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What did they call the abandoned towns in the west?
They were called ghost towns.
What has city's towns but and shops but no people?
Ghost towns are abandoned towns.
What was the name given to towns that were abandoned after there was no more gold or silver to mine in the area?
Ghost towns.
How many ghost towns are there in America?
Here is a link to an incomplete list of ghost towns - nobody really knows exactly how many towns have been abandoned in the US.
What happened to boom towns once the mines that supported them were used up?
Many were abandoned, and are called ghost towns.
What happened to boom-towns once the mines that supported them were used up?
Many were abandoned, and are called ghost towns.
What is the town with the least people in the world?
A number of ghost towns still exist. They were incorporated, but then were abandoned, and some were never unincorporated. The population of ghost towns is zero.
Ghost towns of America?
There are many ghost towns in America that are not all typical old western towns. Ghosts towns in Massachusetts include the abandoned settlements of Dogtown, Catamount, Whitewash Village, and Long Point.
Why were ghost town build?
Ghost towns were typically built as settlements to support mining or other extractive industries. When these industries declined or the resources were exhausted, the towns were abandoned, leading to the term "ghost town." Many ghost towns remain as historical remnants of past boom-and-bust cycles.
Why are ghost towns called ghost towns?
Ghost towns are called ghost towns because most of the time they are abandoned or else they are a ghost of there former self. Usually there is a direct reason as to why they are abandoned. Also ghost towns are usually considered haunted by their former inhabitants. Many of the buildings look ghostly anyway.
What is ghost town?
A ghost town is an old abandoned city that was booming with life. They got the name ghost in ghost town because legen dsays that ghost towns are so quiet, that you could hear, or see a ghost.
What has the author Linda Kay Thompson written?
Linda Kay Thompson has written: 'Alaska's abandoned towns' -- subject(s): Ghost towns, Local History
