List of ghost towns in Oregon

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This is a list of ghost towns in the U.S. state of Oregon. According to historian Steve Arndt, Oregon has more than 250 ghost towns, more than any other state in the United States.[1] This list includes towns and communities that are abandoned, unpopulated, or whose populations have declined to significantly small numbers.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Antelope, Oregon
Bridal Veil, Oregon
Cascadia, Oregon
Cornucopia, Oregon
Flora, Oregon
Golden, Oregon
Lime, Oregon
Richmond, Oregon
Whitney, Oregon
TownEst.CountyNotesRef.
Airlie1882Polk
Andrews1880Harney[3]
Antelope1901Wasco[4]
Ashwood1870 (c.)Jefferson[5]
Auburn1861Baker
Austin1888Grant
Bayocean1906TillamookDestroyed by coastal erosion.
Blalock1879Gilliam County
Blitzen1915 (c.)Harney[6]
Boston1858LinnRelocated to become Shedd.
Boones Ferry1847ClackamasSubsumed by Wilsonville in 1880.
Bourne1895Baker
Boyd1861WascoRecently bought as Farmland.[5]
Bridal Veil1886Multnomah
Buncom1851Jackson
Butteville1840 (c.)Marion
Cascadia1898 (c.)Linn
Champoeg1841Marion
Copper1924JacksonThe remaining buildings in the town were demolished to make way for Applegate Lake.[7]
CopperWallowa
Cornucopia1884Baker
Danner1863Malheur County
Divide1900Lane
Dufur1893Wasco[8]
Ellendale1850Polk
Flora1897Wallowa
Fort Clatsop1804Clatsop[9]
Fort Stevens1863Clatsop[10]
Friend1903Wasco[11]
Galena1865Grant[5]
Golden1840 (c.)Josephine[5]
Granite1867Grant[5]
Greenback1897Josephine[5]
Greenhorn1897Baker & Grant
Hardman1881Morrow[12]
Horse Heaven1933Jefferson[5]
IdiotvilleTillamook
Jimtown1904Baker
Kent1887Sherman[13]
Kerby1884 (c.)Josephine[14]
Kernville1896Lincoln
Kinzua1927Wheeler[15]
Latourell1876Multnomah
Lime1899Baker[16]
Lonerock1881Gilliam[5]
Mayville1884Gilliam[17]
Millican1913Deschutes[15]
Orleans1850 (c.)Linn County
Ordnance1943Umatilla
Orodell1867Union
Ortley1911Wasco
Persist1902Jackson
Placer1885Josephine[5]
Pondosa1927Union[18]
Richmond1899Wheeler[5]
Shaniko1901Wasco[19]
Southport1875 (c.)Coos
Sparta1872Baker
Sterlingville1854Jackson
Sumpter1889Baker County[5]
Susanville1862 (c.)Grant[5]
Valsetz1919Polk
Vanport1943Multnomah
Waldo1852Josephine
Whitney1900Baker[5]
Yaquina1887Lincoln
Zena1858Polk
Zumwalt1903Wallowa

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Arndt, Steve (2015). Oregon Ghost Towns A to Z. Stephen Arndt. ISBN 978-0-984-42949-3.
  2. ↑ Baker, T. Lindsay (2003). More Ghost Towns of Texas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806135182.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ↑ Culp, Edwin D. (1978). Stations West: The Story of the Oregon Railways. New York: Bonanza Books. pp. 100&ndash, 101. OCLC 4751643.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Weis, Norman D. (1971). Ghost Towns of the Northwest. Caldwell, Idaho, USA: Caxton Press. ISBN 0-87004-358-7.
  6. ↑ Hatton, Raymond (1988). Oregon's Big Country: A Portrait of Southeastern Oregon. Bend, Oregon, USA: Maverick Publications. ISBN 0-89288-128-3.
  7. ↑ Miller, Bill (14 December 2008). "The underwater ghost town". Mail Tribune. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Varney 2013, pp. 138–9.
  9. ↑ Varney 2013, p. 116.
  10. ↑ Varney 2013, p. 120.
  11. ↑ Varney 2013, pp. 138–42.
  12. ↑ Varney 2013, p. 169.
  13. ↑ Varney 2013, pp. 152–5.
  14. ↑ Varney 2013, p. 206.
  15. 1 2 "Remnants of another time". Bend Bulletin. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  16. ↑ McArthur, Lewis (1991) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (6th ed.). Portland, OR, USA: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-87595-237-6.
  17. ↑ Varney 2013, pp. 162–4.
  18. ↑ "Fire strikes ghost town". La Grande Observer. 22 June 1959. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ Varney 2013, p. 156.

Works cited

  • Varney, Phillip (2013). Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to the Hidden History of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-760-34316-6.
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