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Ghost Towns In Minnesota
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Minnesota, a northern state in the United States, United States of America. * Ashton, Minnesota, Ashton * Beaver, Minnesota, Beaver * Blue Eagle, Minnesota, Blue Eagle * Belden, Minnesota * Betcher, Minnesota * Bodum, Minnesota, Bodum * Bruce, Minnesota, Bruce * Carnegie, Minnesota, Carnegie * Cazenovia, Minnesota, Cazenovia * Chengwatana, Minnesota, Chengwatana * Childs, Minnesota, Childs * Chippewa City, Minnesota * Cisco, Minnesotoa, Cisco * Clayton, Minnesota, Clayton * Clear Grit, Minnesota * Costin Village, Minnesota, Costin Village * Cuba, Minnesota * Dale, Minnesota, Dale * Dickinson, Minnesota * Dorothy, Minnesota, Dorothy * Elcor, Minnesota, Elcor * Elliota, Minnesota * Enterprise, Minnesota, Enterprise * Fairland, Minnesota * Fairpoint, Minnesota * Fermoy, Minnesota, Fermoy * Florence, Goodhue County, Minnesota * Forestville, Minnesota, Forestville (see also Forestville Mystery Cave State Park) * Harlis, Minnesota * Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Towns
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to: * Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned Film and television * ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by Allen H. Miner * ''Ghost Town'' (1988 film), an American horror film by Richard McCarthy (as Richard Governor) * ''Ghost Town'' (2008 film), an American fantasy comedy film by David Koepp * ''Ghost Town'', a 2008 TV film featuring Billy Drago * ''Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns'', a 2005–2006 British paranormal reality television series * "Ghost Town" (''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''), a 2009 TV episode Literature * ''Ghost Town'' (''Lucky Luke'') or ''La Ville fantôme'', a 1965 ''Lucky Luke'' comic *''Ghost Town'', a Beacon Street Girls novel by Annie Bryant *''Ghost Town'', a 1998 novel by Robert Coover *''Ghosttown'', a 2007 novel by Douglas Anne Munson Music * Ghost Town (band), an American electronic band * ''Ghost Town'', a 1939 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clear Grit, Minnesota
Clear Grit is a ghost town in Carrolton Township, Fillmore County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to .... History Clear Grit was founded as a mill town on the South branch of the Root River. A post office was established at Clear Grit in 1878, but it only lasted until 1882. The former community is part of the Old Barn Resort. References {{Fillmore County, Minnesota Former populated places in Fillmore County, Minnesota Ghost towns in Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forestville, Minnesota
Forestville is a ghost town in section 13 of Forestville Township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The nearest communities are Wykoff, to the northwest, and Preston, to the northeast. History The town of Forestville was settled in 1852 and organized in 1855, receiving this name in honor of Forest Henry, the first probate judge of Fillmore County. Henry settled in Forestville in 1854. The town was incorporated in 1891 and had a post office from 1855 until 1902. Brothers-in-law William and Felix Meighen were some of the first settlers. Felix saw the need for a general store and stocked it with $700 worth of goods from Galena in October 1853. As more people arrived in Minnesota territory, the town gained a blacksmith shop, a cabinet shop, saw mills, farms, stores, grist mills and hotels. The town's population began to drop after the railroad bypassed Forestville in 1868; many families began leaving for more prosperous areas. By 1880, the town's population was only 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence, Goodhue County, Minnesota
Florence is a ghost town in Florence Township, Goodhue County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to .... History A post office was established at Florence in 1858, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1867. References {{Goodhue County, Minnesota Ghost towns in Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fermoy, Minnesota
Fermoy is an abandoned townsite in McDavitt Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ..., United States. It was located near the communities of Sax and Kelsey. Fermoy was near the intersection of Kolu Road (County Road 207), Cranberry Lane (County Road 788), and Admiral Road South. Saint Louis County Highway 7 (CR 7) is nearby. Fermoy was a station and junction of the Great Northern Railway, four miles north of Kelsey, in section 28, of McDavitt Township. Fermoy Wildlife Management Area is nearby. References Former populated places in St. Louis County, Minnesota Former populated places in Minnesota Ghost towns in Minnesota {{StLouisCountyMN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairpoint, Minnesota
Fairpoint is a ghost town in Cherry Grove Township, Goodhue County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to .... History Fairpoint was platted as a small village in 1857. A post office was established at Fairpoint from 1857 to 1861, and was reestablished in 1865 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902. The Fairpoint cemetery remains today. References {{Goodhue County, Minnesota Ghost towns in Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairland, Minnesota
Fairland is a ghost town in Koochiching County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ..., United States, within Northwest Koochiching Unorganized Territory, south of Birchdale. It was located along Black River Road near Fiero Truck Trail. The community was first settled about 1902. It was first known as Feldman until 1912, named for an early settler. It was known as Fairland from 1912 until 1936, named after Fjaarland in Norway. The community had a post office from 1911 to 1936. References Ghost towns in Minnesota Geography of Koochiching County, Minnesota {{KoochichingCountyMN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enterprise, Minnesota
Enterprise is an abandoned townsite in section 36 of Utica Township, in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. History Enterprise was founded by Alexander Whittier, who established three inns at the roadside in the 1850s. A mill and dam were built by Nathan B. Ufford in 1854, and a post office was opened in Luther C. Rice's general store in 1858. The town and post office were known as Neoca (Neoca is believed to be the name of a young Winnebago Indian woman), until 1860, when the name Enterprise was adopted. Enterprise's Post Office was then relocated to new Postmaster Nathan B. Ufford's mill. A number of businesses operated in Enterprise, most notably the mill, a match factory, and a lime kiln, but with the development of nearby Lewiston four miles to the north, the town dwindled, and eventually the post office was discontinued in 1901. Luther Rice's general store exists to this day, although it was relocated approximately 1/2 mile west from its original location, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliota, Minnesota
Elliota is a ghost town in Canton Township, Fillmore County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to .... History Elliota was founded in 1853 by Captain Julius W. Elliott, the first settler, postmaster, and blacksmith. A post office was established at Elliota in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1882. The Elliota cemetery remains today. References {{Fillmore County, Minnesota Former populated places in Fillmore County, Minnesota Ghost towns in Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elcor, Minnesota
Elcor is a ghost town, or more properly, an extinct town, in the U.S. state of Minnesota that was inhabited between 1897 and 1956. It was built on the Mesabi Iron Range near the city of Gilbert in St. Louis County. Elcor was its own unincorporated community before it was abandoned and was never a neighborhood proper of the city of Gilbert. Not rating a figure in the national census, the people of Elcor were only generally considered to be citizens of Gilbert. The area where Elcor was located was annexed by Gilbert when its existing city boundaries were expanded after 1969. In November 1890, the seven Merritt brothers discovered ore near Mountain Iron, triggering an unparalleled iron rush to the Mesabi Range. The Elba mine was opened in 1897, and the town was platted under the direction of Don H. Bacon, president of the Minnesota Iron Company. A second nearby mine, the Corsica, was opened in 1901. The community was first called "Elba" after the name of the first underground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy, Minnesota
Dorothy was a town in Section 5, Louisville Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. It is now a virtual ghost town. Dorothy was initially established as a railroad station in 1916–17, after the Northern Pacific Railway extended its line from Tilden Junction to Winnipeg and built a spur through Red Lake Falls. The new town sucked away what was left of the historic river crossing town, Huot, and for a time sputtered toward prosperity, boasting a grain elevator, a Catholic church, a school and several houses. The post office in Dorothy was first established February 11, 1898, with Joseph H. Mathews as postmaster. It was finally discontinued in 1945. The Federal Writers' Project The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program. It ... reported in 1938 that the town had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickinson, Minnesota
Dickinson is a ghost town in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. Location Dickinson is located at a bend in Minnesota State Highway 55 on the east side of Wright County, between the cities of Rockford and Buffalo. History Dickinson was named for the farmer, A.C. Dickinson, the original owner of the town site. The town had a station of the Soo Line Railroad The Soo Line Railroad is the primary United States railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway , one of seven U.S. Class I railroads, controlled through the Soo Line Corporation. Although it is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sa .... Today, little trace remains of the town, though the state has erected a sign indicating where the town was, and the dirt streets of the town are still navigable by car. Building foundations are said to remain but are not visible to the naked eye. The town was entirely abandoned by the end of the 1930s. Notes Ghost towns in Minnesota {{WrightCountyMN-geo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
