There is something about abandoned places that makes them astonishing and unsettling simultaneously. Kansas, a state in the Midwestern portion of the United States, covers an area of over 82,000 square miles and has a population of around 2,940,865 people. Earning its part in the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861, Kansas […]
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Iowa is located in the United States Midwestern area and has a population of around 3,190,369. It was the 29th state to be declared part of the Union on December 28, 1846. While some have remained in place, others, for various reasons, are as dead as their first population. There are more than 20 ghost
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Indiana is located in the Midwest region of the United States and is among the top 20 most populated states. It joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state. Indiana’s capital city is Indianapolis, which is also the most populated. Still, even though the state is highly populated, many cities have been left deserted
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Illinois had a battle to conquer before becoming the 21st state of the United States on December 21, 1818. The government believed Illinois would join as a free state and tip the balance of power away from pro-slavery, so it set a population requirement of 60,000 that needed to be met before gaining statehood. Even
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Hawaii was the last fifty state to join the union on August 21, 1959. Before ceding to the United States in 1898 and becoming a republic in 1894, Hawaii was a single kingdom under King Kamehameha and Queen Lili’uokalani for eighty years. There are 21 ghost towns across the main islands in Hawaii. However, the
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Idaho joined the United States on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state to join the union. Outside of potatoes, Idaho was a timber and mining hotspot in its early years. Settlers moved into the Idaho territory after gold was discovered in 1860. There are over 100 ghost towns in Idaho. Until 1846, the territory
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Georgia is a state in the southeastern United States. It borders Florida to the south, South Carolina to the north, and Alabama to the west. Georgia was one of the thirteen colonies that fought against the British in the American Revolution and eventually signed independence in 1776. Twelve years later, on January 2, 1788, Georgia
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Delaware is the second smallest state in the United States with less than 2,500 square miles; Rhode Island is first. There are 8 ghost towns in Delaware, but the list is incomplete. The total number of ghost towns in Delaware is still unknown. The Dutch were the first to settle the area of Delaware in
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The Florida territory’s ownership went between Great Britain and Spain throughout the 18th and part of the 19th century. In 1821, the United States purchased the territory from Spain and welcomed the state of Florida to the union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state. There are at least 250 ghost towns in Florida.
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Connecticut, the third smallest state, was founded as the fifth state to join the United States on January 9, 1788. With an area of 5,567 square miles, 250 miles of shoreline, and a population of 3.5 million, it is easy to see why there may not be many ghost towns within the state lines. There
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