USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One example is settlements that spring up due to a particular economic activity, such as the discovery of a natural resource. They can become ghost towns when that commodity runs out. In the past, such towns-often called boomtowns-were settled and quickly came to life.

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: -A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Pripyat was given city status in 1979, some nine years after it was founded to house workers at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian city was home to around 50, 000 people when it was evacuated on April 27, 1986, following the now infamous disaster at Chernobyl.