This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Iowa.

Ghost towns

Town nameOther name(s)CountyEstablishedDisestablishedRemarks
Big SpringWayne
BryantsburgBuchanan
BuxtonMonroe
BuchananCedar
BuckhornJackson
CaledoniaRinggold
CarrolltonCarroll
Civil BendFremont
ClarksonWarren
Coalport[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
ConoverWinneshiek
Cordova[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
DonnanFayette1990s
DorisBuchanan
DudleyPolk
DudleyWapello
Dunreath[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
ElkportClayton
Fifield[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
HerringSac
HinkletownKeokuk
HowellMarion
Green IslandJackson
GriffinsvilleAppanoose
IowavilleVan Buren
IvanhoeLinn
KnowltonRinggold
LakewoodLyon
LittleportClayton
Lucky ValleyWoodbury
MidwayJohnson
MotorClayton
MorrisburgGuthrie
Mount EtnaAdams
Mount PisgahUnionMitt Romney's great-grandfather, Helaman Pratt was born near Mount Pisgah.
NationalJackson
OradellMarion
PercyMarion
Queen CityAdams
Red Rock[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
River JunctionStumptown, Stumpville, StumpyJohnson
RockvilleDelaware
Rousseau[1]MarionSubmerged by Lake Red Rock.
Shady GroveBuchanan
SiegelBremer
StanzelAdair
StilesDavis
StrahanMills
SunburyCedar
UniqueHumboldt
White PigeonKeokuk
YattonWashington

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Most People Have No Idea This Underwater City in Iowa Even Exists". Retrieved Nov 19, 2023.