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List of ghost towns in Alaska

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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Alaska. 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 wilderness. 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 their grander historic past.

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Classification

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A 1907 photo of Chena, the remains of which are buried beneath a suburb of Fairbanks with nothing visible today

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most
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One of the few remaining structures in Dyea

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
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The historic copper mine complex at Kennecott. Tourists visit the many remaining buildings, but many caretakers live in nearby McCarthy.

Abandoned site

  • Buildings or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example an old church or grocery store

Semi-abandoned site

  • Buildings or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • Few residents
  • Many abandoned buildings
  • Small population
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Chatanika is still inhabited, but has not appeared on the census since 1940.

Historic community

  • Buildings or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less
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