List of flooded towns in the United States

These are U.S. towns and villages flooded by the creation of dams, destroyed by the advancing sea, or washed away in floods and never rebuilt.

List of towns drowned by dam construction

List of towns drowned by erosion or flooding

Alabama

• Washington

Alaska

• Chenega, the original location of which was destroyed in a Tsunami caused by the Good Friday earthquake in 1964.
• Minto, the original site of which was abandoned due to repeat flooding.
• Mumtrak, abandoned due to repeat flooding.
• Holikachuk, abandoned due to flooding and inaccessibility.

Arizona

• Adamsville, never rebuilt after being largely destroyed by a flood.
• Colorado City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862

Arkansas

• Napoleon, washed away by the Mississippi River

Maryland

• Holland Island, destroyed by erosion into Chesapeake Bay

Mississippi

• Ben Lomond, Mississippi
• New Mexico, Mississippi
• Port Anderson, Mississippi
• Prentiss, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Oregon

• Bayocean, destroyed by erosion into the Pacific Ocean
• Champoeg, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
• Linn City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
• Orleans, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
• Vanport, destroyed by the flooding of the Columbia River

Utah

• Adventure, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862

See also

• Lists of ghost towns in the United States

References

External links

• Inundated Underwater Cities
• Ashokan Communities