Corbett

Corbett (countable and uncountable, plural Corbetts)

From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.

der

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

A ghost town in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States.


Choctaw Corner

A ghost town in Clarke County, Alabama, now within the city limits of Thomasville.


Clarksville

A ghost town in Defiance County, Ohio; named for proprietor Elisha Clark.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in Nebraska.


Dooley

en-proper noun

Dooley (countable and uncountable, plural Dooleys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).

der

A ghost town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.


Hawley

en-prop

Hawley (countable and uncountable, plural Hawleys)

Two main origins:
* The village in Hampshire is from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hall + -ley (“lea”).
* The village in Kent is from Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to holy + -ley (“lea”).

der

A ghost town in Wright County, Missouri, United States.


Cleary

en-proper noun

Cleary (countable and uncountable, plural Clearys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cléirigh (“descendant of the cleric”), from cléireach (“cleric”).

der

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

A ghost town in Livingston County, Missouri, United States.


Geary

en-proper noun

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

A ghost town in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, named after John W. Geary.


Ponder

Ponder (countable and uncountable, plural Ponders)

A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.


Griswold

A placename
A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in California.


Hardman

Hardman (countable and uncountable, plural Hardmans)

A ghost town in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.


Craddock

Craddock (countable and uncountable, plural Craddocks)

A ghost town in the County of Warner, Alberta, Canada.


Fuqua

Fuqua (countable and uncountable, plural Fuquas)

A ghost town in Liberty County, Texas, United States.


Sumpter

Sumpter (countable and uncountable, plural Sumpters)

From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).

der

A number of places in the United States:


Flanigan

en-proper noun

Flanigan (countable and uncountable, plural Flanigans)

A ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.


Dabney

Dabney (countable and uncountable, plural Dabneys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.

A ghost town in Uvalde County, Texas, United States.


Gaskins

Gaskins (countable and uncountable, plural Gaskinses)

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A ghost town in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States.


Beardsley

Beardsley (countable and uncountable, plural Beardsleys)

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Rawlins County, Kansas.


Kerrigan

Kerrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).

der

A ghost town in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.


Newhouse

en-proper noun

Newhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Newhouses)

* From new + house.
* Calque of German Neuhaus. Derived from Neuhaus (cf. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.), anglicization of German Neuhaus. From neu+Haus.
Cognate with, Catalan Casanova, French Maisonneuve, German Neuhaus, Italian Casanova, Occitan Casanova.

A ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, United States.


Morehouse

Morehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Morehouses)

A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.


Click

Click (countable and uncountable, plural Clicks)

A ghost town in Llano County, Texas, United States, named after settler Malachi Click.


Chaffee

Chaffee (countable and uncountable, plural Chaffees)

From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.

A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.


Abeyta

Abeyta (countable and uncountable, plural Abeytas)

Borrowed from Spanish Abeyta, a surname of Basque origin.

Las Animas County
Las Animas County#English

A ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.


Barnwell

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California, United States.


Williamsburg

* From Williams + -burg.
** (Brooklyn): Named after Jonathan Williams.
* From William + -s- + -burg.
** (Indiana): Named after its founder William Johnson.

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A ghost town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.


Kerby

A ghost town in Plumas County, California, United States.


Treece

Treece (countable and uncountable, plural Treeces)

From the plural form of Old English trēow (“tree”).

A ghost town in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States.


Heppner

Fall River County
Fall River County#English

A ghost town in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.


Wheelock

Wheelock (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelocks)

A ghost town in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.


Tye

Tye (countable and uncountable, plural Tyes)

A ghost town in King County, Washington, United States, presumably named after the Tye River, named after W. H. Tye. Renamed from Wellington in 1910 after an avalanche disaster.


Hot Springs

A ghost town in Eureka County, Nevada, United States.

A ghost town in King County, Washington, United States.


Portage

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town and former settlement in Alaska, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1964.


Elswick

Elswick (countable and uncountable, plural Elswicks)

A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36 , Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ingham

Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)

From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.

A ghost town in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.

A ghost town in Vinton County, Ohio, United States.


Kempton

Kempton (countable and uncountable, plural Kemptons)

From the Old English personal name Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A ghost town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.


Bainbridge

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A locality and ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.


Belknap

A ghost town in Young County, Texas, United States, which was once the county seat.


Mount Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, literally “vineyard of God”).

der

Jefferson Davis County
Jefferson Davis County#English

A ghost town in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.


Wabash

Via French Ouabache, from Miami [Term?] (“it shines white”), referring to the Wabash River (which has a limestone bed), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- (“(be) white”).

A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia.


Warm Springs

A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is also the name of a new community elsewhere in Nevada.


Gleeson

en-proper noun

Gleeson (countable and uncountable, plural Gleesons)

A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.


Blakeley

Blakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeleys)

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).

A ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.


Wilford

Wilford (countable and uncountable, plural Wilfords)

From Old English welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

A ghost town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.


Cadle

Cadle (countable and uncountable, plural Cadles)

A ghost town in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.


Anaconda

Boundary Country
Boundary Country#English

A ghost town in the Boundary Country district, British Columbia, Canada.


Cortland

A ghost town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Eminence

A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.


Centerville

A ghost town in Alpine County, California.

A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.


Bolster

Bolster (countable and uncountable, plural Bolsters)

A ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.


Brownsville

United States of America
United States of America

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois. It was the former county seat.


Colorado City

A ghost town in Yuma County, Arizona, destroyed by a flood.

A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, submerged under Lake Mohave.


Shands

Shands (countable and uncountable, plural Shandses)

Two possible origins:
* Variant of Scottish Shand, with the English patronymic suffix -s.
* Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schantz.

A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.


Calderwood

Calderwood (countable and uncountable, plural Calderwoods)

From the river name Calder + Old English wudu (“wood”).

A ghost town in Blount County, Tennessee, United States.


Paw Paw

A ghost town in Miami County, Indiana, United States.

A ghost town in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.


Briers

A ghost town in Adams County, Mississippi, United States.


Martinsburg

From Martin + -s- + -burg.
* (Indiana): Founded in 1818 by Dr. Abner Martin.

The name of several places in the United States of America:

A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri.


Barnesville

A ghost town in Marion County, Alabama, United States.


Watertown

A ghost town in Kings County, California.


New City

A ghost town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Helvey

Helvey (countable and uncountable, plural Helveys)

A ghost town in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.


Central City

A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio, United States.


Hopewell

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

A large number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Calhoun County, Mississippi.


Corkery

Corkery (countable and uncountable, plural Corkerys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corcra (“descendant of Corcra”), a personal name derived from corcair (“purple”).

A ghost town in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

A ghost town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.


Casco

Casco (countable and uncountable, plural Cascos)

A ghost town in Franklin County, Missouri.


Twining

Twining (countable and uncountable, plural Twinings)

A ghost town in Taos County, New Mexico.


Elberton

A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington, United States. Derived from Elbert as a Christian name.


Goshen

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Henderson County, Texas.

A ghost town and former logging and farming community in Whatcom County, Washington.


Sweetland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English swēte (“sweet”) + land (“land”).

A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.


Fenelon

Fenelon (countable and uncountable, plural Fenelons)

Various origins:
* Borrowed from French Fénelon, a habitational surname mostly found in Haiti.
* Irish surname, a variant of Fenlon.

A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.


Ruddock

St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish#English

A ghost town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, destroyed by a hurricane.


Forest City

A ghost town in Utah County, Utah, United States.


Lockport

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.


Starkville

A ghost town in Lee County, Georgia, named after John Stark.


Pikeville

A ghost town in Marion County, Alabama, which was the county seat until 1882.


Centreville

A ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.

A ghost town in Henderson County, Texas, United States.


Shackleton

Shackleton (countable and uncountable, plural Shackletons)

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from an unattested Old English word *sċacol (“tongue of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Chattooga County
Chattooga County#English

A ghost town in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States.


Star City

A ghost town in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.


Eddyville

A ghost town in Humboldt County, California, United States.


Elizabethtown

The name of various places in the United States of America:

A ghost town and former gold rush town in Plumas County, California.

A ghost town in Delaware County, Indiana.


Teal

Teal (countable and uncountable, plural Teals)

From teal, a nickname given to someone considered to resemble this duck.

A ghost town in Cole County, Missouri, United States.


Higby

A ghost town in Roane County, West Virginia, United States.


Minden

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Calhoun County, Alabama.

A ghost town and township in Benton County, Minnesota.

A ghost town in Kemper County, Mississippi.

A ghost town in Lawrence County, Missouri.

A ghost town in Warren County, Missouri.

A ghost town in Meagher County, Montana.

Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County#English

A ghost town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English

A ghost town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.


Glenville

New Castle County
New Castle County#English

A ghost town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, abandoned in 2004 after flooding.


Osceola

Anglicized form of Creek Asi-yahola, name of an influential Seminole leader.

White Pine County
White Pine County#English

A ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.


La Plata

A ghost town in Cache County, Utah, United States.


Bloomington

From blooming (“flowering”) + -ton (“placename suffix”).

A ghost town in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.


Danville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.

A ghost town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.


Bellefonte

A ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, and the former county seat.


St. Marys

A ghost town in Miner County, South Dakota, United States.


Ashwood

Ashwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ashwoods)

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + wudu (“wood”).

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A ghost town in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.


Elkton

A ghost town in Teller County, Colorado, United States.


Portlock

Portlock (countable and uncountable, plural Portlocks)

Habitational surname from the village of Porlock, in Somerset.

Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough#English

A ghost town in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

Various places in the United States of America:

An unincorporated community, possibly a ghost town, in Defiance County, Ohio.


Indianola

A ghost town destroyed twice by hurricanes in Calhoun County, Texas, United States.


Sundance

A ghost town in northern Manitoba, Canada.


Williamsport

A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.


Greene Springs

Named after a nearby natural spring of the same name, which does not exist today.

A ghost town in Vernon County, Missouri.


Johnsonville

Humphreys County
Humphreys County#English

A submerged ghost town in Benton County and Humphreys County, Tennessee, United States.


Craigmont

An unincorporated community and ghost town in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Garo

A ghost town in Park County, Colorado in what is now South Park.


O'Donnell

From Irish Ó Dónaill, Ó Domhnaill (“of Domhnall”).

A ghost town in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Coldwater

A ghost town in Sherman County, Texas, which was once the county seat.


Lacon

A ghost town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States.


Boonville

A ghost town in Brazos County, Texas, United States; it once was the county seat.


Bend

Most places get their name from bends in rivers.

A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line.


McGuire

Coshocton County
Coshocton County#English

A ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Hermosa

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Sierra County, New Mexico.


Union City

A ghost town in Madison County, Montana, United States.


Mount Pleasant

A ghost town in Atchison County, Kansas.


Ellendale

A ghost town in Polk County, Oregon, United States.


Courtland

A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A ghost town near Oliver, British Columbia.


Hillsdale

A ghost town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.


Lapeer

A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States.


Rockdale

A ghost town and locality in King County, Washington, United States.


Dodds

From Dodd + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Middle English Dodd.

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Woodbury County, Iowa.


Buffalo City

In South Africa, named after the Buffalo River.

A ghost town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.


Molson

Molson (countable and uncountable, plural Molsons)

From Moll + -son, the former element is an old diminutive of Mary related to Molly.

A ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.


Tigerville

Pennington County
Pennington County#English

A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.


Carbondale

A ghost town in Orange County, California, United States.


Kintore

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A ghost town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)

A submerged ghost town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States.


Millbrook

en-proper noun

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A number of places in the United States:


Horncastle

A ghost town in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Forestville

A township and ghost town therein, in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.


Caribou

A ghost town in Boulder County, Colorado.


Castleton

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Grand County, Utah.


Zoar

Mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 19:22, 23, and 30 as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. From Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Was present in Old English as Sægor.

m+

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Cazenovia

Pipestone County
Pipestone County#English

A ghost town in Pipestone County, Minnesota.


Fellows

A ghost town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.


Terre Haute

A ghost town in Putnam County, Missouri, United States.


Hartland

en-proper noun

Hartland (countable and uncountable, plural Hartlands)

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.
The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Ward County, North Dakota.


Gormanston

A ghost town, formerly a mining town, on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.


Lucin

Lucin (countable and uncountable, plural Lucins)

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English

A ghost town, a former railroad community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, which gave its name to the Lucin Cutoff and was named after the Lucina (bivalve).


Ardath

A ghost town in Barton County, Missouri, United States.


Hecla

Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County#English

A ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States.

A ghost town in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States.


Shafter

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Presidio County, Texas.


Redlands

A ghost town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


San Jacinto

[sæ̃n d͡ʒəˈsɪ̃ɾ̃ə]

From Spanish San Jacinto (literally “Saint Hyacinth”).

bor

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.


Garnet

Garnet (Steven Universe)
Garnet, California
Garnet, Michigan
Garnet, Montana
Garnet, Wisconsin

A ghost town in Granite County, Montana, United States.


Walnut

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, named for walnut trees.


Westville

desc

→ Scottish Gaelic: Baile An Iar (calque)

The name of the town in Nova Scotia is derived from west + -ville. The town is named for its location to the west of Stellarton.

A ghost town in Simpson County, Mississippi.


Humberstone

A ghost town in the Atacama Desert, Chile.


Bunker Hill

The hill in Boston was named after 17th-century landowner George Bunker, originally as Bunker's Hill, and amended later.

A number of places in the United States; many are named after the battle:


Kidston

From the Old English personal name Cydd + tūn (“enclosure, estate”).

A ghost town in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia.


Lochiel

Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County#English

A ghost town (still populated) and former Mexican border crossing in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.


Ingleby

en-proper noun

Ingleby (countable and uncountable, plural Inglebys)

From Old Norse Englar (“Englishman”) + býr (“village, settlement”).

A ghost town in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.


McClung

McClung (countable and uncountable, plural McClungs)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".

der

Greenbrier County
Greenbrier County#English

A ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.


Cassiar

Corruption of Kaska. From Kaska. From the Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations group of the Dene, who live in the region of Northern British Columbia and Southern Yukon Territory.

Cassiar Mountains
Cassiar Mountains#English

Cassiar Land District
Cassiar Land District#English

Northern Interior
Northern Interior#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

(historical) A ghost town in the Cassiar Mountains, Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada


Duquesne

en-proper noun

Duquesne (countable and uncountable, plural Duquesnes)

A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.


Chambless

unk

Unexplained

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California, United States.


Silver Creek

Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County#English

A number of settlements in the United States:

A ghost town in Clear Creek County, Colorado.


Rhyolite

A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.


Trow

en-proper noun

Trow (countable and uncountable, plural Trows)

Various origins:
* A nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English trewe (“faithful, loyal”).
* A topographic surname for someone who lived near a depression in the ground, from Middle English trow (“trough”).

der

A ghost town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.


Apoxsee

Borrowed from Creek apaksi (“tomorrow”), not a Creek place name, but a word chosen around 1900 by the railroad company which built a depot there.


Askwith

en-proper noun

Askwith (countable and uncountable, plural Askwiths)

From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + viðr (“tree, wood”).

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English

A ghost town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.


Prypeć

prypecki (adjective)
Prypeć (nominative singular)
Prypeci (genitive singular)
Prypeci (dative singular)
Prypeć (accusative singular)
Prypecią (instrumental singular)
Prypeci (locative singular)
Prypeci (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ukrainian При́п'ять (Prýpʺjatʹ).


Potosi

A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, United States.


Farmer City

Unclear whether from the occupation of farmer or the name Farmer.

A ghost town in Wichita County, Kansas, United States.


Ardee

A ghost town in Stewart County, Tennessee, United States.


Calvey

en-proper noun

Calvey (countable and uncountable, plural Calveys)

A ghost town in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.


Port Radium

port+radium. From being a port built to support radium mining and mining of ores that otherwise contain radium, in the region.

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A ghost town in Port Radium, Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada


Burntwood

A ghost town in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States.


Sellwood

Sellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Sellwoods)

A ghost town, formerly a village in Capreol, Ontario, Canada.


Hanback

Hanback (countable and uncountable, plural Hanbacks)

A ghost town in Norton County, Kansas, United States.


普里皮亞季

ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧˋ

ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧˋ

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Pripyat (an abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine)


Припјат

mk-proper noun

Припјат • (Pripjat) m (relational adjective припјатски)

Pripjat (romanization)
припјатски (adjective relational)


Frankford

A number of places in the United States:

A township and ghost town in Mower County, Minnesota.


Sylvan

en-proper noun

Sylvan (countable and uncountable, plural Sylvans)

An altered form of French Sylvain, or borrowed from Swedish Sylvan.

A ghost town in Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois, United States.


Termo

A ghost town in Lassen County, California, United States.


Cambray

en-prop

Cambray (countable and uncountable, plural Cambrays)

A ghost town in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.


Ramah

Named after the Biblical city located on the border of Judea and Israel.
Compare Hebron, Hopedale, Nain and Zoar.

A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Okak

Derived from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut oĸaĸ (“tongue”). The settlement was named after Okak Bay, which is shaped roughly like a tongue.

der

A ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.


L'Anse-au-Diable

From French L’Anse-au-Diable, derived in turn from anse (“cove, small bay”) and diable (“devil”). The settlement was named after a dangerous headland located nearby.

A ghost town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


East St. Modeste

From a Basque source. The current toponym appears to refer to Saint Modesta (died c. 680), but it is unclear how the Basque toponym changed into the name of the saint.
The element east was added to distinguish the settlement from West St. Modeste.


Davis Inlet

Named after a nearby fjord, named in turn after explorer John Davis (around 1550 - 1605).


Springdale

The name of the Newfoundland town was apparently coined as a description of its immediate surroundings.

A ghost town in Canton, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.


Calumet

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A ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado.


Avoca

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English

A ghost town and former township in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.


தனுஷ்கோடி

ta-proper noun

தனுஷ்கோடி • (taṉuṣkōṭi)

taṉuṣkōṭi (romanization)
தனுஷ்கோடி (nominative singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியே (singular vocative)
தனுஷ்கோடியை (accusative singular)
தனுஷ்கோடிக்கு (dative singular)
தனுஷ்கோடிக்காக (benefactive singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியில் (locative locative-i singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
தனுஷ்கோடியுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
தனுஷ்கோடியால் (instrumental singular)
தனுஷ்கோடியிலிருந்து (ablative singular)

Compound of தனுஷ் (taṉuṣ, from Sanskrit धनुस् (dhanus, “bow”)) + கோடி (kōṭi, “tip, edge”).

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from Sanskrit <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">धनुस्</i> (dhanus, “bow”)

Dhanushkodi (a ghost town in Pamban, Tamil Nadu, India)


Altona

Many places, if not all, are named after Altona in Hamburg.

A ghost town in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.


Harrisonville

Tippecanoe County
Tippecanoe County#English

A ghost town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, replaced by the town of Battle Ground.


Snow Hill

A ghost town in Harrison Township, Miami County, Indiana.


Eutaw

A ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.


Canyon City

A ghost town, now submerged, in Comal County, Texas, United States, replaced by Canyon Lake CDP.


Big Spring

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Wilson County, Tennessee.


Wrightsville

A ghost town in Alma, Jackson County, Wisconsin.


Hawkinsville

Matagorda County
Matagorda County#English

A ghost town in Matagorda County, Texas, originally named after James Boyd Hawkins.


Oak Grove

Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County#English

A ghost town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.


Promontory Point

A headland and ghost town nearby, in Box Elder County, Utah, United States; the headland (or cape) juts into the Great Salt Lake.


Frenchtown

From French + town, often referring to French settlers.

A ghost town, a historic settlement on the Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland.


Easdale

A ghost town in Ellis County, Kansas, United States.


Connellsville

A ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States, named after Connellsville, PA, and now flooded by a reservoir.


Flower Hill

A ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.


Liberty Grove

A ghost town, now flooded, in Delta County, Texas.


St. Thomas

A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, flooded by the Hoover Dam.


Morrisburg

A ghost town in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States, named after Jonathan J. Morris.


Ireland's Eye

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A ghost town on an island of the same name near Random Island, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Mill Creek

A number of communities in the United States:

A ghost town in the town of Sylvan, Richland County, Wisconsin.


Rocky Point

A ghost town in Fergus County, Montana, United States.


Two Guns

A ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.


Ash Hill

* (ghost town in California): Ash + hill. Possibly named after Southern Pacific surveyor Benjamin Ash who died in the area.

A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California, United States


Canyon Diablo

Partial calque of Spanish Cañon Diablo (literally “devil canyon”).


Coal City

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Carbon County, Utah.


Coal Creek

A ghost town and stream near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.


Caddoa

Named after Caddoa Creek, which took its name from the Caddo Indians.

A ghost town in Bent County, Colorado, United States.


Hackberry

A ghost town in Gove Township, Gove County, Kansas.


San Marcial

A ghost town in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.


Keenbrook

A ghost town near the Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, California, United States.


Nortonville

Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County#English

A ghost town in Contra Costa County, California; founded by Noah Norton.


Gay Hill

Washington County
Washington County#English

An unincorporated community and ghost town in Washington County, Texas, United States, named after Thomas Gay and William Carroll Jackson Hill.


Lenado

A ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.


New Chester

A town and ghost town therein, in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.


Nannine

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A ghost town in the Shire of Meekatharra, Mid West region, Western Australia.


Pine Point

A ghost town in South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Prairiedale

A ghost town in Hill County, Texas, United States.


Hilltop

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.

A ghost town in Mercer County, Kentucky.