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List of ghost towns in Arizona

List of ghost towns in Arizona

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This is a partial list of ghost towns in Arizona in the United States. Most ghost towns in Arizona are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those not set up as mining camps often became mills or supply points supporting nearby mining operations.[1]

Conditions

1881 Assay Office of Vulture City

Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of buildings or civilization and have reverted to empty land. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Still others may support full-time residents, though usually far less than at their historical peak, while others may now be museums or historical sites.[1]

For ease of reference, the sites listed here are placed into one of the following general categories.

Barren site
  • Site is no longer in existence
  • Site has been destroyed, covered with water, or reverted to empty land
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most
Neglected site
  • Little more than rubble remains at the site
  • Dilapidated, often roofless buildings remain at the site
Abandoned site
  • Building or houses still standing, but all or almost all are abandoned
  • No population, with the possible exception of a caretaker
  • Site no longer in use, except for one or two buildings
Semi-abandoned site
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but most are abandoned
  • A few residents may remain
Historic site
  • Buildings or houses still standing
  • Site has been converted to a historical site, museum, or tourist attraction
  • Still a busy community, but population is smaller than its peak years

Ghost towns

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Images of ghost towns

  • Adamsville ghost town marker
  • Adamsville ghost town water tanks
  • The Agua Caliente Resort
  • Stone house ruins in Agua Caliente
  • American Flag Post Office Ranch – 1877
  • Big Bug marker
  • The General Market Store in what once was Big Bug
  • Front view, Clemenceau Public School
  • Bank of Clemenceau
  • Cochise Southern Pacific Railroad train depot
  • Ruins of the Fort Buchanan Bridge over Sonoita Creek
  • Fort Crittenden historic marker
  • Historic Geronimo town marker
  • The ruins of the 1878 Burfind Hotel in Gillett
  • Different view of the ruins of the Burfind Hotel in Gillett
  • Goldfield's Main Street
  • Old Hyder building
  • Kofa Hotel, built in 1904
  • The Morristown Hotel/Store, built in 1899
  • Morristown commercial building, built in 1920
  • Oatman Drug Company Building, built in 1915 and listed on the NRHP
  • Oatman Hotel, originally the Durlin Hotel, built in 1902
  • Old ranch house in Pearce
  • Side view of the C.H. Cook Memorial Church, a historic Sacaton church
  • The grave of American Civil War and Confederate Veteran Colonel James Patton Perkins in the C.H. Cook Memorial Church Cemetery in Sacaton
  • Ruins of the 1895 Sentinel train depot
  • 1890 ranch house in Sentinel
  • Abandoned Twin Arrows trading post, now within the boundaries of Winslow
  • Abandoned cafeteria in Twin Arrows
  • Round stone house/tower ruins in Two Guns, now within the boundaries of Winslow
  • Abandoned zoo building in Two Guns
  • Vulture City ghost town houses
  • Rita's Brothel in Vulture City

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Austin, Noah (2019). Vaughn, Kelly (ed.). Arizona Ghost Town: 50 of the State's Best Places to Get a Glimpse of the Old West. Phoenix: Arizona Highways. ISBN 978-0998981307. OCLC 1147975628.
  • Paher, Stanley W.; Spude, Robert L.S.; Purcell, Roy E. (1976). Colorado River Ghost Towns. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications. OCLC 2687591.
  • Paher, Stanley W. (1980) [1971]. Northwestern Arizona Ghost Towns (revised ed.). Las Vegas: Nevada Publications. ISBN 978-0913814307. OCLC 7199950.
  • Paher, Stanley W. (1981). Southwestern Arizona Ghost Towns. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications. ISBN 978-0913814321. OCLC 7509446.
  • Paher, Stanley W. (1990). Western Arizona Ghost Towns. Nevada Publications. ISBN 978-0913814895. OCLC 23172961.
  • Spude, Robert L.S.; Paher, Stanley W. (1978). Central Arizona Ghost Towns. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications. OCLC 4125889.
  • Varney, Philip; Hinckley, Jim; James, Kerrick (2017). Ghost Towns of the West. Minneapolis: Voyager Press. ISBN 978-0760350416. OCLC 958797582.
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