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  2. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.

  3. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

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    Town of Big Lick (1874–1882) became town and later the independent City of Roanoke (name change) Town of Castlewood (1991–1997) became a town on 20 March 1991. Voted for annulment of the town charter on November 4, 1997 and was disincorporated on December 31, 1997. Town of Central City (1885–1890) became town, later City of Radford (name ...

  4. List of ghost towns by country - Wikipedia

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    Grand-Bassam was the French Colonial capital of Côte d'Ivoire until 1896 when it was abandoned by the French Colonial Government. Commercial activity gradually weakened until the city became a virtual ghost town in 1960, the same year Côte d'Ivoire became independent.

  5. The Town That Drowned - Wikipedia

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    The Town That Drowned is a coming-of-age novel by Canadian author Riel Nason, first published in 2011 by Goose Lane Editions. The novel has garnered numerous accolades, including the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe, and was a finalist for the CLA Young Adult Book Award and the Red Maple Award .

  6. Centralia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Centralia (/ s ɛ n ˈ t r eɪ l i ə / sen-TRAY-li-ə) is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 [8] because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.

  7. List of lost settlements in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Dunwich, a significant medieval town 9 miles (14 km) south of Southwold, now largely lost to coastal erosion: the western fringes survive as a village; Easton Bavents, lost to coastal erosion; Fakenham Parva [98] Little Redisham, emparked with the parish combined with Ringsfield in 1627; Monks Risbridge, between Stradishall and Barnardiston

  8. Lost city - Wikipedia

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    Bethel Indian Town, New Jersey – Lenape settlement which disappeared as the Lenape were pushed west. Cahokia – Located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri. At its height Cahokia is believed to have had a population of between 40,000 and 80,000 people, making it amongst the largest Pre-Columbian cities of the Americas. It is known chiefly ...

  9. St. Mary's City, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    St. Mary's City (also known as Historic St. Mary's City) is a former colonial town that was founded in March 1634, as Maryland's first European settlement and capital. [5] It is now a state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial settlement and a designated living history venue and museum complex.