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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the state of Kansas. Causes There are many reasons as to why a community becomes abandoned (or nearly abandoned). Transportation – With the development of major highways and interstates, people were willing to travel farther for goods and services causing local businesses in smaller towns to lose customers and ultimately close. The more businesses that close the more people are apt to want to move away to a bigger town. Transportation has played a major role in settlement in Kansas. As traffic from the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails increased, towns boomed along them. When railroads were established towns developed along the tracks or even moved to where the tracks were. Politics – In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically saw most, if not all, of their town die out. Lack of employment – Towns that catered to a specific industry like coal mining or military housing were boom towns that quickly died when their markets collapsed. Some towns were abandoned in the 1930s during the Dust Bowl period which mainly relied on agriculture. Eminent domain / flood control – Since 1951, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have sought to control floods through the building of dams along rivers and the resulting outcome is a town having to be moved or abandoned and demolished. Environmental degradation – remnants of lead and zinc mining can cause soil contamination that can render entire communities uninhabitable; e.g. Treece. List List of ghost towns in Kansas, which aren't incorporated cities or unincorporated communities: Allen County Cofachique Octagon City Anderson County Hyattville Atchison County Mount Pleasant Pardee Butler County Oil Hill Plum Grove Wingate Chase County Elk Ellinor Homestead Hymer Thurman Cherokee County Treece Cheyenne County Calhoun Jaqua Lawnridge Marney Orlando Clark County Lexington Clay County Broughton Browndale Cloud County Como Macyville Sibley Yuma Cowley County Floral Wilmot Decatur County Bassetville Decatur Hawkeye Hooker Jackson Lund Sheffield Shibboleth Stephen Vallonia Doniphan County Geary Douglas County Belvoir Franklin Lapeer Louisiana Media Prairie City Twin Mound Weaver Elk County Cave Springs Fiat Upola Ellis County Chetolah Easdale Hog Back Mendota Rome Smoky Hill City Stockrange Turkville Ellsworth County Terra Cotta Finney County Eminence Ravanna Franklin County Appanoose Forrest Home Garlington Greenwood Minneola Norwood Ohio City Pleasant Hill Silkville Geary County Alida Pawnee Gove County Alanthus Hackberry Jerome Graham County Fargo Happy Houston Kebar Millbrook Olean Roscoe Togo Turnerville Whitfield Wild Horse Greeley County Astor Greenwood County Teterville Thrall Utopia Harper County Albion Harvey County Annelly Haskell County Santa Fe Jewell County Dentonia Labette County Mortimer Leavenworth County Delaware City Lincoln County Bacon Bayne Cedron Herman Lone Walnut Milo Monroe Orbitello Orworth Paris Pinon Pleasant Valley Pottersburg Rosette Topsy Towerspring Union Valley Woodey Yorktown Linn County Hail Ridge Logan County McAllaster Sheridan Marion County Elk Gnadenau Hampson Oursler Waldeck Watchorn Marshall County Bigelow Irving Mitchell County Blue Hill Buel Coursens Grove Elmira Saltville Victor Walnut Grove West Asher Montgomery County Le Hunt Morris County Comiskey Neosho Ladore Norton County Bower Brett Cactus Devizes Fairhaven Hanback Hedgewood Rayville Rockwell Smithton Wakeman Osborne County Banks Bristow Cheyenne Delhi Deliverance Dial Emley Forney Free Will Handy Pleasant Plain Potterville Roundmound Twin Creek Vincent Yoxall Ottawa County Vine Creek Phillips County Crow Dickeyville Goode Jimtown Luctor Matteson Myrtle Pleasant Green Powell Wagnerville West Cedar Rawlins County Achilles Beardsley Beaverton Burntwood Celia Chardon Gladstone Greshamton Mirage Rawlins Rotate Reno County Kent Republic County Sherdahl White Rock Rice County Crawford Galt Rooks County Adamson Alcona Amboy Chandler Cresson Earnest Frankton Gould City Highhill Hoskins Igo Laton McHale Motor Nyra Portage Slate Sugarloaf Survey Rockport Rush County Belfield Brookdale Fenton Flavius Hampton Hutton Lippard Olney Pioneer Ryan Saunders West Point Russell County Bayne Blue Stem East Wolf Fay Forest Hill Greenvale Hawley Jack Kennebec Success Winterset Woodville Seward County Arkalon Shawnee County Richland Sheridan County Adell Alcyone Chicago Lucerne Museum Mystic Phelps Sheridan Ute Violenta Smith County Cora Anderson Clifford Corvallis Covington Crystal Plains Custer Germantown Hardilee Jacksonburg Judson Ohio Troublesome Twelve Mile Tyner Uhl Stevens County Woodsdale Sumner County Bushnell Cleardale Doster Ewell Metcalf Roland Sumner City Thomas County Copeland Cumberland Kuka Otterbourne Quickville Trego County Banner Bosna Cyrus Wilcox Wabaunsee County Vera Washington County Strawberry Wichita County Farmer City See also List of counties in Kansas List of townships in Kansas List of cities in Kansas List of unincorporated communities in Kansas List of census-designated places in Kansas Lists of places in Kansas Kansas locations by per capita income Kansas census statistical areas Kansas license plate county codes References External links Kansas Dead Town List The Kansas Historical Society has a list of the Kansas "Dead Towns" online. These lists are detailed in books available at the Society in Topeka. Lost Kansas Communities Project from the Chapman Center For Rural Studies at Kansas State University. Discover the Cy Wakeman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cy Wakeman books.