List of ghost towns in Alaska

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Alaska. Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to wilderness. 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 their grander historic past.

Classification

Barren site

Sites no longer in existence
Sites that have been destroyed
Covered with water
Reverted to pasture
May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

Only rubble left
Roofless building ruins
Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

Buildings or houses still standing
Buildings and houses all abandoned
No population, except caretaker
Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example an old church or grocery store

Semi-abandoned site

Buildings or houses still standing
Buildings and houses largely abandoned
Few residents
Many abandoned buildings
Small population

Historic community

Buildings or houses still standing
Still a busy community
Smaller than its boom years
Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less