Yukon is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
located within
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...
. The
Navy
A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...
closed the town in July 1963 as it was deemed a flight and safety hazard for nearby Jacksonville Naval Air Station.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
Laureate
George Smoot was born here in 1945. The
Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park now sits on the town's former site. The historic Brick Road Trail runs through the former site of Yukon
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Florida
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Florida sortable by name, county, or coordinates. The county names are modern (as of 2018); in several cases, the ghost town, when inhabited, was in a different county than the modern one.
...
External links
Jacksonville's Ghost Town: YukonYukon, FL Community Profile
References
{{Coord, 30, 14, N, 81, 42, W, type:city_region:US-FL_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title
Ghost towns in Florida
Jacksonville metropolitan area
Former populated places in Duval County, Florida
1963 disestablishments in Florida
Populated places disestablished in 1963