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UTC-5 (CST) GNIS feature ID. 509024 [1] Scuffletown is a ghost town in Henderson County in the western part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River just above the mouth of Green River, it was a city for barely 100 years but is legendary in the area because of the activities there during the American Civil War and its rough ...
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital. The Sanatorium opened in 1910 as a two-story facility able ...
It is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of Hessian soldiers and 18th-century lovers Elisha Benton and Jemima Barrows, who tragically died from smallpox. [39] Dudleytown is an abandoned town founded in the mid-1740s. It lies in the middle of a forested area in Cornwall. The original buildings are gone and only their foundations remain.
Ashmore Estates is a historic building outside Ashmore, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1916 as the second almshouse on the property, part of the Coles County Poor Farm. This complex operated until 1959. That year, the building and related grounds were purchased (and named) by Ashmore Estates, Inc. for use as a private care facility ...
The story behind Erebus Haunted House in Pontiac makes guests come back for more nightmare fuel. Dr. J. Colbert built the world’s first working time machine in the area, but it malfunctioned and ...
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Kentucky. Main Street, Paradise, Kentucky in 1898. Airdrie. Barthell. Bells Mines. Blue Heron. Bon Jellico. Burgess Railroad Station. Chaumont.
Rocky Point Manor is a Two Story mansion in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. It was built in 1810 for attorney and judge James Haggin. It was considered a grand home for Kentucky during the settlement period, its grounds spanning about 400 acres at the time, and stood next to the historic Fort Harrod. Following the bloody Battle of Perryville, on October ...
Pages in category "Ghost towns in Kentucky" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...