Talk:List of ghost towns in Wisconsin

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List of Ghost Towns in the US:Wisconsin redirected here[edit]

The Wisconsin section of {{List of ghost towns in the United States|List of ghost towns in the United States}} duplicates this list; I've replaced that list with a link to this page.

The first footnote reference on this page, to "Wisconsin Historical Society-Odd Wisconsin-Archives-Wisconsin Ghost Town", now 404s.

Added nearly thirty entries, drawn from http://wpt.org/University-Place/lost-towns-southern-wisconsin.

CNJECulver (talk) 14:37, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Progress[edit]

Removed the entry for "Progress". It simply linked to the Wikipedia page for "progress", and a quick google didn't turn up any Wisconsin ghost towns by the name.
Added Clay Banks, Foscoro and Horns Pier, information from http://wisconsinology.blogspot.com/2008/04/ghost-towns-2the-ghostly-trio-foscoro.html.
Added Cypress and Selma, information from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wikenosh/placenames.htm.
Added Apostle Islands, Belmont, Bluff Siding, Cooksville, Cream, Emerson, Fort Crawford, Fort Howard, Knowlton, Looneyville, Millville, Neshonoc, Sacramento, Star Lake, Stonefield, Sugar Bush, Williamsonville, information from http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Egtusa/usa/wi.htm

CNJECulver (talk) 03:18, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redesign and expansion[edit]

I've replaced the old bare list with a new table layout with additional information, and have over the past several days expanded the list from 24 to 156 entries. CNJECulver (talk) 06:16, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccuracies[edit]

There are a number of places on this list that aren't ghost towns in the sense of "a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town). If you look at the articles linked to, you'll see that they are not articles about ghost towns:

Bay View, Milwaukee is a neighborhood of Milwaukee and not abandoned in any sense.
Cudahy, Wisconsin is an incorporated city. The cited source does NOT list Cudahy as a ghost town.
Granville, Milwaukee was annexed by the city of Milwaukee in 1956 and is a neighborhood of the city.
Lake, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin was annexed by the city of Milwaukee in 1954 and is a neighborhood of the city.
Milwaukee (town), Wisconsin became a number of incorporated municipalities in northern Milwaukee County, all of which are still heavily inhabited.
Pendarvis (Mineral Point, Wisconsin) is a park operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society and is part of the community of Mineral Point. The cited source for this one admits that 2500 people live in the area.
Ulao, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community where people still live.

I would like to remove these items from the list in the interest of factual accuracy. CoatGuy (talk) 17:19, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looneyville is listed on this page. The count listed was Houston County, Wisconsin. However, there is no Houston County, Wisconsin. Thank you-RFD (talk) 22:27, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]