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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.

Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska

Ghost towns

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Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks
Abdal[1] Nuckolls
Ames[1][2] Ketchum Dodge Not a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
Andrews[1][3] Sioux 1906 1951 Source([3]) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
Angora[1][4] Antelope Hill Morrill 1900
Anoka[1][5] Boyd
Antioch[1][2][5][6][7] Sheridan 1891
Appleton Pawnee
Arago[1][8] Fargo Richardson 1860 Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
Armour[1] Pawnee 1890 1934
Ashford[1] Banner Temporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
Bayonne Cherry
Belmont[1][2] Evergreen City Dawes
Bluevale Blue Valley York
Bookwalter[1] Pawnee
Bower Bowerville Jefferson
Breslau[1] Pierce
Brewster[1] Blaine County seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character, Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!".
Brocksburg[1][6][7] Keya Paha
Burton[1] Keya Paha
Carns[1] Keya Paha
Charlestown[1] York
Cincinnati[9] Pawnee
Covington[1][7] Harney City Dakota
Crouse Lancaster Now Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
Dale[1] Custer
De Soto[1] Washington
DeWitty[7] Audacious Cherry
Dobytown[6][7] Kearney
Donald[1][10] Hooker
Duff[1] Rock
Dunwell[1][10] Hooker
Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln[2][7] Sarpy
Eclipse[1][11] Hooker circa 1913 First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
Edholm[5] Butler
Elsmere[1] Cherry
Elton[1] Custer
Elvira[1][8] Merrick Once the county seat of Merrick County
Factoryville Union Mills Cass
Friedensau[1][8] Thayer
Glen[1] Sioux
Glencoe Dodge
Gross[1] Boyd Near ghost town.
Hayland Adams
Hecla[1][10] Hooker
Homerville Gosper
Hope[1][12][8] Scotts Bluff Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
Ingham[1] Lincoln
Jacksonville
Jamaica[1][8] Lancaster
Kelso[1][10] Hooker
Koesterville Pawnee
Lakeland[8] Brown
Lee Park[8] Custer and Valley
Lemoyne[1] Keith
Linton
Lomax[1] Custer
Lynn[1] Morrill
Mariaville[1] Rock
Mars Jessup Knox
Marsland[1][8] Dawes
Martha[1][8] Holt
Mayberry Pawnee
Meadville[1] Keya Paha
Melrose[8] Harlan
Meridian[1][8] Big Sandy Jefferson
Minersville[1][2][6][7] Otoe City Otoe
Mission Creek Pawnee
Monowi[1][13] Boyd A near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and Prudential Financial. They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made.
Montrose[1][7] Sioux
Mud Springs[8][7] Morrill
Neapolis[8][7] Saunders
New Home
Nonpareil[1] Box Butte
North Summerfield Pawnee
Omadi Dakota 1856
Oreapolis[14] Cass 1859 1864
Pauline[1] Adams 1887
Pebble Dodge
Pishelville[1] Knox 1874
Pittsburg Seward
Pleasant Hill[1][8][7] Pleasanthill Saline
Pleasant Valley[1] Dodge
Ringgold Ringold Dawson
Rock Bluff[1][7] Cass
Royal[1] Antelope
Saltillo[1] Lancaster
Sartoria[1][8][7] Buffalo
Savannah Butler
Shafferville Pawnee
Scott's Valley Pawnee
Sedan[1] Nuckolls
Shea Jefferson
Speiser Richardson
Spring Ranch[1] Springranch, Spring Ranche Clay
St. Deroin[1][5][6][7] Saint Deroin Nemaha
Tate[1] Pawnee
Tipp's Branch Pawnee
Unit[1] Sioux
Venus[1][6][7] Knox
Violet[1][5] Butler Pawnee
Wee Town Wee Pierce
Weir[1][10] Hooker
Weissert[1] Custer
Wheeler[1] Baird Wheeler

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914". Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns". Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 more Nebraska ghost towns". Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers". Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map". Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  11. ^ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "Largest advertising poster". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town". Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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