User:Narthring/Ghost Town Classification
Classification[edit]
Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted back 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.
Barren site[1][2][3][4][5][edit]
- Sites no longer in existence[1][3]
- Sites that have been destroyed[1]
- Completely deserted[2]
- Covered with water[1]
- Reverted to pasture[3]
- May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings
Neglected site[4][5][edit]
- Only rubble left[4][5]
- Roofless building ruins[4][5]
- Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless
Abandoned site[1][4][5][edit]
- Building or houses still standing, but largely unused[1]
- Buildings and houses all abandoned[4][5]
- Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
- No population, except caretaker[4][5]
Semi-abandoned site[2][4][5][edit]
- Building or houses still standing, though largely abandoned[4][5]
- Small population[4][5]; Can have a resident or two [2]
Historic community[1][2][4][5][edit]
- Building or houses still standing
- Smaller than its boom years[4][5]
- Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.[1]
- Still a busy community with genuine signs of vitality[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Morris, John (1977). Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 229. ISBN 0806114207, 9780806114200.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c d e f Varney, Philip (1994). Southern California's Best Ghost Towns. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 152. ISBN 0806126086, 9780806126081.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ a b c Bial, Raymond (2001). Ghost Towns of the American West. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 48. ISBN 0618065571, 9780618065578.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Oregon Ghost Towns". Oregon.com. Oregon Interactive Corporation. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Speck, Gary. "Ghost Town Categories". Ghost Town USA. Gary B. Speck Publications.