List of ghost towns in Nebraska

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska.

Rock Bluff School, formerly the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff, Nebraska

Ghost towns

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

1. "Nebraska Place-Names, Lillian Linder Fitzpatrick". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
2. "5 Nebraska Ghost Towns that have been Long Abandoned". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
3. "Andrews, Teresa Johnston and Bess Bannan". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
4. "Angora, The Alliance Herald, September 3rd, 1914". Retrieved November 11, 2023.
5. "Finding Nebraska's Ghost Towns". Retrieved November 14, 2023.
6. "This Haunting Road Trip Through Nebraska Ghost Towns Is One You Won't Forget". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
7. "15 Abandoned and Forgotten Ghost Towns in Nebraska". Retrieved January 27, 2024.
8. "15 more Nebraska ghost towns". Retrieved January 26, 2024.
9. "Pawnee County - Genealogy Trails: Early Settlers". Retrieved November 28, 2023.
10. "Hooker County, Nebraska, 1912 Map". Retrieved November 6, 2023.
11. "Pedigree Accompanies Hooker County List, 1913". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
12. "Hope (Scott's Bluff County)". Retrieved November 7, 2023.
13. "Largest advertising poster". Retrieved November 9, 2023.
14. "Oreapolis: Nebraska's Ghost Town". Retrieved November 16, 2023.