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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
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
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"Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 .
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"5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 .
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"Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914" . Retrieved November 11, 2023 .
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"Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns" . Retrieved November 14, 2023 .
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"This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 .
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"15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 .
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"Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers" . Retrieved November 28, 2023 .
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"Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map" . Retrieved November 6, 2023 .
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"Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913" . Retrieved November 7, 2023 .
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"Hope (Scott's Bluff County)" . Retrieved November 7, 2023 .
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"Largest advertising poster" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 .
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"Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town" . Retrieved November 16, 2023 .