This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska .
Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska 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 [ edit ] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick" . Retrieved January 27, 2024 . ^ 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 .