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243: 210: 156: 316: 24: 125: 174:. Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past. 1208:"St. Marys: A When-Did Timeline", pages 6 through 27, by Janet Butler Haugaard, Executive Editor and writer, St. Mary's College of Maryland with Susan G. Wilkinson, Director of Marketing and Communications, Historic St. Mary's City Commission and Julia A. King, Associate Professor of Anthropology, St. Mary's College of Maryland Archives 416: 1256: 1317: 508:, the site of Monocacy was lost completely after being abandoned in the early 19th century, and has never been found despite a multitude of historical evidence it existed. 607: 622: 561: 1612: 752: 612: 398: 546: 536: 1310: 41: 1166: 1210: 465: 88: 426: 395:, formerly a booming railroad town which declined sharply and today contains only a handful of residents and none of its historic landmarks. 60: 1386: 1303: 1242: 498:, a former milling town which was abandoned in the early 20th century and widely demolished in the 1960s-1970s for a highway expansion. 67: 1617: 1326: 948: 883: 1622: 74: 1536: 1501: 841: 198: 816: 56: 1576: 1481: 1441: 1192:"TULL'S CORNER, MARYLAND, An excerpt from "Quindocqua, Maryland; Indian Country", by Woodrow T. Wilson, published in 1980" 370:, an industrial area of Baltimore which had all residents forcibly relocated in the late 1990s for environmental concerns. 132: 1541: 1531: 1526: 1506: 939: 668: 1456: 1371: 627: 587: 1571: 1491: 1486: 1361: 727: 451: 107: 1607: 1581: 1546: 1451: 1426: 796: 682: 483:, once the second largest town in Maryland, by 2010 it had declined to the smallest incorporated town in Maryland. 197:
industries. Towards the late 19th century, the resources in the region had begun to deplete, and the onset of the
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Some buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
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Considered to be the oldest settlement in 458:travel, which was rendered obsolete by the 401:, which was flooded during the creation of 1318: 1304: 1613:Lists of ghost towns in the United States 1327:Lists of ghost towns in the United States 667: 429:, which appeared on maps as late as 1901. 108:Learn how and when to remove this message 1202: 1109: 949:United States Department of the Interior 314: 241: 208: 154: 1164: 1078: 802: 177:Many ghost towns can be located in the 1600: 1241:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 1198:. Woodrow T. Wilson. January 29, 2009. 1020: 1014: 993:"F-3-108 Hamony Grove survey District" 881: 858:"Mill Town History; Daniels, Maryland" 681: 304:Buildings and houses largely abandoned 295: 1299: 1058: 843:Baltimore harbor: a pictorial history 328: 159:Pentecostal Holiness Church ruins in 1269: 734: 715: 322:has declined sharply since the 1950s 119: 46:adding citations to reliable sources 17: 940:Geographic Names Information System 927: 765: 487: 374: 13: 1059:Smith, Jason (February 20, 2021). 695: 285:Buildings and houses all abandoned 14: 1634: 984: 638: 512: 472: 408: 353: 347: 334:Building or houses still standing 301:Building or houses still standing 282:Building or houses still standing 276: 253: 204: 57:"List of ghost towns in Maryland" 1618:Maryland geography-related lists 1141:"Maryland's Coal Heritage Trail" 979:Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland 797:Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad 652: 554:, notable for the 1876 death of 123: 22: 1263: 1249: 1184: 1165:Packard, Aaron (May 22, 2011). 1158: 1103: 945:United States Geological Survey 663:(Partially in Baltimore County) 574:, a coal town on the border of 433: 288:No population, except caretaker 166:The following is an incomplete 33:needs additional citations for 1623:Maryland history-related lists 1272:"The Ghost Town of Four Locks" 971: 955: 915:. February 13, 2001. p. 3 901: 875: 862:The Historical Marker Database 850: 834: 809: 728:St. Mary's College of Maryland 229:Sites that have been destroyed 220: 1: 882:Cassie, Ron (March 4, 2019). 592:Mineral County, West Virginia 460:Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 787:List of counties in Maryland 462:and then later by railroads. 226:Sites no longer in existence 7: 1145:www.mountaindiscoveries.com 991:Maryland Historical Trust. 792:Category:Mining in Maryland 780: 632:Grant County, West Virginia 340:Smaller than its boom years 10: 1639: 966:Charles County Demographic 1334: 1065:United States Ghost Towns 1061:"Ghost Towns of Maryland" 264:All buildings uninhabited 213:Foundation of a hotel in 840:Robert C. Keith (2005). 533:, first settled in 1791. 310:many abandoned buildings 1608:Ghost towns in Maryland 1110:Marshall, R.B. (1914). 267:Roofless building ruins 181:counties, particularly 1196:Tulls Corner, Maryland 669:Prince George's County 584:, an old logging town. 337:Still a busy community 323: 250: 217: 163: 935:"Wilson (historical)" 454:, formerly a hub for 318: 246:Ruins of a church in 245: 212: 158: 1223:on February 21, 2014 977:Donald G. 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