Many of these survived and grew, even after the initial rush was over (all major cities in the West Coast got their start like this). The term "ghost town" is used because the town's business buildings and houses are still there, except they are boarded up and derelict, which gives the place a spooky feeling.īack in the days of The Wild West, settlements would spring up quickly if news came of a gold or silver strike, or of a good water supply in arid land, and folks would flock in and put up a Boom Town. A town or village that no longer has enough inhabitants to be considered a town (or in extreme cases may be abandoned entirely) note the legal term for this is "disincorporation".
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