Town name
Other name(s)
County
Established
Disestablished
Remarks
Abdal [1]
Nuckolls
Ames [1] [2]
Ketchum
Dodge
Not a full ghost town. Population of 14 as of the 2020 census.
Andrews [1] [3]
Sioux
1906
1951
Source([3] ) may be a bit flimsy due to it being self-made.
Angora [1] [4]
Antelope Hill
Morrill
1900
Anoka [1] [5]
Boyd
Antioch [1] [2] [5] [6] [7]
Sheridan
1891
Appleton
Pawnee
Arago [1] [8]
Fargo
Richardson
1860
Some people claim that Fargo and Arago were separate communities. This statement needs further research to be proven.
Armour [1]
Pawnee
1890
1934
Ashford [1]
Banner
Temporary county seat for Banner County in 1889
Bayonne
Cherry
Belmont [1] [2]
Evergreen City
Dawes
Bluevale
Blue Valley
York
Bookwalter [1]
Pawnee
Bower
Bowerville
Jefferson
Breslau [1]
Pierce
Brewster [1]
Blaine
County seat of Blaine County. Not a full ghost town, population of 17. Bunk'd character, Finn Sawyer, portrayed by actor Will Buie Jr, is from Brewster, Nebraska (in the series). This is confirmed in the season 3 episode, "We Can't Bear It!".
Brocksburg [1] [6] [7]
Keya Paha
Burton [1]
Keya Paha
Carns [1]
Keya Paha
Charlestown [1]
York
Cincinnati [9]
Pawnee
Covington [1] [7]
Harney City
Dakota
Crouse
Lancaster
Now Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
Dale [1]
Custer
De Soto [1]
Washington
DeWitty [7]
Audacious
Cherry
Dobytown [6] [7]
Kearney
Donald [1] [10]
Hooker
Duff [1]
Rock
Dunwell [1] [10]
Hooker
Dyson Hollow Lime Kiln [2] [7]
Sarpy
Eclipse [1] [11]
Hooker
circa 1913
First white man in Hooker County born in Eclipse.
Edholm [5]
Butler
Elsmere [1]
Cherry
Elton [1]
Custer
Elvira [1] [8]
Merrick
Once the county seat of Merrick County
Factoryville
Union Mills
Cass
Friedensau [1] [8]
Thayer
Glen [1]
Sioux
Glencoe
Dodge
Gross [1]
Boyd
Near ghost town.
Hayland
Adams
Hecla [1] [10]
Hooker
Homerville
Gosper
Hope [1] [12] [8]
Scotts Bluff
Several Jewish and Black people lived there alongside white people. The town was named "Hope" after the hope they had in the community.
Ingham [1]
Lincoln
Jacksonville
Jamaica [1] [8]
Lancaster
Kelso [1] [10]
Hooker
Koesterville
Pawnee
Lakeland [8]
Brown
Lee Park [8]
Custer and Valley
Lemoyne [1]
Keith
Linton
Lomax [1]
Custer
Lynn [1]
Morrill
Mariaville [1]
Rock
Mars
Jessup
Knox
Marsland [1] [8]
Dawes
Martha [1] [8]
Holt
Mayberry
Pawnee
Meadville [1]
Keya Paha
Melrose [8]
Harlan
Meridian [1] [8]
Big Sandy
Jefferson
Minersville [1] [2] [6] [7]
Otoe City
Otoe
Mission Creek
Pawnee
Monowi [1] [13]
Boyd
A near ghost town with 1 resident, Elsie Eiler, as of 2010. Monowi has been in ad campaigns with Coca-Cola , Arby’s , and Prudential Financial . They won a world record for biggest advertisement sign made.
Montrose [1] [7]
Sioux
Mud Springs [8] [7]
Morrill
Neapolis [8] [7]
Saunders
New Home
Nonpareil [1]
Box Butte
North Summerfield
Pawnee
Omadi
Dakota
1856
Oreapolis [14]
Cass
1859
1864
Pauline [1]
Adams
1887
Pebble
Dodge
Pishelville [1]
Knox
1874
Pittsburg
Seward
Pleasant Hill [1] [8] [7]
Pleasanthill
Saline
Pleasant Valley [1]
Dodge
Ringgold
Ringold
Dawson
Rock Bluff [1] [7]
Cass
Royal [1]
Antelope
Saltillo [1]
Lancaster
Sartoria [1] [8] [7]
Buffalo
Savannah
Butler
Shafferville
Pawnee
Scott's Valley
Pawnee
Sedan [1]
Nuckolls
Shea
Jefferson
Speiser
Richardson
Spring Ranch [1]
Springranch, Spring Ranche
Clay
St. Deroin [1] [5] [6] [7]
Saint Deroin
Nemaha
Tate [1]
Pawnee
Tipp's Branch
Pawnee
Unit [1]
Sioux
Venus [1] [6] [7]
Knox
Violet [1] [5]
Butler
Pawnee
Wee Town
Wee
Pierce
Weir [1] [10]
Hooker
Weissert [1]
Custer
Wheeler [1]
Baird
Wheeler
Notes and references
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^ a b c d e "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 .
^ a b "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 .
^ "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914" . Retrieved November 11, 2023 .
^ a b c d e "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns" . Retrieved November 14, 2023 .
^ a b c d e f "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "15 more Nebraska ghost towns" . Retrieved January 26, 2024 .
^ "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers" . Retrieved November 28, 2023 .
^ a b c d e "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map" . Retrieved November 6, 2023 .
^ "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913" . Retrieved November 7, 2023 .
^ "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)" . Retrieved November 7, 2023 .
^ "Largest advertising poster" . Retrieved November 9, 2023 .
^ "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town" . Retrieved November 16, 2023 .