List of ghost towns in North Carolina

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in North Carolina.

  • Brunswick Town[1] (former state capital)
  • Buffalo City
  • Cape Lookout Village
  • Cataloochee
  • Ceramic
  • Diamond City
  • Fort Dobbs (frontier fort during the French and Indian war)
  • Glenville (town submerged by Lake Glenville, some residents relocated to the eastern edge of the lake)
  • Henry River Mill Village
  • Judson (submerged under Fontana Lake)
  • Lost Cove
  • Mortimer
  • Portsmouth
  • Proctor (isolated by Lake Fontana and abandoned)
  • Roanoke Colony[2]
  • Ruby City (mining town once located near Willets in Jackson County, now the site of the Balsam Mountain Preserve)
  • Whitney (partially submerged by Badin Lake)

References

  1. ^ Prose, Francine (March 7, 1993). "A Sojourn on Cape Fear". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "What Happened to the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke?". History. A&E Television Networks. June 20, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2024.