USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The massive migration of people to the American West during the gold rush required building towns to house people. However, when all the gold and other resources in an area were depleted, the towns were often deserted. These deserted towns were called ghost towns.

Detailed explanation-2: -A ghost town (deserted city or abandoned city) is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads.

Detailed explanation-3: -ghost town | American Dictionary ghost town. noun [ C ] us. /ˈɡoʊst ˌtɑʊn/ a town that was busy in the past but is now empty or nearly empty because the activities that kept people there have stopped.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -When silver was discovered nearby it became a mining town called Ralston City, named after financier William Chapman Ralston. It was finally renamed Shakespeare, and was abandoned when the mines closed in 1929.