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Comertown homestead settlement

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Wheat cents, Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1913-1950s homestead-era railroad town

Homestead town founded in 1913 that drew many settlers after the railroad arrived, but the land proved poor for farming and it was declining by the 1920s. Its post office ran from 1914 to 1957.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, unstable buildings

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