Ghost Towns in West Virginia
West Virginia has 349 ghost towns on record across 53 counties. Fayette County (31), Barbour County (20), Raleigh County (18) hold the most. Every entry below is placed from federal coordinates and lists its sources.
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- Abbs ValleyMercer County
- AckermanMineral County
- AdmaBarbour County
- AdmiralRitchie County
- AlaskaFayette County
- AlbionNicholas County
- AlgeriaPleasants County
- AlgonquinMercer County
- AllenLincoln County
- Alum SpringsGreenbrier County
- AndyWetzel County
- ApgahKanawha County
By county
- Fayette County 31
- Barbour County 20
- Raleigh County 18
- Randolph County 18
- Kanawha County 17
- Wood County 17
- Preston County 13
- Roane County 13
- Braxton County 13
- Mercer County 12
- Jackson County 12
- Lincoln County 9
- Tucker County 9
- Hampshire County 8
- Mason County 8
- Summers County 8
- Nicholas County 7
- Greenbrier County 7
- Marion County 7
- Mineral County 6
- Ritchie County 6
- Wetzel County 6
- Taylor County 6
- Berkeley County 5
- Pleasants County 4
- Clay County 4
- Webster County 4
- Hardy County 4
- Ohio County 4
- Calhoun County 4
- Hancock County 3
- Upshur County 3
- McDowell County 3
- Pocahontas County 3
- Grant County 3
- Marshall County 3
- Wayne County 2
- Gilmer County 2
- Cabell County 2
- Boone County 2
- Wirt County 2
- Jefferson County 2
- Mingo County 2
- Pendleton County 2
- Monongalia County 2
- Logan County 2
- Doddridge County 1
- Brooke County 1
- Putnam County 1
- Monroe County 1
- Lewis County 1
- Morgan County 1
- Tyler County 1
All 349 ghost towns in West Virginia
- Abbs Valley · Mercer
- Ackerman · Mineral
- Adma · Barbour
- Admiral · Ritchie
- Alaska · Fayette
- Albion · Nicholas
- Algeria · Pleasants
- Algonquin · Mercer
- Allen · Lincoln
- Alum Springs · Greenbrier
- Andy · Wetzel
- Apgah · Kanawha
- Aplin · Jackson
- Atlantic · Preston
- Balderson · Wood
- Ballard · Kanawha
- Barlow · Kanawha
- Barton · Clay
- Bartram · Wayne
- Baylor · Raleigh
- Beatysville · Jackson
- Beech Run · Randolph
- Bennett · Gilmer
- Bernie · Lincoln
- Bethel · Mercer
- Big Battle · Doddridge
- Billie · Mercer
- Binola · Wood
- Blackhorse · Hancock
- Blake · Mercer
- Bloomington · Roane
- Bolin · Lincoln
- Boone · Fayette
- Bowman · Brooke
- Boyd · Upshur
- Boylen · Barbour
- Braithewaite · Hancock
- Breedlove · Preston
- Brink · Greenbrier
- Brittain · Taylor
- Browning · Jackson
- Brownstown · Cabell
- Bryant · Greenbrier
- Buckhorn · Preston
- Buena · Tucker
- Buffalo · Jackson
- Buffalo Station · Marion
- Buffalolick · Roane
- Bulltown · Braxton
- Calvert · Kanawha
- Capon Springs Station · Hampshire
- Carney · Kanawha
- Carver · Fayette
- Chemical · Upshur
- Clark · McDowell
- Clements · Barbour
- Clickton · Braxton
- Clover Run · Tucker
- Coal camps in Fayette County
- Coal camps in McDowell County
- Coal camps in Mingo County
- Coal camps in Raleigh County
- Condee · Mason
- Copenhaver · Kanawha
- Corbin · Wood
- Cove Run Station · Barbour
- Crisp · Pleasants
- Crusher · Mercer
- Dantown · Barbour
- Davison · Braxton
- Defoe · Webster
- Deitz · Fayette
- Delaney · Wood
- Dillons Run · Hampshire
- Doman · Hardy
- Dombey · Wood
- Dubree · Fayette
- East · Lincoln
- East River · Mercer
- East Sewell · Fayette
- Echart · Boone
- Eden Park · Lincoln
- Edgar · Jackson
- Egypt · Summers
- Eight · McDowell
- El Centro · Mercer
- Elk Branch · Berkeley
- Elliot · Fayette
- Ephram · Fayette
- Erskine · Fayette
- Evelyn · Wirt
- Export · Fayette
- Fabius · Hardy
- Fairview · Greenbrier
- Federal · Pleasants
- Findley · Randolph
- Finlow · Fayette
- Fire Creek · Fayette
- Fisher · Randolph
- Five Points · Wetzel
- Flaxton · Mason
- Flora · Barbour
- Florence · Preston
- Florence · Randolph
- Flyblow · Marion
- Foltz · Berkeley
- Fourteen · Lincoln
- Fox Hall · Barbour
- Frame Knob · Clay
- Fuquay · Kanawha
- Furnace · Hardy
- Gad · Nicholas
- Gath · Marion
- Gazil · Kanawha
- German · Braxton
- Gertrude · Pocahontas
- Gleason · Mineral
- Glebe · Hampshire
- Glen White Junction · Raleigh
- Glenns Run · Ohio
- Gomez · Calhoun
- Greenwood · Fayette
- Guseman · Preston
- Hamilton · Fayette
- Hamlet · Raleigh
- Harmony · Jefferson
- Hayden · Preston
- Hazelwood · Randolph
- Heatherman · Kanawha
- Heavner · Upshur
- Higby · Roane
- Hiser · Grant
- Hix · McDowell
- Hobson · Tucker
- Holstead · Braxton
- Honeydew · Fayette
- Hope · Braxton
- Horsepen · Mingo
- Howard · Marshall
- Huff · Randolph
- Huffman · Barbour
- Huntsville · Jackson
- Hurricane Bridge · Putnam
- Index · Calhoun
- Indian · Kanawha
- Indian Creek · Monroe
- Iris · Ritchie
- Jamestown · Clay
- Jeff Scotts · Randolph
- Jenny Gap · Raleigh
- Jericho · Hampshire
- Jingo · Roane
- Johnson · Cabell
- July · Roane
- Junta · Summers
- Kaymoor · Fayette
- Kester · Roane
- Key · Pendleton
- Kinder · Lincoln
- Kingbury · Wood
- Kuntzville · Randolph
- Lattin · Lincoln
- Laurel · Barbour
- Laurel Junction · Ritchie
- Lehigh · Barbour
- Leiter · Randolph
- Leo · Roane
- Let · Gilmer
- Lillian · Barbour
- Lilly · Summers
- Lime Rock · Tucker
- Lincoln · Kanawha
- Little Wildcat · Lewis
- Locust Lane · Mason
- Loftis · Barbour
- Lonetree · Randolph
- Losie · Calhoun
- Lowe · Mercer
- Lucky · Wood
- Lumber · Randolph
- Lytton · Pleasants
- Manganese · Wood
- Mapleton · Hardy
- Mark · Braxton
- Mattie · Roane
- Mayton · Webster
- McCansland · Mason
- McClung · Greenbrier
- McKinley · Wood
- McLean · Barbour
- McMellin · Monongalia
- McVey · Raleigh
- Meadville · Braxton
- Mendota · Wetzel
- Mentor · Jackson
- Mercers Saltworks · Summers
- Michigan · Fayette
- Middle Fork · Randolph
- Midlan · Barbour
- Mill Run · Pocahontas
- Mill Run · Tucker
- Millet · Wayne
- Mincar · Fayette
- Mink · Kanawha
- Montes · Randolph
- Morocco · Clay
- Morris · Kanawha
- Morrison · Nicholas
- Mound · Kanawha
- Mozelle · Jackson
- Mulvane · Fayette
- Myers · Berkeley
- Neel · Marion
- Nero · Hampshire
- Nesselroad · Jackson
- New Moatsville · Barbour
- New Richmond · Summers
- New Thacker · Mingo
- Newlyn · Fayette
- Norvell · Raleigh
- Noswad · Mineral
- Nuttalburg · Fayette
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District · Fayette
- O'Brien · Barbour
- Oak · Wood
- Oak Grove · Marion
- Oldtown · Mason
- Onie · Wetzel
- Ophelia · Nicholas
- Oriole · Preston
- Oswald · Raleigh
- Pad · Roane
- Patsey · Roane
- Pear · Raleigh
- Penbro · Webster
- Pennbrook · Fayette
- Penry · Berkeley
- Perlytown · Randolph
- Pettit · Randolph
- Pettyjohn · Marion
- Pickshin · Raleigh
- Pinepoca · Raleigh
- Pleasant Creek · Barbour
- Poling Run · Calhoun
- Powers · Wood
- Progress · Braxton
- Rand · Kanawha
- Red Ash · Fayette
- Remus · Wood
- Richford · Tucker
- Richwood · Monongalia
- Riddle · Ritchie
- Riverside · Mineral
- Rodes · Raleigh
- Roseville · Fayette
- Rosina · Kanawha
- Roundtop · Morgan
- Runkle · Jackson
- Rush Run · Fayette
- Ruth · Mercer
- Sancho · Tyler
- Sandy · Taylor
- Santifee · Summers
- Satterfield · Marion
- School House · Jackson
- Scott · Wood
- Seemly · Grant
- Shad · Roane
- Shannon · Ohio
- Shenango · Wetzel
- Shiloh · Hampshire
- Simons · Barbour
- Skidmore · Barbour
- Skyles · Webster
- Sleith · Braxton
- Smoke Hole · Pendleton
- South Nuttall · Fayette
- Spangler Factory · Raleigh
- Sparks · Nicholas
- Spears · Lincoln
- Spring Gap · Hampshire
- Standingstone · Wirt
- Star Settlement · Ritchie
- Steiner · Randolph
- Stengel · Mercer
- Sterling · Boone
- Stockton · Mason
- Stollings · Logan
- Stone House · Taylor
- Stonewall · Raleigh
- Stringtown · Tucker
- Sturgeon Branch · Fayette
- Sunnyside · Fayette
- Sunset · Pocahontas
- Suter · Wetzel
- Sutherland · Preston
- Sylvia · Raleigh
- Tabb · Berkeley
- Tamroy · Raleigh
- Teutonic · Marshall
- Texas · Tucker
- Thrash · Braxton
- Thurmond · Fayette
- Tina · Summers
- Towson · Preston
- Trilby · Ritchie
- Trowbridge · Preston
- Turkeyfoot · Hancock
- Twistville · Braxton
- Tyner · Wood
- Valley · Hampshire
- Veranda · Mason
- Villa · Kanawha
- Vinton · Nicholas
- Virgil · Roane
- Virginius · Jefferson
- Wabash · Mineral
- Waggy · Nicholas
- Wagner · Mason
- Walker Hill · Greenbrier
- Walkers Crossing · Wood
- Warford · Summers
- Weekleys · Wood
- Wells · Marshall
- Wesley · Wood
- Westerman · Taylor
- Wheeler · Randolph
- Whetsell · Preston
- Whitcomb · Greenbrier
- White · Randolph
- White Stick · Raleigh
- Whitney · Fayette
- Whorley · Raleigh
- Widemouth · Mercer
- Wildcat · Braxton
- Willow Grove · Jackson
- Willow Springs · Ohio
- Wilmoth · Barbour
- Wilson · Ohio
- Wilsonia · Grant
- Windom · Mineral
- Winona · Taylor
- Woodbay · Raleigh
- Woodyard · Roane
- Wrights · Preston
- Wyoming · Tucker
- Yantus · Logan
- Yates · Taylor
- Zar · Preston