Ghost Town

Ghost town

A ghost town is an abandoned or largely depopulated human settlement that usually contains substantial, visible remaining buildings and infrastructure, such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed or ended for any reason. The town may also have declined because of natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, government actions, war, pollution, or nuclear and radiation-related accidents and incidents. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that, though still populated, are significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.

Ghost Town (1936 film)

Ghost Town is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Harry Carey, David Sharpe and Ruth Findlay. It was produced by William Berke

Ghost

In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms, whether they resemble humans or animals. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, haint, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul.

Town

A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.

ghost town

Noun

1. A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.
2. Anything that has been deserted or abandoned, or has been empty all along.