List of ghost towns in Wisconsin

This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Wisconsin.

Ghost towns
Town name   County   Established   Disestablished   Latitude/Longitude   Remarks   
Adams CenterAdams43°54′58″N 89°47′50″W
AdamsvilleIowa42°54′26″N 89°54′45″W
AnchorageBuffalo44°16′07″N 91°45′26″W
Apostle Islands[1]Ashland and Bayfield17th century46°55′48″N 90°37′59″W
Army LakeWalworth42°48′24″N 88°22′31″W
AshfordRichland43°20′48″N 90°28′05″W
Attica[2]Green42°46′12″N 89°28′50″WNow part of the town of Brooklyn.
AuroraKenosha1830sSite of one of the area's earliest post offices; now part of the city of Kenosha.
BagdadForest45°39′22″N 88°42′13″W
Belmont[1][2]Lafayette1836183740°46'7"N 90°22'49"WFirst Wisconsin territorial capital; abandoned after one session. Located about three miles NW of the present town of Belmont.
Benson's Corner[3]Kenoshaa.k.a. Nixon Corner, a.k.a. Bristol Corner. Located "just up the road" from the present community of Bristol.
BohriBuffalo44°08′42″N 91°36′10″W
BissellKenoshaNow part of the village of Bristol.
Bluff Siding[1][4]Buffalo
CalhounWaukesha
CerescoFond du Lac43°50′55″N 88°51′6″W a.k.a. the Wisconsin Phalanx. A commune founded by followers of the communitarian socialist ideas of Charles Fourier.
Charter Oak MillsJackson44°16′07″N 90°52′30″W
Cheyenne Valley[2]Vernon
ClayJackson44°23′46″N 90°40′50″W
Clay Banks[5]Door
ClarenceGreen42°35′26″N 89°23′54″W
Clason PrairieDodge
Cooksville[1][4]Rock
CoolidgePrice45°48'42"N 90°24'29"W
CortlandTrempealeau44°12'50"N 91°34'04"W
CorwinRichland44°20'56"N 91°26'28"W
Cream[1][4]Buffaloa.k.a. Eagle Creek
Crusher[4]Dodge
Cypress[3]Kenoshaa.k.a. Hoadley. There is some confusion as to whether Cypress was a later designator of Pikeville, or geographically distinct.
Delhi[6]Winnebago44°01'22"N 88°48'08"W
Dell PrairieAdams43°40'02"N 89°42'55"W
Dellwood[4]Adams
De NoonWaukesha and Racine
Dill[2]Adams
Dirty HollowIowa42°57′48″N 90°7′52″WToday incorporated into the city of Dodgeville.
Donaldson[4]Vilas
Dodge CornersWaukesha42°51'32"N 88°14'30"W
DoverIowa1844ca. 187043°9′43″N 89°50′18″WPrior to 1851 variously a.k.a. Heyworth, Reevesville, East Arena and Ghorstville. Originally established by the British Temperance and Emigration Society, Dover was slowly abandoned when it was bypassed by the railroad in favor of Mazomanie.
Dunville[1]Dunn
Emerson[1]Iron
Exeter[2]Green
Falls City[4]Eau Claire
Farmers GroveGreen42°47'06"N 89°43'27"W
FellowsRock42°44'53"N 89°12'03"W
FordhamAdams43°58'55"N 89°44'20"W
Fort Crawford[1]Crawford
Fort Howard[1]Brown
Foscoro[5]Door
Frenchtown[2]Dane
Good HopeMilwaukee
Grand ChuteOutagamie
Granite CityWaupaca44°38'02"N 88°59'28"W
Granite QuarryWaupaca44°25'02"N 89°04'04"W
Gratiot's Grove[2]Lafayette
HarmonWashburn46°04′04″N 91°40′06″W
HarrisonCalumet44°08′03″N 88°17′30″W
HattonWaupaca44°15′34″N 88°59′20″W
Helena[1]Iowaa.k.a. Old Helena, a.k.a. Helena Station
HenriettaRichland
Horns Pier[5]Door
Jefferson Prairie SettlementRock42°29'37"N 88°51'48"W
KaiserPrice45°54'35"N 90°33'06"W
KeithForest45°30′30″N 88°52′58″W
KennedyPrice45.9102815,-90.6662547
Kennedys CornersSheboygan43°40′28″N 87°52′13″W
Klondike Corner[3]Kenosha42.590271 -88.134038a.k.a. Klondike. Now part of Brighton.
Knowlton[1]Marathon
Knox MillsPrice45.5000037,-90.1302873
KurthClark44°34′27″N 90°29′48″W
Lake EmilyPortage44°28′40″N 89°20′05″W
LaRue[2]Sauk
LawesburgOutagamie44°15′31.02″N 88°23′00.47″W
Lime RockOutagamie44°30′03.52″N 88°21′03.77″W
Little WolfWaupaca44°25′20″N 88°54′05″W
MansonOneida
Maple WorksClark
MarbleWaupaca44°33′45″N 88°52′15″W
MayhewsWalworth42°45′47″N 88°29′24″W
McGrewRichland43.3975039,-90.5013984
Mill CreekRichland43.3866706,-90.5527107
Millville[1]Grant
MinersvilleIowa42.963337 -90.133299Today incorporated into the city of Dodgeville.
Moe SettlementColumbia43°35′55″N 89°41′58″W
Moscow[2]Iowa
Muskego SettlementRacine
Nasbro[4]Dodge
NelsonvilleEau Claire44°39′15″N 91°34′12″W
Neshonoc[1]La Crosse
New CasselFond du LacEventually absorbed into Campellsport.
New ChesterAdams
New CityTrempealeau44.3488927,-91.4498658
New Diggings[2]Lafayette
New UpsalaWaukesha
NowellWaupaca44°29′22″N 88°47′53″W
Oak GroveEau Claire44°40′21″N 91°36′19″W
OakwoodMilwaukee
Oil City[2]Monroe
Old TyroneDunn44°42′50″N 91°50′34″W
PeroteMenominee45°05′28″N 88°48′46″W
PetersvilleWaupaca44°32′18″N 89°11′00″W
Pilot KnobAdams43.9875038,-89.6355651
Pikeville CornersKenosha42.49613 -88.0332206a.k.a. Pikeville. While Pikeville continues to exist as a geographical place name on modern maps, today it is incorporated into the village of Bristol. See also Cypress, above.
Pleasant Ridge[2]Grantc. 1850195942°49′52″N 90°48′47″WSettled by formerly enslaved African Americans in the 1850s, Pleasant Ridge was home to over 100 people, approximately half of whom were African Americans, through the early 20th century. The last resident died in 1959.[7]
Pokerville[4][8]Dane
Porter's MillsEau Claire44°46′15″N 91°34′01″W
QuincyAdams
Ranney[4]Kenosha
Raymond CenterRacine
Reeds CornersFond du Lac
Roche a CriAdams44.0536149,-90.9539387
RodneyWaushara43°59′07″N 89°07′42″W
RogneysJackson44.193337 -91.060799
Root CreekMilwaukee
Schultz[2]Green
Sacramento[1]Waushara
SavoyBuffalo44.523609 -92.058620
Schultz[2]Green
Selma[3]Kenoshaa.k.a. Sand Ridge
Sinnipee[2]Grant42°34′31″N 90°39′25″W
SpringbluffAdams43.9233371,-91.9189887
SpringdaleBuffalo44.523609 -92.058620
St. Feriole Island[1]Crawford
St. Martin'sMilwaukee
StaadtsMarathon
Star Lake[1]Vilas
StettinMarathon
Stewart[2]Green
Stonefield[1]Grant
Stonehaven[9][10]Ozaukee1901192543°29'48"N 87°47'41"WFormer company town of the Lake Shore Stone Company. Residents moved when the company closed the nearby quarry in 1925.
Sugar Bush[1]MarinetteDestroyed in the great fire of 1871
TrowClark44°29′30″N 90°45′46″W
Turtleville[2]Rock
ValleyVernon43°64'17"N 90°54'18"W
Voree ("Garden of Peace")[1][2]Adams
WakefieldOutagamie44°15′56.33″N 88°32′13.52″W
Welch PointIowa44°42′10″N 92°00′46″W
Wells[4]Calumet, Manitowoc[4]
WilletGreen42.723337 -89.811676
WilliamsburgTrempealeau44.3138927,-91.4632998
Williamsonville[1]MarinetteDestroyed in the great fire of 1871
WinooskiSheboygan43°42′25″N 87°59′2″W
Witcome[4]Shawano[4]
WoodworthKenosha42.558074, -88.001192While Woodworth continues as a geographical designator on modern maps, it is today incorporated into the village of Bristol.
WordenClark
WrightsvilleJackson44.414448 -90.8536
Zarahemla[2]Lafayette
ZieglerMarathon

Notes and references
  1. "Guide to the Ghost Towns of Wisconsin". website. Rootsweb. August 7, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  2. "Lost Towns of Southern Wisconsin". Wisconsin Public Television. October 28, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  3. "Kenosha County WI Placenames". website. Rootsweb. September 8, 2003. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  4. "Ghost Towns -- Wisconsin". website. Ghosttowns.com. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  5. "Ghost Towns #2....The Ghostly Trio.... Foscoro, Clay Banks and Horns Pier". Wisconsinology. April 4, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  6. "Ghost Towns #1....Delhi, Wisconsin". Wisconsinology. March 1, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  7. "Pleasant Ridge: A Community of Black Farmers in Wisconsin". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  8. "Pokerville, the vanished village is Dane County's earliest town". newspaper article. Wisconsin State Journal. December 6, 1925. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  9. "Harrington Beach State Park: Master Plan and Environmental Analysis" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. "Milwaukee ruins: Pabst Whitefish Resort, Commerce Street & Stonehaven". OnMilwaukee.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.

Further reading
  • Stark, William F. (1977). Ghost Towns of Wisconsin. Sheboygan: Zimmermann Press. OCLC 3564408.
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