Ghost Towns in North Carolina
3 documented ghost towns
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Gold Hill
Gold Hill was America's first significant gold rush town - 50 years before California. North Carolina was the nation's top gold producer until 1848. A...
Henry River Mill Village
Henry River Mill Village was a complete textile company town—then became 'District 12' in The Hunger Games. The 1905 cotton mill closed in 1970; the f...
Portsmouth Village
Portsmouth Village was once the largest town on the Outer Banks—a critical port where ships transferred cargo to shallow-draft vessels. Civil War, hur...