Carolina Ghost Towns

Paper Towns

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Instead of towns that disappeared, today we look at towns that never existed. Through my research I’ve found four categories of these so-called Paper Towns

  1. A town planned out on paper that never really took off.
  2. A town that was never meant to exist, but was advertised simply as a scam for investors.
  3. An area incorporated for political reasons, such as a town on the edge of a larger town incorporated to prevent annexation into the larger town.  The town provides no services, but exists on paper only.
  4. A copyright trap.  

    5. Links to more information:

    • Kingsberry
      • Find-a-Grave
      • Kingsberry article by Louise Pettus
      • Landsford Canal Lock Keeper's House - Library of Congress
      • Paper Town Copyright Traps
        • Phantom Settlements
        • What Is a Paper Town?

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          Carolina Ghost TownsBy Tom Taylor