List of ghost towns in California (original) (raw)

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• 1 Classification
  • 1.1 Barren site
  • 1.2 Neglected site
  • 1.3 Abandoned site
  • 1.4 Semi abandoned site
• 2 List
• 3 Gallery
• 4 References

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Ghost towns in California were caused by factors including the end of the California gold rush, the creation of new lakes, and the abandonment of formerly-used rail and motor routes.

• Sites no longer in existence
• Sites that have been destroyed
• Covered with water
• Reverted to pasture
• May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most
• Only rubble left
• Roofless building ruins
• Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
• Building or houses still standing
• Buildings and houses all abandoned
• No population, except caretaker
• Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store

Semi abandoned site

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• Building or houses still standing
• Buildings and houses largely abandoned
• few residents
• many abandoned buildings
• Small population
• Building or houses still standing
• Still a busy community
• Smaller than its boom years
• Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

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  Alma in present times at low tide
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  A sign for Amboy on the west side of town
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1. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 739. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
2. ^ "Agua Fria". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
3. ^ a b "NO. 121 AGUA MANSA". ohp.parks.ca.gov. Office of Historical Preservation. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
4. ^ "Agua Mansa". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
5. ^ Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names (Fourth ed.). University of California Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
6. ^ Article by Jon M. Corry, http://ghosttowns.com/states/ca/lexingtonandalma.html
7. ^ "THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES" (PDF). pubs.usgs.gov. 1905. p. 33.
8. ^ Randall, Guy. "Amboy Area". www.theroadwanderer.net. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
9. ^ "The Most Haunted Ghost Towns". United States Ghost Towns. November 21, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
10. ^ "Older towns dot valley when Lodi established". Lodi News-Sentinel. September 9, 1969. pp. 8C. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
11. ^ Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 70-84.
12. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1216. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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