |
| Appalacha
|
|Indiana County
|White Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=APPALACHA: Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Appalacha, Ferrier, Meco & Tidedale, On Yellow Creek, Brushvalley, Center & White Townships, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Contains: Miners Memorial for the Mines." Includes "Appalacha: A Forgotten Mining Town."|journal=Academia |url=https://www.academia.edu/44093116}}] |
| Aqueduct
|
|Indiana County
|West Wheatfield Township
|
|
|
| |
| Ardara
|
|Westmoreland County
|North Huntingdon Township
|
|
|
| |
| Armerford
|
|Indiana County
|East Wheatfield Township
|
|
|
|Lies along the Ghost Town Trail in East Wheatfield Township in Indiana County.[{{Cite web |title=Ghost Town Trail |url=http://www.indianacountyparks.org/trails/gtt/gtt.html |access-date=November 7, 2008 |publisher=Indiana County Parks & Trails}}] |
| Arroyo
|
|Elk County
|Spring Creek Township
|
|
|
| |
| Bagdad
|
|Westmoreland County
|Allegheny Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |title=Woman shares sounds, sights of Bagdad's past |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/woman-shares-sounds-sights-of-bagdads-past/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.tribliveoffers.com}}] |
| Bairdstown
|
|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=ISABELLA: Isabella Furnace Mine & Coke Works, Coketon (Cokeville), Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, USA "Another Coal Mining Ghost Town" |url=https://www.academia.edu/45122012 |journal=Academia.edu |page=9}}] |
| Barclay
|
|Bradford County
|Franklin Township
|
|
|
| |
| Bells Mills
|
|Indiana County
|Blacklick Township
|
|
|
| |
| Bennington
|
|Cambria/Blair County
|Allegheny Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |title=Bennington - Ghost Town |url=https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/pa/bennington.html |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.ghosttowns.com}}] |
| Beula
|
|Cambria County
|
|1796
|1804
|
|Welsh religious ghost town.[{{Cite journal|last=Bleyden|first=Paul|date=1947|title=Beula|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27766775|journal=Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies|volume=14|issue=2|pages=118–130|jstor=27766775 |issn=0031-4528}}] |
| Big Creek Valley
|
|Carbon County
|
|
|1966
|Submerged
|Submerged to form Beltzville Lake.[{{cite news|url=http://www.tnonline.com/2013/may/04/big-creek-valley-beltzville-lake-part-1|title=Big Creek Valley before Beltzville Lake|date=May 4, 2013|work=Times News|publisher=Pencor Services, Inc.|accessdate=28 April 2014}}] |
| Big Run
|
|Elk County
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |title=The History of Big Run, Elk County, Pennsylvania {{!}} Visit PA Great Outdoors |url=https://visitpago.com/the-history-of-big-run-elk-county-pennsylvania/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=visitpago.com |language=en-US}}] |
| Billmeyer
|Billmyer[{{Cite web |title=The White Cliffs of Conoy |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-white-cliffs-of-conoy |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en}}]
|Lancaster County
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=RiverRoots: Forgotten Town |url=https://www.susquehannaheritage.org/riverroots-forgotten-town/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Susquehanna NHA |language=en-US}}] |
| Blairfour
|
|Blair County
|
|
|
|
|The site of a quarry for Blair Limestone Company.[{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Tarring S. |date=1931 |title=A HISTORY OF BLAIR COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA |chapter-url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/history/tdavis1-19.txt |chapter=Chapter 19 |volume=1}}] |
| Blue Rock
|
|Elk County
|
|
|
|
|Along the Clarion-Little Toby Trail, connected to Ellmont, another ghost town, by the local landmark Blue Rock Swinging Bridge.[{{Cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Dave |date=2007-04-27 |title=The Northeast's Spine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/travel/escapes/27hikeside.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |issn=0362-4331}}] |
| Bracken
|
|Indiana County
|
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} along the Ghost Town Trail. |
| Braddock
|
|Allegheny County
|N/A
|
|
|Semi-abandoned
|Notorious for its crumbling infrastructure and "post-apocalyptic" appearance.[{{Cite journal |last1=Straub |first1=John |last2=Liebendorfer |first2=Bret |date=2008-12-01 |title=Braddock, Pennsylvania Out of the Furnace and into the Fire |url=https://monthlyreview.org/2008/12/01/braddock-pennsylvania-out-of-the-furnace-and-into-the-fire/ |journal=Monthly Review|volume=60 |issue=7 |page=39 |doi=10.14452/MR-060-07-2008-11_3 |url-access=subscription }}] |
| Brownsville
|
|Fayette County
|N/A
|
|
|Historic
|[{{Cite web |last=Hotz |first=Mark |date=2018-12-03 |title=A Ghost Town Worth Visiting |url=https://www.numismaticnews.net/paper-money/a-ghost-town-worth-visiting |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=numisaticnews.net}}] |
| Buena Vista
|
|Indiana County
|Brush Valley Township
|
|
|
| |
| Byrnesville
|
|Columbia County
|Conyngham Township
|
|
|
| |
| Cardiff
|
|
|
|
|
|
|Located along the Ghost Town Trail[{{Cite web |last=Griffith|first=Randy |title=More for the money: Ghost Town Trail extension nearly doubles in length |url=https://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/more-for-the-money-ghost-town-trail-extension-nearly-doubles-in-length/article_35f87372-3501-11e6-8bf8-6f66bd96cc21.html |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=The Tribune-Democrat |language=en}}][{{Cite web |last=Crocco |first=S. R. |date=1972 |title=BRIEF HISTORY OF BENNETTS VALLEY and ST. JOSEPH CHURCH |url=https://liturgicalcenter.org/media/parish_pdf/E/e-12.1.pdf |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=liturgicalcenter.org}}] |
| Celestia
|
|Sullivan County
|
|
|1887
|
|A religious community of Millennialists.[{{Cite web |title=Sullivan County PA Historical Society and Museum - Celestia |url=https://www.scpahistory.com/museum/celestia.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.scpahistory.com}}] |
| Centralia
|
|Columbia County
|
|
|
|Semi-abandoned
|a coal mining ghost town, where a fire has been burning underground for years |
| Cereal
|Lindencross
|Westmoreland County
|North Huntingdon Township
|
|
|
|Was a major location for breakfast cereal production plants starting in 1904 until the factories closed for good in the 1940s.[{{Cite web |title=Former food plant in North Huntingdon put Cereal on map |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/former-food-plant-in-north-huntingdon-put-cereal-on-map/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.tribliveoffers.com}}] |
| Chester
|Humphries
|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|1644
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town, often known as Humphries after the owner of the mine.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond |title=CHESTER: Chester No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, Chester (Humphries), Superior No. 2, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town." Contains: Miners Memorial Chester No. 2 Mine & Coke Works. |url=https://www.academia.edu/44068490 |journal=Old Miner Project}}] |
| Claghorn
|
|Indiana County
|East Wheatfield Township
|
|
|
|Along the Ghost Town Trail |
| Cokeville
|Broad Fording
|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|
|
|Submerged
|a Pennsylvania Canal & coal mining ghost town, under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake.[{{Cite web |last=Tribune-Review |first=Megan Tomasic |title=Ghost towns dot Western Pa., Pittsburgh landscape and history |url=https://www.indianagazette.com/leisure/ghost-towns-dot-western-pa-pittsburgh-landscape-and-history/article_5f0cc96d-6c66-5115-9b15-fc95310f5122.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=The Indiana Gazette Online |language=en}}] |
| Cold Spring
|
|Lebanon County
|Cold Spring Township
|
|
|
|A township that has not had any staff or budget in the municipal government since the 1960s.[{{Cite web |first=Nick |last=Malawskey |date=2014-11-17 |title=This Central Pennsylvania township does -- and doesn't -- exist |url=https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/11/this_pennsylvania_township_doe.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=pennlive |language=en}}] |
| Concrete City
|
|Luzerne County
|
|
|
|Historic
|[{{Cite web |last=Cheney |first=Jim |date=2019-10-02 |title=7 Ghost Towns in PA You Can Still Visit |url=https://uncoveringpa.com/ghost-towns-in-pa |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Uncovering PA |language=en-US}}] |
| Corduroy
|
|Elk County
|Highland Township
|
|
|
|Located on the Clarion River near Rushland.[{{Cite web |date=2019-07-11 |title=Ghost Towns of the Clarion River Corridor: Lily Pond {{!}} Visit PA Great Outdoors |url=https://visitpago.com/ghost-towns-of-the-clarion-river-corridor-lily-pond/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=visitpago.com |language=en-US}}] |
| Corydon
|
|McKean County
|Corydon Township
|
|
|Submerged
|Flooded by Allegheny Reservoir |
| Cressonville
|
|Schuylkill County
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite news |last=Meck Carroll |first=Sharman |date=2015-12-09 |title=History of Branch Twp., Schuylkill County, Pa. Prior 1875 – Llewellyn |pages=2 |work=Press and Journal |url=https://cdn4.creativecirclemedia.com/pressandjournal/files/dd3f9b6e55.pdf |access-date=2023-02-24}}] |
| Crum
|Crumb, Crumtown
|Somerset County
|
|Before 1833
|1926
|Neglected
|Almost all of the buildings in Crum were bought out in the late 1920s by the Berwind Corporation to keep pollution out of their watershed.[{{Cite web |last=Watch |first=National Wind |title=Old Crum Village: a Somerset County ghost town |url=https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/09/15/old-crum-village-a-somerset-county-ghost-town/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=National Wind Watch |language=en}}] |
| Crunkleton
|
|Franklin County
|
|1772
|
|Barren
|a colonial hamlet between Greencastle and Waynesboro.[{{Cite web |title=PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGY EXPRESS - FRANKLIN COUNTY - Antrim - 1741 |url=http://www.usgenealogyexpress.com/~pa/franklin/franklinco_hist_1887/pa_franklin_history_pg_555_chapt_XXIII_antrim.htm |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.usgenealogyexpress.com}}] |
| Dahoga
|
|Elk County
|Jones Township
|
|
|
| |
| Dias
|
|Indiana County
|Brush Valley Township
|
|
|
|A coal town on the Ghost Town Trail.[{{Cite book |last=Patterson |first=Ed |url=https://issuu.com/indianacountyparkstrails/docs/gtt_guidebook_-_final_master_file_2 |title=Ghost Town Trail Guidebook - 2nd Edition |publisher=Indiana County Parks & Trails |date=March 2018 |edition=2nd}}] |
| Dilltown
|
|Indiana County
|Buffington Township
|
|
|
|Once an important commerce center, now sparsely populated.[{{Cite book |last=Stewart |first=Joshua T. |url=https://clawsonfamily.com/BuffingtonTwp.html |title=Indiana County Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present |year=1913 |chapter=Chapter 25}}] |
| Dunbar
|Frogtown
|Fayette County
|N/A
|
|
|Historic
|[{{Cite web |title=History of Dunbar, PA {{!}} Dunbar, PA {{!}} Dunbar Historical Society |url=https://www.dunbarhistoricalsociety.com/history |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.dunbarhistoricalsociety.com |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2022-12-22 |title=Dunbar Historical Society houses glass sculptor's most famous piece {{!}} Helping the Helpers |url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/helping-the-helpers/dunbar-historical-society-houses-glass-sculptors-most-famous-piece-helping-the-helpers/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Pennsylvania Capital-Star |language=en-US}}] |
| East Fork Road District
|
|Potter County
|
|
|
|Absorbed
| |
| Eckley
|
|Luzerne County
|Foster Township
|
|
|Historic
|a coal mining ghost town, now a coal mining museum |
| Edgerton
|
|Lackawanna County
|
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Mike |date=April 30, 2012 |orig-date=March 30, 2011 |title=Old Edgerton |url=https://www.wnep.com/article/entertainment/places/on-the-pa-road/old-edgerton/523-511e975d-1422-41cb-8692-7875c7030076 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426135729/https://www.wnep.com/article/entertainment/places/on-the-pa-road/old-edgerton/523-511e975d-1422-41cb-8692-7875c7030076 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=WNEP-TV}}] |
| Edri
|
|Indiana County
|Conemaugh Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=EDRI & FOSTER: Edri & Foster Mines, Villages of Edri & Foster Mines, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Towns" |url=https://www.academia.edu/43712119}}] |
| Eleanora
|
|Jefferson County
|McCalmont Township
|
|
|
|A coal and coke company town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=ELEANORA: Eleanora Mines & Coke Works, Eleanora, McCalmont Twp., Jefferson Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town," |url=https://www.academia.edu/45681269}}] |
| Ellmont
|
|Elk County/Jefferson County
|
|
|
|
|a logging town famous for a rope bridge, Blue Rock Swinging Bridge, which connects it to another ghost town, Blue Rock.[{{Cite web |last=Glessner |first=Rusty |date=2023-02-17 |title=Exploring the Blue Rock Swinging Bridge in Elk County |url=https://pabucketlist.com/exploring-the-blue-rock-swinging-bridge-in-elk-county-pa/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=PA Bucket List |language=en-US}}] |
| Empire
|
|Elk County
|
|
|
|
|a logging town with a railroad tunnel.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Eriton
|
|Clearfield County
|Sandy Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=ERITON. History of the Eriton Mine (Eriton Shaft Mine), Eriton, Sandy Twp., Clearfield Co, Pennsylvania, USA "Another Coal Mining Ghost Town." |url=https://www.academia.edu/37966582}}] |
| Fairbanks
|
|Westmoreland County
|Loyalhanna Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=FAIRBANKS: Fairbanks Mine (Fairbanks Coal Works) (Fairbanks Mine & Coke Works), Fairbanks, Loyalhanna Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town" |url=https://www.academia.edu/44103786}}] |
| Ferrier
|
|Indiana County
|Brush Valley Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=APPALACHA: Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Appalacha, Ferrier, Meco & Tidedale, On Yellow Creek, Brushvalley, Center & White Townships, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Contains: Miners Memorial for the Mines." Includes "Appalacha: A Forgotten Mining Town." |url=https://www.academia.edu/44093116}}] |
| Fillmore
|
|Indiana County
|Blacklick Township
|
|
|Submerged
|Formerly along the banks of the Conemaugh River, submerged under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake after construction of the Conemaugh Dam.[{{Cite web |title=Ghost Town, Hoodlebug & West Penn Trails: Regional Trail Guide |url=https://visitindianacountypa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Indiana_Regional_Trails.pdf |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=visitindianacountypa.org}}] |
| Fort Palmer
|
|Westmoreland County
|Fairfield Township
|1771
|
|
|[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=Fort Palmer. History of the Fort Palmer Mines & Coke Works, Fort Palmer, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Another Coal Mining Ghost town." Contains: "Miners Memorial Fort Palmer Mines" |url=https://www.academia.edu/37966029}}][{{Cite web |title=ff31.html |url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/frontierforts/ff31.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.usgwarchives.net}}] |
| Foster
|
|Indiana County
|Conemaugh Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town. |
| Foxtown
|
|Westmoreland County
|Hempfield Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite book |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/Survey/1994-H001-129.pdf |title=WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites |year=1994 |page=192}}] |
| French Azilum
|
|Bradford County
|
|1793
|
|
| |
| Freytown
|
|Lackawanna County
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |title=Freytown - Ghost Town |url=https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/pa/freytown.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.ghosttowns.com}}] |
| Frick's Lock
|
|Chester County
|East Coventry Township
|
|
|
| |
| Frogtown
|
|Westmoreland County
|Salem Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=SALEM: Salem No. 1 Mine & Coke Works and Salem No. 2 Mine, Salemville, Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Forgotten Mining Town" |url=https://www.academia.edu/44070191}}] |
| Gold Mine
|
|
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |last=Crable |first=Ad |title=Once a year, take the road not traveled to find ghosts of Pennsylvania's past |url=https://www.bayjournal.com/travel/once-a-year-take-the-road-not-traveled-to-find-ghosts-of-pennsylvanias-past/article_748dfe08-0761-11ec-863d-fb6b0a79222e.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Bay Journal |language=en}}] |
| Grays Run
|
|
|
|
|
|
|An obscure logging town.[{{Cite web |title=Forgotten Heritage {{!}} Pennsylvania Center for the Book |url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/forgotten-heritage |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=pabook.libraries.psu.edu}}] |
| Greenwood Furnace
|
|Huntingdon County
|Jackson Township
|
|
|
|Formerly home to a booming iron industry, the town declined after new techniques rendered its facilities obsolete.[{{Cite web |title=History of Greenwood Furnace State Park |url=https://www.dcnr.pa.gov:443/StateParks/FindAPark/GreenwoodFurnaceStatePark/Pages/History.aspx |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources |language=en-US}}] |
| Hart Town
|
|Indiana County
|Young Township
|
|
|
|Once a coal mining town, the mines at Hart Town had closed by the start of World War II.[{{Cite web |last1=Archives |first1=Special Collections and University |last2=Stapleton Library |first2=Room 302 431 South Eleventh Street Indiana |last3=Phone: 724-357-3039 |last4=Fax: 724-357-4891 |title=The Company Town of Whiskey Run |url=https://www.iup.edu/library/departments/archives/coal/mines-and-company-towns/the-company-town-of-whiskey-run.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Indiana University of Pennsylvania}}] |
| Hazel Hurst
|
|McKean County
|
|
|
|
|Once an important glass production town with multiple factories, all of which are now closed. |
| Helvetia
|
|Clearfield County
|Brady Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town |
| Hicks Run
|
|Cameron County
|
|1904
|1912
|Barren
|A logging town located near Route 555 in Driftwood. |
| Holbrook
|
|Greene County
|
|
|
|Abandoned
|Although the greater Holbrook area still has residents, the village proper is almost entirely abandoned.[{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Barbara S. |title=A Halloween search for ghost towns |url=https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/a-halloween-search-for-ghost-towns/article_37c4300e-d30d-11e8-8708-777578d9f680.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Observer-Reporter |language=en}}] |
| Horatio
|
|Jefferson County
|Young Township
|
|
|
|coal mining ghost town |
| Huron
|
|Westmoreland County
|Salem Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=HURON: Huron Mines & Coke Works (Patton Mine), Huron, Salem Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town." |url=https://www.academia.edu/45658933}}] |
| Ingleby
|Fowler
|Centre County
|Haines Township
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| Instanter
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|Elk County
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|
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|Submerged
|under the waters of East Branch Lake.[{{Cite web |title=Instanter-The Town Lost to Flood Control {{!}} Visit PA Great Outdoors |url=https://visitpago.com/instanter-the-town-lost-to-flood-control/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=visitpago.com |language=en-US}}] |
| Johnetta
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|Armstrong County
|Gilpin Township
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|
|
|a brick works & coal mining ghost town |
| Joller
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|Huntingdon County
|
|1916
|1979
|Barren
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite web |title=East Broad Top Railroad Virtual Tour: Joller |url=https://oldeastie.com/Tour/joller.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=oldeastie.com}}] |
| Kelly's Station
|Tunnelton[{{Cite web |last=Quin |first=Richard H. |last2=Rose |first2=Kenneth D. |date=1993 |title=INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites |url=http://npshistory.com/publications/aih-sw-pa/indiana-co.pdf |website=npshistory.com |page=243 (pdf page 255)}}]
|Indiana County
|Conemaugh Township
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|
|Former town along the Conemaugh River |
| Kinzua
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|Warren County
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|1963
|
|see also Kinzua Creek |
| Lackawanna No. 3
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|Indiana County
|Buffington Township
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|
|
|Located along the Ghost Town Trail.[{{Cite web |title=Ghost Town Trail History {{!}} Indiana County Parks and Trails |url=https://www.indianacountyparks.org/trails/ghosttown_trail-history.aspx |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.indianacountyparks.org}}] |
| Landrus
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|Tioga County
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|An early pioneer of using electricity in logging camps, Landrus disappeared after the railroad was redirected through a different town.[{{Cite web |title=Public invited to take 'Walk in the Woods' |url=https://www.tiogapublishing.com/the_wellsboro_mansfield_gazette/community/public-invited-to-take-walk-in-the-woods/article_62c2dad4-3b6f-11ed-a0e8-5b7b4434bb1c.html |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Tioga Publishing |language=en}}] |
| Laquin
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|Bradford County
|Franklin Township
|1902
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|
|Once a booming lumber town. |
| Laurel Run
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|Luzerne County
|N/A
|
|
|Semi-abandoned
|Has experienced a sharp decline in residents due to the contamination caused by the Laurel Run mine fire, which started in 1915 and is still burning. |
| Lausanne
|Lausanne Landing
|Carbon County
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| Lily Pond
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|
|An extremely small logging town on the Clarion River. |
| Livermore
|
|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|
|
|Submerged
|a Pennsylvania Canal ghost town under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake |
| Loop
|
|Indiana County
|West Mahoning Township
|
|
|
|an iron furnace & coal mining ghost town |
| Marburg
|
|
|
|
|
|Submerged
|Submerged under Lake Marburg.[{{Cite web |last=Wentz |first=Jennifer |title=Underwater ghost town: Codorus State Park celebrates 50 years |url=https://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/local/2015/08/09/underwater-ghost-town-codorus-state-park-celebrates-50/32459991/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=The Evening Sun |language=en-US}}] |
| Marietta
|
|Westmoreland County
|Ligonier Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town[{{Cite web |date=1994 |title=WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/Survey/1994-H001-129.pdf |website=gis.penndot.gov |pages=121–122 (pdf page 138–139)}}] |
| Masten
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|Lycoming County
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| |
| McIntyre
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|Lycoming County
|McIntyre Township
|
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| |
| McKinley
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|Elk County
|Highland Township
|
|
|
|a logging/oil drilling ghost town.[{{Cite web |title=McKinley - Ghost Town |url=https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/pa/mckinley.html |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.ghosttowns.com}}] |
| Meco
|
|Indiana County
|Brush Valley Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town[{{Cite web |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=APPALACHA: Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Appalacha, Ferrier, Meco & Tidedale, On Yellow Creek, Brushvalley, Center & White Townships, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |url=https://www.academia.edu/44093116/APPALACHA_Coal_Mining_Ghost_Towns_of_Appalacha_Ferrier_Meco_and_Tidedale_On_Yellow_Creek_Brushvalley_Center_and_White_Townships_Indiana_County_Pennsylvania_U_S_A_Contains_Miners_Memorial_for_the_Mines_Includes_Appalacha_A_Forgotten_Mining_Town_ |website=academia.edu}}] |
| Middletown
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|
|
|
|
|
|Located on the Clarion River between Corduroy and Rushland. |
| Milford Mills
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|
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|
|
|Submerged
|flooded by creation of Marsh Creek Lake |
| Millwood Shaft
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|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=MILLWOOD SHAFT: Millwood Shaft Mine (Millwood Mine), Millwood Shaft, Derry Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town" |url=https://www.academia.edu/44019211/MILLWOOD_SHAFT_Millwood_Shaft_Mine_Millwood_Mine_Millwood_Shaft_Derry_Township_Westmoreland_Co_Pennsylvania_U_S_A_Coal_Mining_Ghost_Town_}}] |
| Nebraska
|
|Forest County
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey Annual Site Reporting Activity in 2020 |url=https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/About/Documents/PASS2021_Report.pdf |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=phmc.pa.gov}}] |
| Nelsonville
|
|Elk County
|
|
|
|
|[{{Cite web |date=2019-11-21 |title=Explore the historic ruins of the Pennsylvania Wilds |url=https://pawilds.com/historic-ruins-pennsylvania-wilds/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Pennsylvania Wilds |language=en-US}}] |
| Nemacolin
|
|Greene County
|Cumberland Township
|
|
|
|Formerly the site of the Buckeye Coal Mine.[{{Cite web |title=Boom and Bust {{!}} Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/coal-towns/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=newsinteractive.post-gazette.com |language=en}}] |
| New England
|
|Westmoreland County
|
|1900
|1932
|
|A coal mining ghost town.[{{Cite web |last=Tomasic |first=Megan |date=2022-05-20 |title=Ghost towns dot Western Pa., Pittsburgh landscape and history |url=https://triblive.com/local/regional/ghost-towns-dot-western-pa-pittsburgh-landscape-and-history/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=TribLIVE.com |language=en-US}}] |
| Newport
|
|Indiana County
|Blacklick Township
|Before colonization
(possibly 8,000 years bce)
|1820s
|Barren/historic
|A former Native American settlement. In 2019, Indiana University of Pennsylvania students of archaeology began excavation at the site.[{{Cite web |last=Himler |first=Jeff |date=2019-08-18 |title=Dig at Indiana County ghost town unearths prehistoric past |url=https://triblive.com/local/regional/dig-at-indiana-county-ghost-town-unearths-prehistoric-past/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=TribLIVE.com |language=en-US}}] |
| Newtown Mills
|
|Forest County
|Kingsley Township
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Norwich
|
|McKean County
|
|
|
|
|A town that once housed 5,000 residents. |
| Old Patton (Wakena)
|
|Westmoreland County
|Bell Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Owl's Nest
|
|Elk County
|Highland Township
|
|
|
|a logging/oil drilling ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Pandamonia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Peale
|
|Clearfield County
|Cooper Township
|
|
|
|coal mining ghost town |
| Pemberton
|
|Huntingdon County
|Franklin Township
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Petroleum Center
|
|Venango County
|Cornplanter Township
|
|
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| |
| Pig’s Ear
|
|Elk County
|Highland Township
|
|
|Semi-abandoned
|an oil drilling ghost town |
| Pithole
|
|Venango County
|Cornplanter Township
|
|
|
|an oil drilling ghost town |
| Poe Mills
|
|Centre County
|
|
|
|
|A former logging town, now the site of Poe Paddy State Park.[{{Cite web |first=Lee |last=Stout |date=2018-02-01 |title=Penn State Diary: Names of places in Centre County have lessons to teach |url=https://www.statecollege.com/articles/spot-8/penn-state-diary-names-of-places-in-centre-county-have-lessons-to-teach/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=StateCollege.com |language=en-US}}] |
| Port Perry
|
|Allegheny County
|North Versailles Township
|
|1945
|
| |
| Powelton
|
|Centre County
|
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Powelton
|
|Huntingdon County
|
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Quaker Bridge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Rattling Run
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|
|
|
|
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| |
| Rausch Gap
|
|Lebanon County
|Cold Spring Township
|
|
|
| |
| Red Hot
|
|Allegheny County
|West Deer Township
|
|
|
|Along Saxonburg Boulevard |
| Red Shaft
|
|
|
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Ricketts
|
|Sullivan/Wyoming counties
|Colley (Sullivan)
Forkston (Wyoming)
|
|
|
| |
| Robindale
|
|Indiana County
|
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Rushland
|Sackett, Rush Valley
|Bucks County
|Wrightstown Township
|1730
|
|
|Most famous for the old Rushland station.[{{Cite web |last=LaVO |first=Carl |title=The 12:10 to Rushland |url=https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2019/06/03/the-12-10-to-rushland/5002647007/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=PhillyBurbs |language=en-US}}] |
| Safe Harbor
|
|Lancaster County
|Conestoga Township
|
|
|
|See also Safe Harbor Dam.[{{Cite web |date=2019-04-23 |title=Along the Susquehanna at the mouth of the Conestoga River lies a village born in fire but died from ice. Survey the razed company ghost town of Safe Harbor. |url=https://unchartedlancaster.com/2019/04/23/along-the-susquehanna-at-the-mouth-of-the-conestoga-river-lies-a-village-born-in-fire-but-died-from-ice-survey-the-razed-company-ghost-town-of-safe-harbor/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Uncharted Lancaster |language=en-US}}] |
| Salemville
|
|Westmoreland County
|Salem Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town. |
| Scotia
|
|Centre County
|Patton Township
|
|1922-1923
|
|A mining town.[{{cite web | url=http://departments.juniata.edu/geology/sprucecreek/Spruce%20Creek%20Assessment%20PSU/07_Chapter%205_Culture%20and%20Community.pdf | title=Culture and Community of Spruce Creek | accessdate=2006-09-29}}] |
| Scott Glenn
|
|Indiana County
|East Wheatfield Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town along the Ghost Town Trail.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Shanktown
|
|Indiana County
|Green Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Shawmut
|
|Elk County
|Horton Township
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Sidney
|
|Indiana County
|Banks Township
|
|
|
|Located at Bear Run.[{{Cite journal |date=December 2013 |title=Bear Run Watershed Renaissance Mine Drainage Restoration Project |url=https://www.datashed.org/sites/default/files/techreport290bearrun.pdf |journal=Susquehanna River Basin Commission |issue=290}}] |
| Silverton
|
|Schuylkill County
|
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Sligo
|
|Allegheny County
|Harrison Township
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Smokeless (Robindale)
|
|Indiana County
|East Wheatfield Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Snyder
|
|Indiana County
|Center Township
|
|
|
|A mining town.[{{Cite journal |last=Quin |first=Richard H. |date=1993 |title=Indiana County, Pennsylvania – An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites |url=http://npshistory.com/publications/aih-sw-pa/indiana-co.pdf |journal=Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record |pages=15, 16, 19}}] |
| Snydertown
|
|Westmoreland County
|Derry Township
|
|
|
|[{{Cite book |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/Survey/1994-H001-129.pdf |title=WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites |year=1994 |page=45}}] |
| Social Hall
|
|
|
|
|
|Submerged
|under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. |
| Somerfield
|
|Somerset County
|
|
|1943
|Submerged
|under the waters of Youghiogheny River Lake, but in 1999 receding water levels began to reveal parts of the town.[{{Cite web |title=A bridge to the 19th century |url=https://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/19990107bridge3.asp |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=old.post-gazette.com}}] |
| Sonesville
|
|
|
|
|
|
|An obscure logging town. |
| Straight
|
|Elk County
|
|
|
|Submerged
|under the waters of East Branch Lake.[{{Cite web |last=Kissel |first=Kelly P. |date=1991-12-15 |title=Fading Lake Reveals 'Allegheny Atlantis' : History: Former residents come from miles around to see old haunts thought gone forever. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-15-mn-891-story.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}] |
| Stringtown
|
|Greene County
|
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Tambine
|
|Elk County
|Jones Township
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Tartown
|Wagamansville
|Adams County
|
|
|
|
|[{{cite web|title=Adams County Parcel Locator|url=http://173.163.156.193/Freeance/Client/PublicKiosk1/index.html?appconfig=test_kiosk|accessdate=2 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121128155647/http://173.163.156.193/Freeance/Client/PublicKiosk1/index.html?appconfig=test_kiosk|archivedate=28 November 2012}}] |
| Three Mile
|
|Elk County
|Highland Township
|
|
|
|oil drilling ghost town.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Tohickon Village
|
|Bucks County
|
|
|
|Submerged
|under the waters of Lake Nockamixon |
| Walston
|
|Jefferson County
|Young Township
|
|
|
|A coal company patch town.[{{Cite journal |last=Washlaski |first=Raymond A. |title=WALSTON: Walston Mines & Coke Works, Walston, Young Twp., Jefferson, Co, Pennsylvania, USA "Forgotten Mining Town" |url=https://www.academia.edu/41483416}}] |
| Webster
|
|Indiana County
|
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town along the Ghost Town Trail.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Wehrum
|
|Indiana County
|Buffington Township
|
|1934
|
|coal mining ghost town |
| Wenona
|
|Allegheny County
|Forward Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| West Overton
|
|
|
|
|
|Historic
|[{{Cite web |title=West Overton, Livermore listed among Pennsylvania's 'ghost towns' to explore |url=https://archive.triblive.com/local/westmoreland/west-overton-livermore-listed-among-pennsylvanias-ghost-towns-to-explore/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=www.tribliveoffers.com}}] |
| West Winfield
|
|Butler County
|Winfield Township
|
|
|
|A former company town which once housed a rail station.[{{Cite web |title=Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site |url=http://www.geocaching.com/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.geocaching.com |language=en}}] |
| Whiskey Run
|
|Indiana County
|Young Township
|
|
|
|A coal mining ghost town famous for multiple unsolved murders. |
| White Rock
|
|Armstrong County
|Gilpin Township
|
|
|
|a coal mining ghost town{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Wilmer
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Wilsonville
|
|
|
|
|
|Submerged
|flooded to create Lake Wallenpaupack |
| Windy City
|
|Elk County
|Highland Township
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
| Wistar
|
|Elk County
|
|
|
|
| |
| Yellow Dog Village
|
|Armstrong County
|
|
|Early 2010s
|Historic/neglected
| |
| Yellow Springs
|
|Lebanon County
|
|
|
|
| |
| Zanmore
|
|Clinton County
|
|
|
|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
