This is an incompletelist of ghost towns in Washington, a state of theUnited States.
| Name | County | Location | Settled | Abandoned | Current status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth | Franklin | The northern bank of the mouth of theSnake River, in what is nowPasco, Washington. | October, 1879 (platted) | Approximately 1885 | Absorbed intoPasco | [1] |
| Alderdale | Klickitat | AlongWashington State Route 14, where Alder creek connects intoColumbia River | 1907 (post office established) | 1962 (post office closed) | Barren | It is believed that Lewis & Clark camped at nearby Alder Creek in 1806. |
| Almota | Whitman | Where Almonta Creek connects intoSnake River | 1878 (post office established) | 1961 (post office closed) | Submerged | Remains of Almota were flooded by construction of theLittle Goose Dam. |
| Alpine | Skagit | Shore ofLake Cavanaugh,Skagit County | 1894 | 1898 | Abandoned | Established as a resort, the village had homes, a schoolhouse, a post office, and a nascent hotel. By 1906 it was described as deserted.[2] |
| Alpine | King | Cascade Mountains nearSkykomish | late 19th century | c. 1929 | Destroyed | |
| Alto | Columbia | Eleven or twelve miles north-east ofDayton. | 1882 (post office established) | 1903 (post office closed) | [3] | |
| Amelia | Mason | 1895 (post office established) | 1901 (post office closed) | |||
| Ankeny | Adams | |||||
| Attalia | Walla Walla | 1906 (post office established) | 1952 (post office closed) | [1] | ||
| Baird | Douglas | 1896 (post office established) | 1934 (post office closed) | |||
| Barneston | King | 1901 | 1924 | Abandoned in 1924 after the City of Seattle disallowed all human habitation within the Cedar River watershed in order to keep the water pure. | ||
| Barron | Whatcom | Near modernWinthrop[4] | 1893 | 1907 | ||
| Belcher Camp | Ferry | c. 1897 | ||||
| Bishop | Whitman | 1913 (post office established) | 1925 (post office closed) | |||
| Blewett[1][5] | Chelan | c. 1874 | After 1905 | Neglected | ||
| Bodie[1][5] | Okanogan | 1886 | 1934 | Neglected | ||
| Bolster[5] | Okanogan | 1899 | After 1916 | |||
| Bonita | Douglas | 1903 | 1927 | |||
| Bordeaux | Thurston | 1890s | 1941 | Barren | Logging town that had a post office by 1909. Town site purchased byCourtney Love in the 2000s;[6] some concrete foundations and a smokestack remain.[7] | |
| Bossburg[1] | Stevens | c. 1892 | c. 1910 | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Brief | ||||||
| Burnt Ridge | Lewis | Approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east ofOnalaska[8] | 1880s | Unknown (schoolhouse shuttered in 1945)[9] | Locale, landform | Location of the Burnt Ridge Airstrip (WN74) |
| Camp 1 | Pierce | |||||
| Canyon | Whitman | 1905 (post office established) | 1918 (post office closed) | |||
| Cedarville | Stevens | 1890s | 1911 | |||
| Clay City | Pierce | Before 1913 | ||||
| Coey | Spokane | |||||
| Craige | Asotin | 1898 (post office established) | 1941 (post office closed) | |||
| Diamond City | Pend Oreille | |||||
| Darknell | Spokane | |||||
| Delaney | Columbia | |||||
| Drumheller | Franklin | 1906 (post office established) | 1909 (post office closed) | |||
| Duncan | Spokane | |||||
| Ehrlich | Skagit | 1896 | 1915 | |||
| Elberton[1] | Whitman | 1886 (platted) | 1966 (disincorporated) | Semi-abandoned | ||
| Ewartsville | Whitman | |||||
| Fairbanks | Whitman | |||||
| Fairfax | Pierce | 1892 | 1943 (post office closed) | Barren | ||
| Fishtrap | Lincoln | 1906 (post office established) | 1936 (post office closed) | |||
| Frankfort | Pacific | 1876 (Homesteaded) | After 1960 | |||
| Franklin | King | 1880s | After 1919 | |||
| Freedom | Spokane | Barren | Nearby the town ofSpangle.[citation needed] | |||
| Galena | Snohomish | Northeast ofIndex | Platted in 1891 | |||
| Gettysburg | Clallam | 1887 (settled) | 1926 (post office closed) | Barren | ||
| Gilmer | Klickitat | 1883 (post office established) | 1919 (post office closed) | |||
| Godfrey | Stevens | 1905 (post office established) | 1912 (post office closed) | |||
| Golden | Okanogan | 1887 | After 1910 | |||
| Goshen | Whatcom | |||||
| Govan | Lincoln | Late 1880s | 1967 (with population remaining into the 2010s) | Abandoned | ||
| Grange City | Columbia | |||||
| Grisdale | Grays Harbor | 1946 | 1986 | |||
| Guler | Klickitat | Absorbed | A small town that was absorbed intoTrout Lake, Guler was a dairy and forestry community in theGifford Pinchot National Forest. It had a small store and tavern and gas station. Once the Forest Service came in and built housing, Trout Lake and Guler merged into one town now known as Trout Lake. Some folks tend to call the town of Trout Lake "Sleeping Beauty Valley", as the mountain at the foot ofMt. Adams and between Adams and Flat Top mountain resembles a sleeping Native American Maiden said to be "Bird Woman", the bride of Adams. (also known as Patoe)[citation needed] | |||
| Hanford | Benton | 1907 (settled) | 1943 (depopulated) | Evicted/demolished | ||
| Hanson Ferry | Asotin | 1891 (post office established) | 1929 (post office closed) | |||
| Haven | Grant | 1907 (post office established) | 1913 (post office closed) | |||
| Hillhurst | Pierce | 1878 (post office established) | 1920 (post office closed) | |||
| Holman | Pacific | 1889 (railroad stop established) | 1930 (railroad stop removed) | |||
| Hot Springs | King | 1886 | Before 1918 | Barren | ||
| Illia | Grant | |||||
| Interior | Whitman | |||||
| Jameson | Douglas | 1906 (post office established) | 1912 (post office closed) | |||
| Jericho | Grant | |||||
| Jerita | Whitman | |||||
| Kennedy | ||||||
| Kenova | Whitman | |||||
| Kerriston | King | 1904 (post office established) | 1935 (post office closed) | |||
| Keystone | Adams | |||||
| Knappton | Pacific | 1871 (post office established) | 1943 (post office closed) | |||
| Kopiah | Lewis | 1906 (post office established) | After 1930 | |||
| Ladow | Whitman | |||||
| Laurel | Whatcom | between Glenwood and Trout Lake | Early 1960s | A small town part of Broughten Lumber Company. | ||
| Lester | King | 1891 or 1892 | About 1984 | Demolished/barren | ||
| Levey | Franklin | |||||
| Liberty[1][5] | Kittitas | 1873 | After 1960 | Historic | Abandoned gold mining town associated with an 1873 gold rush. | |
| Liberty Bond | Klickitat | Between Appleton and Glenwood | Around 1930s | A former logging camp and town | ||
| Lindberg | Lewis | 1911 (post office established) | ||||
| Loop Loop | Okanogan | |||||
| Mack | ||||||
| Manito | ||||||
| Martindale | Franklin | |||||
| McAdam | Franklin | |||||
| McGees | Jefferson | |||||
| McGowan | Pacific | 1853 (established) | April 15, 1939 (post office closed) | Abandoned | ||
| Melmont | Pierce | 1900 | Early 1920s | Barren | ||
| Mendota | Lewis | 1909 (post office established) | 1923 (post office closed) | |||
| Mineral City | Snohomish | North ofGalena on Silver Creek | 1873 (settled as Silver City) 1892 (established as Mineral City) | Barren | ||
| Mock | Spokane | |||||
| Molson[1][5] | Okanogan | 1900 | August 1967 (post office closed) | Historic | ||
| Monohon | King | 1888 | 1925 | |||
| Monte Cristo | Snohomish | About 1889 | 1983 | Barren/neglected | ||
| Moonax | Klickitat | Around 1940 | Submerged | Railroad station submerged underwater. | ||
| Moore | Chelan | 1892 (post office established) | 1955 (post office closed) | |||
| Mora | Clallam | 1891 (post office established) | 1942 (post office closed) | Barren | ||
| Mottinger | Benton | 1908 (post office established) | 1951 (post office closed) | |||
| Nagrom | King | 1911 (post office established) | Before 1984 | |||
| Old Toroda | Okanogan | About 1897 | Not to be confused with Toroda, which was moved and renamedBodie.[1][5] | |||
| Osceola | King | Around 1900 | Abandoned | |||
| Pacific City | Pacific | About 1848 | 1865 (post office closed) | |||
| Page | King | |||||
| Park | Whatcom | 1884 (post office established) | 1925 (post office closed) | |||
| Penawawa | Whitman | 1871 | Named after a nearby creek at Union Flat, the town of Penawawa lay twelve miles west ofAlmota. Its first permanent settler, Mr. Ed Johnson, arrived in 1871 and raised cattle. In 1872, the territorial road running fromWalla Walla toColville stopped at the settlement and helped its economy greatly. It was platted in 1877 by founders Emsley Flincher, C.C. Cram and Francis Marion Byrd. Cram owned a ferry business on the other side of theSnake River and Penawawa grew as a ferry station and an exchange station that kept fresh horses for the stage coach route fromSpokane to Pendleton. It was widely used until the highway was built and bypassed Penawawa for Central Ferry instead. There was also a railroad in the vicinity, located near Camas Prairie Road. The Penawawa post office was in existence from 1872 to 1937. Their school, which had begun sometime before 1890, consolidated withColfax in 1940. The cemetery was also moved to Colfax in 1966 due to the likelihood of water levels rising from construction (beginning 1963) of theLittle Goose Dam.[10] | |||
| Pinkney City | Stevens | 1859 | After 1882 | [1] | ||
| Pleasant View | Walla Walla | 1894 | ||||
| Pluvius | Pacific | Watershed divide of theChehalis andWillapa rivers | 1891-1892 | Voting precinct only by 1950s | Named after the Roman god,Jupiter, by the construction crew of aNorthern Pacific Railroad line, due to heavy rainfall during the build.[11] | |
| Providence | Adams | Near where the town ofServia stood. | ||||
| Purrington | Whitman | |||||
| Renslow | Kittitas | |||||
| Riparia | Whitman | 1882 (post office established) | 1963 (post office closed) | |||
| Robinson | Okanogan | 1900 (post office established) | 1902 (post office closed) | |||
| Rockdale | King | 1912 (post office established) | 1915 (post office closed) | |||
| Rockwell | Adams | |||||
| Rodna | Spokane | 1912 (post office established) | 1931 (post office closed) | |||
| Roza | Kittitas | 1904 (post office established) | 1935 (post office closed) | |||
| Ruby | Okanogan | 48°29′52″N119°43′34″W / 48.49778°N 119.72611°W /48.49778; -119.72611 | Spring 1886 | 1893 | Not the Ruby inPend Oreille County. | |
| Ryan | Stevens | 1897 (post office established) | 1912 (post office closed) | |||
| Rye | Kittitas | |||||
| Sanderson | Douglas | 1908 (post office established) | 1920 (post office closed) | |||
| Sauk City | Skagit | NearRockport | 1880s (original town), 1901 (new town) | 1897 (original town), early 20th century (new town) | ||
| Seahaven | Pacific | Late 1880s | 1891 (post office closed) | |||
| Seltice | Whitman | |||||
| Servia | Adams | |||||
| Shanako | ||||||
| Shano | Adams | |||||
| Sheridan[5] | King | 1892 (post office established) | 1895 (post office closed) | |||
| Sherman | Lincoln | 1880s-1890s | Abandoned | |||
| Skagit City[1] | Skagit | 1868 | Early 1910s | Abandoned | ||
| Standard (Green's Spur)[12] | Whatcom | BetweenAcme andClipper on theSR 9, directly south of Homesteader Rd. | Historic | |||
| Swift | ||||||
| Synarep | Okanogan | |||||
| Taunton | Adams | 1908 (post office established) | 1913 (post office closed) | |||
| Taylor | King | 1893 | 1947 | Evicted/barren | ||
| Teske | Adams | |||||
| Thavis | Adams | |||||
| Theon | Asotin | 1884 | 1909 (post office closed) | |||
| Tono | Thurston | 1907 | 1976 | Barren | ||
| Trinity | Chelan | Around 1914 | ||||
| Unfried | Garfield | 1910 (post office established) | 1917 (post office closed) | |||
| Union Center | Whitman | |||||
| Vail | Thurston | 1930 (post office established) | 1963 (post office closed) | |||
| Walters | Whitman | |||||
| Walville | Lewis | 1903 (post office established) | 1936 (post office closed) | |||
| Wellington[1] | King | 1893 | After 1929 | Demolished | Renamed Tye | |
| Weston | King | Around 1885-1886 | Around 1915 | Barren | ||
| White Bluffs | Benton | 1861 | 1943 | Barren | ||
| Whitney | Skagit | 1882 (platted) | 1914 (post office closed) | |||
| Wilcox | Whitman | 1892 (post office established) | 1935 (post office closed) | |||
| Winesap | Chelan | 1909 (post office established) | 1944 (post office closed) | |||
| Zindel | Asotin | 1902 (post office established) | 1912 (post office closed) |
