ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
Examples of ghost town in a Sentence
After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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The Caribou Ranch Connection Chicago manager/producer James William Guercio built the remote recording studio Caribou Ranch near the Colorado ghost town of Caribou in 1972.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, California Formerly filled with miners searching for silver, Calico was abandoned in the mid-1890s and, as a result, became known as a ghost town.
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Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Kind of Kansas City turned into a ghost town.
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Eric Adler
june 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
The Subreddit r/FriendshipAdvice would be a ghost town if everyone’s relationships were truly enhancing their quality of life.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, California Formerly filled with miners searching for silver, Calico was abandoned in the mid-1890s and, as a result, became known as a ghost town.
—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Kind of Kansas City turned into a ghost town.
—
Eric Adler
june 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
The Subreddit r/FriendshipAdvice would be a ghost town if everyone’s relationships were truly enhancing their quality of life.
—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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