List of ghost towns in Illinois
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Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
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Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
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- Anderson, Macoupin County
- Barr, Macoupin CountyBarr, Macoupin County, IllinoisBarr is an unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Barr is southwest of Palmyra....
- BenjaminvilleBenjaminville, IllinoisThe village of Benjaminville, Illinois, was founded in McLean County, Illinois, United States during the 1850s by Quaker farmers, who, like many others who came to Illinois, were looking to take advantage of the rich prairie soil. The town's settlement centered around the Society of Friends and the...
- BethelBethel, IllinoisBethel is a former community in Clay County, Illinois, United States. Bethel was located in Songer Township, along a railroad line north of Greendale....
- BourbonaisBourbonais, IllinoisBourbonais is a former settlement in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Bourbonais was located in Concord Township, along a railroad line southwest of Wyanet and northeast of Buda....
- BrownsvilleBrownsville, IllinoisBrownsville, Illinois, is a ghost town in Southern Illinois.Brownsville, located where Kinkade Creek empties into the Big Muddy River, is the former county seat of Jackson County. It was abandoned when the courthouse burned to the ground in 1843, and the county seat was then moved to Murphysboro,...
- Brush PointBrush Point, IllinoisBrush Point was a community that existed in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, which is now extinct. In June 1839 it was under consideration as one of three towns, for county seat. It gained the support of Brush Point doctor Henry Madden. Ultimately, Brush Point lost out to Sycamore and...
- BybeeBybee, IllinoisBybee was a community laid out by David Bybee in Fulton County, Illinois.The community was on a narrow gauge railway that operated from 1880 to the 1920s. That railway was turned into standard gauge around 1910. In 1905, two trains a day passed through Bybee; by 1913, only one train a day. There...
- Caledonia, Putnum County
- CardiffCardiff, IllinoisCardiff is a ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Founded as a coal mining town in 1899, it boomed in its first few years. Rapid growth ceased after accidents in the mines in 1903, and the closure of the mines in 1912 soon led to the community's demise...
- Challacombe
- CiverCiver, IllinoisCiver is a ghost town in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. Its elevation was 679 feet . The community no longer exists.-References:...
- Clayville
- Clifford Eight
- ColtonvilleColtonville, IllinoisColtonville was a community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States-History:In June 1839, DeKalb County was considering building a courthouse and, as such, placement of a county seat. Rufus Colton, Clerk of the Court in the county, was leading a push for Coltonville, where he lived...
- Comer
- CrawfordsvilleCrawfordsville, IllinoisCrawfordsville is a ghost town in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Crawfordsville was south of Flat Rock, and about the same distance north of Birds. The townsite lies on both sides of the dividing line between Honey Creek Township and Montgomery Township....
- DaggettDaggett, IllinoisDaggett is a former settlement in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. Daggett was located in Salem Township, south of Mount Carroll along Illinois Route 78....
- Elm PointElm Point, IllinoisElm Point is a former settlement in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Elm Point was south of Donnellson. Elm Point appeared on maps as late as 1876. The townsite lies on Illinois State Route 127, the dividing line between Lagrange Township and Shoal Creek Township ....
- Enos
- EvansEvans, IllinoisEvans is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois, United States. Evans is located north of Lincoln....
- Fillmore, Douglas CountyFillmore, Douglas County, IllinoisFillmore is a ghost town in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. Fillmore was located northeast of Chesterville....
- FremontFremont, IllinoisFremont is a ghost town in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Fremont was located in St. Rose Township, north of Breese....
- Greenridge
- Green RockGreen Rock, IllinoisGreen Rock is a neighborhood of the city of Colona in Henry County, Illinois, United States. Once a separate community, Green Rock was named so because it is the place where the Green River meets up with the Rock River....
- GriffinGriffin, IllinoisGriffin is a former settlement in Clark County, Illinois, United States. Griffin was located in Wabash Township, along a railroad line between Marshall and Dennison....
- Griggsville LandingGriggsville Landing, IllinoisGriggsville Landing, also known as Phillips Landing or Phillips Ferry, was located in Flint Township, just south of Valley City, Illinois. It is a former town site on the Illinois River in Pike County. The town was a steamboat stop which began sometime in the 1830s...
- GurneyGurney, IllinoisGurney is a ghost town in Cass County, Illinois, United States. Gurney was located in Ashland Township, on Illinois Route 125 between Philadelphia and Ashland.-External links:*...
- HagamanHagaman, IllinoisHagaman is an unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Hagaman is southwest of Hettick....
- Horace
- Kankakee City
- KaskaskiaKaskaskia, IllinoisKaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. In the 2010 census the population was 14, making it the second-smallest incorporated community in the State of Illinois in terms of population. A major French colonial town of the Illinois Country, its peak population was about...
(former state capital) - KumlerKumler, IllinoisKumler is a ghost town in West Township, McLean County, Illinois, USA.-External links:*...
- LedfordLedford, IllinoisLedford is an unincorporated community in the Harrisburg Township, Saline County, Illinois, United States situated between Carrier Mills and Harrisburg, Illinois. It was named after a well known Ledford family in the area...
- Lemmon
- Lexington, Edwards CountyLexington, Edwards County, IllinoisLexington is a former settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. Lexington was southeast of Bone Gap....
- Macoupin
- McVey
- Miles Station
- Mills PrairieMills Prairie, IllinoisMills Prairie is a former settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. Mills Prairie was southeast of West Salem....
- MillsdaleMillsdale, IllinoisMillsdale is an abandoned village located in Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois. In 1903, it had a population of 25. In 1946, it had a population of 20. The Santa Fe Railway stopped at Millsdale Station....
- MillvilleMillville, IllinoisMillville is a defunct settlement in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, located within the boundaries of Apple River Canyon State Park. Founded in 1835 and platted in 1846, the community was washed away completely by a flood in 1892. No visible remnants of its structures remain today. The...
- Milton, Brown CountyMilton, Brown County, IllinoisMilton is a former settlement in Brown County, Illinois, United States. Its precise location in the county is unknown....
- MorseMorse, IllinoisMorse is an unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois, United States. Morse is north-northwest of Bradford....
- MuddyMuddy, IllinoisMuddy is a small incorporated village located in the Harrisburg Township in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The population was 68 at the 2010 census. Muddy was built as a coal mining village to house miners working in O'gara #12 mine located on the north bank of the Saline River...
- Old Evansville
- Old Westville
- Orchard PlaceOrchard Place, IllinoisOrchard Place, Illinois was a small farming community in Cook County, Illinois, just west of Chicago. Settled by German immigrants in the 1840s, Orchard Place became a stop on the Wisconsin Central Railroad in 1887 and received its name at that time...
- OxfordOxford Township, Henry County, IllinoisOxford Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,236.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Oxford Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Cities, towns, villages:* Alpha* Woodhull...
- Parker City
- PiankashawtownPiankashawtown, IllinoisPiankashawtown is a former settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. Piankashawtown was northwest of Albion....
- Reeders
- Reeds CrossingReeds Crossing, IllinoisReeds Crossing is a former settlement in Spring Township, Boone County, Illinois, United States. Reeds Crossing was south of Belvidere and north of Herbert....
- Riverview
- RoddenRodden, IllinoisRodden is an unincorporated community located in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.- History :Several markers still exist from the town's past including roads & structures. Rodden Road, which intersects with U.S. Route 20, is still in use and can be found just east of...
- Santa Fe Park
- Schoper
- ShastaShasta, IllinoisShasta is a former settlement in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Shasta was located along the Mississippi River northwest of Tankville....
- Stachnikville
- SugarvilleSugarville, IllinoisSugarville was a community near Put Creek in Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois. It once had several houses, a blacksmith shop, and a general store...
- SylvanSylvan, IllinoisSylvan is a former settlement in Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois, United States. Sylvan was southwest of Newmansville.A photo of this ghost town was briefly shown in the movie Silent Hill...
- TacaoganeTacaogane, IllinoisTacaogane is a former settlement in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. Its precise location in the county is unknown....
- Totten PrairieTotten Prairie, IllinoisTotten Prairie or Totten's Prairie was a small settlement in Cass Township, Fulton County, Illinois, just to the southwest of the present Smithfield, Illinois. It was named after William Totten, who was the first to settle there in 1823. There is a small cemetery still existing in that location....
- TuscumbiaTuscumbia, IllinoisTuscumbia is a ghost town in Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, USA that sprang up in the township and was platted by Wade Hampton on 2 March 1837. It consisted of 54 lots...
- Vishnu Springs
- WanboroughWanborough, IllinoisWanborough is a former settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. Wanborough was west of Albion....
- Weston, Kane County
- White Oak SpringsWhite Oak Springs, IllinoisWhite Oak Springs is a former settlement in Buckhorn Township, Brown County, Illinois, United States. White Oak Springs was northeast of Benville and north-northwest of Morrelville....
- Womac