List of ghost towns in Pennsylvania (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of ghost towns in Pennsylvania" in English language version.

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"Adams County Parcel Locator". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

abandonedonline.net

"Rust Belt Pennsylvania". Abandoned. May 4, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2023.

academia.edu

Washlaski, Raymond A. "ANDRICO: Andrico Mines (New Alexandria Mines), Andrico, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town." "Contains: Andrico Miners Memorial."". Academia.
Washlaski, Raymond A. "APPALACHA: Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Appalacha, Ferrier, Meco & Tidedale, On Yellow Creek, Brushvalley, Center & White Townships, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Contains: Miners Memorial for the Mines." Includes "Appalacha: A Forgotten Mining Town."". Academia.
Washlaski, Raymond A. "ISABELLA: Isabella Furnace Mine & Coke Works, Coketon (Cokeville), Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, USA "Another Coal Mining Ghost Town"". Academia.edu: 9.
Washlaski, Raymond. "CHESTER: Chester No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, Chester (Humphries), Superior No. 2, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town." Contains: Miners Memorial Chester No. 2 Mine & Coke Works". Old Miner Project.
Washlaski, Raymond A. "EDRI & FOSTER: Edri & Foster Mines, Villages of Edri & Foster Mines, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Towns"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "ELEANORA: Eleanora Mines & Coke Works, Eleanora, McCalmont Twp., Jefferson Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town,"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "ERITON. History of the Eriton Mine (Eriton Shaft Mine), Eriton, Sandy Twp., Clearfield Co, Pennsylvania, USA "Another Coal Mining Ghost Town."". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "FAIRBANKS: Fairbanks Mine (Fairbanks Coal Works) (Fairbanks Mine & Coke Works), Fairbanks, Loyalhanna Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "APPALACHA: Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Appalacha, Ferrier, Meco & Tidedale, On Yellow Creek, Brushvalley, Center & White Townships, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Contains: Miners Memorial for the Mines." Includes "Appalacha: A Forgotten Mining Town."". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "Fort Palmer. History of the Fort Palmer Mines & Coke Works, Fort Palmer, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Another Coal Mining Ghost town." Contains: "Miners Memorial Fort Palmer Mines"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "SALEM: Salem No. 1 Mine & Coke Works and Salem No. 2 Mine, Salemville, Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Forgotten Mining Town"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "HURON: Huron Mines & Coke Works (Patton Mine), Huron, Salem Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town."". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Washlaski, Raymond A. "APPALACHA: Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Appalacha, Ferrier, Meco & Tidedale, On Yellow Creek, Brushvalley, Center & White Townships, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A." academia.edu.
Washlaski, Raymond A. "MILLWOOD SHAFT: Millwood Shaft Mine (Millwood Mine), Millwood Shaft, Derry Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. "Coal Mining Ghost Town"".
Washlaski, Raymond A. "WALSTON: Walston Mines & Coke Works, Walston, Young Twp., Jefferson, Co, Pennsylvania, USA "Forgotten Mining Town"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

alleghenywest.org

Smerker, Nick (November 3, 2017). "Tomorrow Night 11/4: Gary Fincke". Allegheny West. Retrieved June 2, 2023.

archive.today

"Adams County Parcel Locator". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

atlasobscura.com

"The White Cliffs of Conoy". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
"Daniel Boone Homestead". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

bayjournal.com

Crable, Ad. "Once a year, take the road not traveled to find ghosts of Pennsylvania's past". Bay Journal. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

books.google.com

Enhancing Wildlife Habitat: Demonstration Sites in Pennsylvania. PennState, College of Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension. 1997. p. 39. accesses are at the Aitch Boat Launch...

clawsonfamily.com

Stewart, Joshua T. (1913). "Chapter 25". Indiana County Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present.

creativecirclemedia.com

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Meck Carroll, Sharman (December 9, 2015). "History of Branch Twp., Schuylkill County, Pa. Prior 1875 – Llewellyn" (PDF). Press and Journal. p. 2. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

datashed.org

"Bear Run Watershed Renaissance Mine Drainage Restoration Project" (PDF). Susquehanna River Basin Commission (290). December 2013.

doi.org

Straub, John; Liebendorfer, Bret (December 1, 2008). "Braddock, Pennsylvania Out of the Furnace and into the Fire". Monthly Review. 60 (7): 39. doi:10.14452/MR-060-07-2008-11_3.

dunbarhistoricalsociety.com

"History of Dunbar, PA | Dunbar, PA | Dunbar Historical Society". www.dunbarhistoricalsociety.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

eveningsun.com

Wentz, Jennifer. "Underwater ghost town: Codorus State Park celebrates 50 years". The Evening Sun. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

geocaching.com

"Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site". www.geocaching.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

ghosttowns.com

"Bennington - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
"Freytown - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
"McKinley - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

indianacountyparks.org

"Ghost Town Trail". Indiana County Parks & Trails. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
"Ghost Town Trail History | Indiana County Parks and Trails". www.indianacountyparks.org. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

indianagazette.com

Tribune-Review, Megan Tomasic. "Ghost towns dot Western Pa., Pittsburgh landscape and history". The Indiana Gazette Online. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

issuu.com

Patterson, Ed (March 2018). Ghost Town Trail Guidebook - 2nd Edition (2nd ed.). Indiana County Parks & Trails.

iup.edu

Archives, Special Collections and University; Stapleton Library, Room 302 431 South Eleventh Street Indiana; Phone: 724-357-3039; Fax: 724-357-4891. "The Company Town of Whiskey Run". Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 14, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

jstor.org

Bleyden, Paul (1947). "Beula". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 14 (2): 118–130. ISSN 0031-4528. JSTOR 27766775.

juniata.edu

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"Culture and Community of Spruce Creek" (PDF). Retrieved September 29, 2006.

latimes.com

Kissel, Kelly P. (December 15, 1991). "Fading Lake Reveals 'Allegheny Atlantis' : History: Former residents come from miles around to see old haunts thought gone forever". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

liturgicalcenter.org

Crocco, S. R. (1972). "BRIEF HISTORY OF BENNETTS VALLEY and ST. JOSEPH CHURCH" (PDF). liturgicalcenter.org. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

monthlyreview.org

Straub, John; Liebendorfer, Bret (December 1, 2008). "Braddock, Pennsylvania Out of the Furnace and into the Fire". Monthly Review. 60 (7): 39. doi:10.14452/MR-060-07-2008-11_3.

npshistory.com

Quin, Richard H.; Rose, Kenneth D. (1993). "INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites" (PDF). npshistory.com. p. 243 (pdf page 255).
Quin, Richard H. (1993). "Indiana County, Pennsylvania – An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record: 15, 16, 19.

numismaticnews.net

Hotz, Mark (December 3, 2018). "A Ghost Town Worth Visiting". numisaticnews.net. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

nytimes.com

Caldwell, Dave (April 27, 2007). "The Northeast's Spine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

observer-reporter.com

Miller, Barbara S. "A Halloween search for ghost towns". Observer-Reporter. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

oldeastie.com

"East Broad Top Railroad Virtual Tour: Joller". oldeastie.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

pa.gov

dep.pa.gov

"PA's Mining Legacy and AML". Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved June 2, 2023.

dcnr.pa.gov

"History of Greenwood Furnace State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

phmc.pa.gov

"Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey Annual Site Reporting Activity in 2020" (PDF). phmc.pa.gov. 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

pabucketlist.com

Glessner, Rusty (October 27, 2020). "Exploring the Abandoned Alvira Bunkers in Union County". PA Bucket List. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
Glessner, Rusty (February 17, 2023). "Exploring the Blue Rock Swinging Bridge in Elk County". PA Bucket List. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

pawilds.com

"Explore the historic ruins of the Pennsylvania Wilds". Pennsylvania Wilds. November 21, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

penncapital-star.com

"Dunbar Historical Society houses glass sculptor's most famous piece | Helping the Helpers". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. December 22, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

penndot.gov

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WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (PDF). 1994. p. 192.
"WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites" (PDF). gis.penndot.gov. 1994. pp. 121–122 (pdf page 138–139).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (PDF). 1994. p. 45.

pennlive.com

Malawskey, Nick (November 17, 2014). "This Central Pennsylvania township does -- and doesn't -- exist". pennlive. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

phillyburbs.com

LaVO, Carl. "The 12:10 to Rushland". PhillyBurbs. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

post-gazette.com

newsinteractive.post-gazette.com

"Boom and Bust | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". newsinteractive.post-gazette.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

old.post-gazette.com

"A bridge to the 19th century". old.post-gazette.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

psu.edu

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"Forgotten Heritage | Pennsylvania Center for the Book". pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

scpahistory.com

"Sullivan County PA Historical Society and Museum - Celestia". www.scpahistory.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

statecollege.com

Stout, Lee (February 1, 2018). "Penn State Diary: Names of places in Centre County have lessons to teach". StateCollege.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

susquehannaheritage.org

"RiverRoots: Forgotten Town". Susquehanna NHA. May 5, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

tiogapublishing.com

"Public invited to take 'Walk in the Woods'". Tioga Publishing. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

tnonline.com

"Big Creek Valley before Beltzville Lake". Times News. Pencor Services, Inc. May 4, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2014.

tribdem.com

Griffith, Randy. "More for the money: Ghost Town Trail extension nearly doubles in length". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

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"Woman shares sounds, sights of Bagdad's past". www.tribliveoffers.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
"Former food plant in North Huntingdon put Cereal on map". www.tribliveoffers.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
"West Overton, Livermore listed among Pennsylvania's 'ghost towns' to explore". www.tribliveoffers.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

triblive.com

Tomasic, Megan (May 20, 2022). "Ghost towns dot Western Pa., Pittsburgh landscape and history". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
Himler, Jeff (August 18, 2019). "Dig at Indiana County ghost town unearths prehistoric past". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

unchartedlancaster.com

"Along the Susquehanna at the mouth of the Conestoga River lies a village born in fire but died from ice. Survey the razed company ghost town of Safe Harbor". Uncharted Lancaster. April 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

uncoveringpa.com

Cheney, Jim (October 2, 2019). "7 Ghost Towns in PA You Can Still Visit". Uncovering PA. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

unitedstatesghosttowns.com

"Ghost Towns of Pennsylvania (A-D)". United States Ghost Towns. March 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

usgenealogyexpress.com

"PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGY EXPRESS - FRANKLIN COUNTY - Antrim - 1741". www.usgenealogyexpress.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

usgwarchives.net

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Davis, Tarring S. (1931). "Chapter 19". A HISTORY OF BLAIR COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. Vol. 1.

usgwarchives.net

"ff31.html". www.usgwarchives.net. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

visitindianacountypa.org

"Ghost Town, Hoodlebug & West Penn Trails: Regional Trail Guide" (PDF). visitindianacountypa.org. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

visitpago.com

"The History of Big Run, Elk County, Pennsylvania | Visit PA Great Outdoors". visitpago.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
"Ghost Towns of the Clarion River Corridor: Lily Pond | Visit PA Great Outdoors". visitpago.com. July 11, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
"Instanter-The Town Lost to Flood Control | Visit PA Great Outdoors". visitpago.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

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Stevens, Mike (April 30, 2012) [March 30, 2011]. "Old Edgerton". WNEP-TV. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

wind-watch.org

Watch, National Wind. "Old Crum Village: a Somerset County ghost town". National Wind Watch. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

wnep.com

Stevens, Mike (April 30, 2012) [March 30, 2011]. "Old Edgerton". WNEP-TV. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

worldcat.org

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Bleyden, Paul (1947). "Beula". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 14 (2): 118–130. ISSN 0031-4528. JSTOR 27766775.
Caldwell, Dave (April 27, 2007). "The Northeast's Spine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

wpengine.com

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"The Call of the Clarion". Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2023.