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WHAT IS A GHOST TOWN?

"A Ghost Town is a town or community that at one time had a commercial or population center, and is either wholly abandoned or faded greatly from its peak, and now is just a shadow of its former self."

Most ghost towns can be categorized into six basic classes based on what remains at the site:

  • Class A: barren site
  • Class B: rubble and/or roofless building ruins
  • Class C: standing abandoned buildings (with roofs), no population, except maybe a caretaker.
  • Class D: semi/near ghost towns. A small resident population, many abandoned buildings.
  • Class E: busy historic community, yet still much smaller than in its boom years.
  • Class F: the town joined or was absorbed by a neighboring thriving city.
  • Class G: Not a stand-alone class, but an addition to any of the above. This class usually designates a restored town, state park, or indicates some other “additional” status.

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