Author: Jason Smith - Page 55 - United States Ghost Towns

Westville, Mississippi Ghost Town

Once a prosperous county seat in Mississippi, Westville vanished into obscurity, leaving only weathered tombstones to whisper its forgotten tales.

Mysterious healing springs once drew Native Americans and settlers to Tocowa, Mississippi, before the town vanished into the wilderness.

Perched near Mississippi’s Emerald Mound, Selsertown’s abandoned buildings whisper tales of its glory days as a thriving trading post.

Lost among Mississippi’s hardwoods, Sand Hill’s haunting ruins whisper tales of 1830s frontier life and devastating yellow fever.

Nearly swallowed by floods and time, Rodney’s haunting ruins whisper tales of a once-mighty Mississippi River port town’s dramatic demise.

Crumbling ruins and an old Methodist church reveal the haunting story of a Mississippi town that vanished into history.

In 1840s Mississippi, a thriving cotton port vanished without a trace, leaving only whispers of its glory days along the riverbank.

Under the Mississippi River lies Prentiss, a once-prosperous town of 800 souls until Sherman’s flames and nature’s fury sealed its fate.

Discover the haunting secrets of Palo Alto, a lost Mississippi cotton town that vanished mysteriously in the late 1800s.

This forgotten Mississippi River port town’s dramatic rise and fall left only three churches standing amid stories of war and disease.