List of ghost towns in Michigan
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This is a list of ghost towns in Michigan.
Classification
Barren site
- Site no longer in existence
- Site has been destroyed or submerged
- Reverted to pasture
- May have a few difficult-to-find foundations or footings at most
Neglected site
- Only rubble left
- All buildings uninhabited
- Roofless building ruins
- Some buildings or houses still standing
Abandoned site
- Buildings or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses all abandoned
- No population, except caretaker(s)
- Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings (for example old church, grocery store)
Semi-abandoned site
- Building or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses largely abandoned
- Fewer than 50 residents (small population)
- Many abandoned buildings
Historic community
- Building or houses still standing
- Smaller than its boom years
- Population has decreased dramatically, to one-fifth or less
- May be a census designated place, or have been absorbed by another settlement
List
| Name | Other names | County | Settled | Abandoned | Status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcona | Alcona County | [1] | ||||
| Amble | Montcalm County | Before 1886 | Post office closed in 1953 | Semi-abandoned | [2] | |
| Antrim City | Antrim County | Began as a hub for shipping operations for Wood, Pearl & Company in 1861 | Barren | [3] | ||
| Aral | Benzie County | 1880 | 1911 | [4][5] | ||
| Baltic | Houghton County | [6][7] | ||||
| Bass Lake | Grand Traverse County | |||||
| Beitner | Grand Traverse County | |||||
| Berringer Corners | ||||||
| Berryville | ||||||
| Bertrand | Berrien County | [8] | ||||
| Big Rock | Montmorency County | |||||
| Bingham | Leelenau County | |||||
| Bolton | Alpena County | [9] | ||||
| Bond's Mill | Wexford County | |||||
| Branch | Branch County | |||||
| Brookside | Osceola County | [10] | ||||
| Butternut | Montcalm County | [11] | ||||
| Calvin Center | Cass County | |||||
| Cambridge Junction | Lenawee County | |||||
| Central | Keweenaw County | [12] | ||||
| Chestonia | ||||||
| Cleon | ||||||
| Clifton | Cliff | [13] | ||||
| Colonville | ||||||
| Copper Falls | [14] | |||||
| Crawfords Quarry | ||||||
| Crescent | ||||||
| Crofton | ||||||
| Damon | ||||||
| Deward | ||||||
| Dighton | ||||||
| Duncan | Cheboygan County | |||||
| Earth | ||||||
| East Bay | ||||||
| Eckford | ||||||
| Emerson | ||||||
| Eschol | ||||||
| Essex | ||||||
| Evans | ||||||
| Fayette | Delta County | |||||
| Federman | [15] | |||||
| Fish Lake | ||||||
| Fleming | ||||||
| Frederick | ||||||
| Geels | ||||||
| Geloster | ||||||
| Gibbs City | Atkinson | Iron County | [16] | |||
| Good Harbor | ||||||
| Grafton | ||||||
| Goo | ||||||
| Hallock | ||||||
| Hannah | ||||||
| Hard Luck | ||||||
| Harlan | ||||||
| Havre | ||||||
| Henry | ||||||
| Herron | Alpena County | |||||
| Hodge | ||||||
| Isadore | ||||||
| Jacktown | ||||||
| Jennings | ||||||
| Kenneth | Mackinac County | |||||
| Kensington | ||||||
| Keystone | ||||||
| Killmaster | Alcona County | |||||
| Leer | ||||||
| Lathrop | ||||||
| Lupton | ||||||
| Mabel | ||||||
| Mandan | Keweenaw County | |||||
| Manseau | ||||||
| Mansfield | Iron County | [17] | ||||
| Marlborough | Lake County | [18] | ||||
| Martins Landing | ||||||
| Mentha | Van Buren County | |||||
| Meredith | ||||||
| Metz | ||||||
| Milton | Macomb County | |||||
| Mitchell | ||||||
| Monroe Center | ||||||
| Mottville | ||||||
| Neahtawanta | Grand Traverse County | |||||
| Nessen City | ||||||
| Nicholsville | ||||||
| Nonesuch | Ontonagon County | |||||
| North Unity | Leelanau County | |||||
| Old Mission | Grand Traverse County | |||||
| Omard | Sanilac County | [19][20] | ||||
| Onominese | Leelanau County | |||||
| Park Lake | ||||||
| Peacock | ||||||
| Pennock | ||||||
| Pequaming | ||||||
| Pere Cheney | ||||||
| Port Crescent | Huron County | |||||
| Pinnepog | ||||||
| Podunk | ||||||
| Pokagon | Cass County | |||||
| Port Sheldon | ||||||
| Potts (McKinley) | ||||||
| Print (Griner Station) | ||||||
| Quinn | ||||||
| Rattle Run | St. Clair County | |||||
| Rawsonville | ||||||
| Rushman | ||||||
| Sharon | ||||||
| Shattuckville | Saginaw County | |||||
| Shavehead | ||||||
| Sheffield | ||||||
| Shelldrake | ||||||
| Shiawassee Town | ||||||
| Sigma | ||||||
| Singapore | ||||||
| South Assyria | ||||||
| South Boardman | ||||||
| Springvale | ||||||
| Star City | ||||||
| Stittsville | ||||||
| Stover | ||||||
| Stratford | ||||||
| Summit City | ||||||
| Superior | ||||||
| Temple | ||||||
| Trowbridge | ||||||
| Tunk | ||||||
| Union | ||||||
| Vermilion | ||||||
| Volinia | Cass County | |||||
| Walton | ||||||
| Watervale | ||||||
| Wekwagamaw | ||||||
| Wetzell | ||||||
| Whiskey Creek | ||||||
| Whitefish Point | ||||||
| Wilson |
References
- ^ Bunting, Robert L. (October 31, 2007). Into Oblivion (Hardcover). Robert McGreevy, Illustrator (1st ed.). Black River Trading Company. ISBN 978-0979749209.
- ^ Robinson, John (October 18, 2018). "The Semi-Ghost Town of Amble: Montcalm County, Michigan". 99.1 WFMK.
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series. Wayne State University Press. p. 26.
- ^ "Aral". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Aral: A Town That Vanished". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Baltic". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Baltic The Ghost Town". Visit Keweenaw. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
- ^ "Bertrand". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Bolton". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Brookside". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Butternut". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Central". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from the copper mining of the 1800s". Exploring the North. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Copper Falls Mine". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ Pichea, Ashley (September 11, 2023). "Awesome Mitten's Guide to Fiborn Quarry & Fiborn Karst Preserve". Awesome Mitten.
- ^ "Gibbs City – Atkinson". Ghost Towns. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Mansfield". Ghost Towns. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
- ^ "Marlborough". Ghost Towns. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
- ^ "Where Is Omard?". omard.info. April 12, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series. Wayne State University Press. p. 415.