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List of ghost towns in Idaho

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The following is a list of ghost towns in Idaho. A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains. 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 or uncontrolled lawlessness.

Classification

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
Despite multiple reconstruction attempts, Burgdorf is still abandoned.

Abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
Burke had 15 residents in 1990.

Semi-abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • Few residents
  • Many abandoned buildings
  • Small population
Bayhorse is owned and preserved by the state.

Historic community

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Table

More information Name, Other names ...
Name Other names County Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks
Aline Teton 1888 1901 First settlement of Latter-Day Saints in the area.[1]
Bayhorse Custer 1877 1897 Historic A former mining town turned state park[2]
Bonanza Bonanza City Custer 1877 Abandoned [2]
Burgdorf Idaho 1860s Before 1945 Semi-abandoned
Burke Shoshone 1887 1991 Semi-abandoned A mining town that closed after several natural disasters.
Caribou City 1897 1930 [citation needed]
Chesterfield Caribou 1879 After 1928 A former Mormon settlement, now open to the public as a tourist attraction.[3]
Cobalt Lemhi 1950s [2]
Comeback Mining Camp 1862 [2]
Copper Queen
Custer Custer 1879 1910 [2]
De Lamar Owyhee 1888
Florence Idaho 1861 sometime after 1951.
Gilmore Lemhi 1902 1930s
Golden Age Camp [2]
Joseph Idaho 1883 1887
Joseph Plains Idaho
Leesburg Lemhi July 16, 1866 by the end of World War II [2]
Mount Idaho Idaho 1892 1922 [4]
Placerville Boise 1862 1899 [2]
Rocky Bar Elmore December 1863 1960s
Ruby City Owyhee November 1863
Sawtooth City Blaine 1879 1888 [2]
Silver City Owyhee March 10, 1863 1890
Strevell Cassia 1974
Vienna 1878 1879 [2]
White Knob Custer 1884 1928
Yellow Jacket 1943 1945 [2]
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