The United States state of Indiana has many former, abandoned, or ghost towns. A study concluded there were at least forty one, two of which were "drowned towns".[1]

The sole remaining house in Baltimore, Indiana
Abandoned grain elevators at Corwin, Indiana
An abandoned building and grain silos in Sloan, Indiana

Ghost towns

Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks
Anita[2][3]Johnson
Baltimore[4]Warren
Barbersville[4][5]Jefferson
BeevilleTippecanoe
BerlinClinton
Bowser StationBlackford
BraytonHendricks
Brisco[4][5]BriscoeWarren
Chatterton[4]Warren
ChesapeakeWarren
ConradNewton
Corwin[4][5]Henry
CorwinTippecanoe
Dorsey StationBlackford
DepauwHarrison
DresserWarren
Dunn[4][5][6]Benton
Elkinsville[4][1][7]Brown
ElizabethHarrison
Elizabethtown[5][8]Delaware
Fort RitnerLawrence
Frog AlleyBlackford
Glen HallGlenhallTippecanoe
Granville[5]Tippecanoe
GreenlandBlackford
HeathTippecanoe
Hindostan Falls[4][5][9][6]Martin
KickapooWarren
Lick Creek[9][8]Lick Creek African Settlement, Lick Creek African-American SettlementOrange
Little ChicagoBlackford
Locust GroveWarren
LuckBlackford
MagnetPerry
Marshfield[5]Scott
MauckportHarrison
Mollie[6]Blackford
Monument City[1]Huntington
New Amsterdam[10]Harrison
Old LeavenworthMoved to Leavenworth.
PleasantdaleBlackford
Point PleasantWarren
PrairievilleClinton
QuakerQuaker PointVermillion
RandallVermillion
RennerBlackford
SheffBenton
SilasBlackford
Sloan[4][5][6]Warren
SlocumBlackford
Springville[5]Clark
StringtownFountain
SumanPorter
TorontoVermillion
Tremont[4][5][6]New City WestPorterNow a part of Indiana Dunes State Park
TunneltonLawrence
VermontHoward
Walnut GroveWarren
WarrentonWarren
West UnionKnoxOwned by Shakers.
WinterhurstBlackford
WynnsboroHarrison

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Shukla, Anatole (February 16, 2022). "Ghost Towns of Indiana". ArcGIS StoryMaps.
  2. "Railroad put long-gone Anita on the state map". The Daily Journal (Franklin, Indiana). June 19, 2001. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  3. Rund, Christopher (2006), The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad, Indiana University Press, pp. 218–219, ISBN 9780253346926, Anita is another town along the line bearing the name of a young lady...By the 1980's the Anita was almost non-existent...The state highway department was on the verge of erasing Anita from map, but proponents of the all-but-forgotten town, successfully petitioned to preserve Anita's identity. The town remained acknowledged on paper and was even marked by a roadside commemorative plaque.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Johnston, Courtney (May 31, 2016). "What You'll Discover In These 10 Deserted Indiana Towns Is Truly Grim". OnlyInYourState.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "13 Ghost Towns In Indiana [MAP]". August 13, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Nuggets, Rare Gold (December 4, 2016). "6 Indiana Ghost Towns - Gone and (Almost) Forgotten".
  7. "The Indianapolis Star".
  8. 1 2 Smith, Jason (October 19, 2021). "Ghost Towns In Indiana".
  9. 1 2 Keith, Jim. "Ghost Towns in Ohio and Indiana". The Herald-Times.
  10. Hawes, George W. (August 31, 1859). "G. W. Hawes' Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859". Geo. W. Hawes, Pub. and Proprietor.
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