An abandoned or ghost town usually contains visible remnants of buildings and infrastructure such as roads. There are a lot of abandoned Illinois towns due to the railroads. Some towns picked up everything and moved a few miles to the railroad tracks being laid. Some in the American Bottoms flooded and moved the town or built a new town on the bluffs of the Mississippi River. But, as in this photograph, some towns turned back into farmland.
Not to be confused with Ghost Signs.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Alpine, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Babcock's Grove, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Benjaminville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Brush Hill, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Brush Point, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Babcock's Grove, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Benjaminville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Brush Hill, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Brush Point, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Cloverdale, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Danby, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Dunton, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - DuPage Center, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Danby, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Dunton, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - DuPage Center, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Forrestville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Forksville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Fullersburg, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Forksville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Fullersburg, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Griggsville Landing, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Grosse Pointe, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Grosse Pointe, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Millsdale, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Mormon Town, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - New Philadelphia, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Newton's Station, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - No Man's Land, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Ontarioville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Prospect Park, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Rand, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Sangamo Town, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Mormon Town, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - New Philadelphia, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Newton's Station, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - No Man's Land, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Ontarioville, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Prospect Park, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Rand, Illinois.
Lost Towns of Illinois - Sangamo Town, Illinois.