{"id":293,"date":"2021-11-03T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:30:37","slug":"charbonneau-north-dakota-ghost-town-in-mckenzie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Charbonneau, North Dakota-Ghost Town in McKenzie County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1150-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1150-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1150-2.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1150-2.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1150-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1150-2.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charbonneau is a truly abandoned ghost town where no residents remain. The town seems to have been built on a rail line that has long since been removed.  The two towering grain elevators that the rail once served still remain, and are by far the most striking structures that still stand. The Post Office was last used in the 1960s, but has since been removed and parts of it are in the Lewis and Clark Trail Museum in Alexander, ND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1151.jpg?resize=393%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300\" width=\"393\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1151.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1151.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1151.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1151.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1151.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1212.jpg?resize=399%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296\" width=\"399\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1212.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1212.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1212.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1212.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1212.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">There are only two houses remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1217.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1217.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1217.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1217.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1217.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1217.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The school is a large one room building with dividers in the middle to split the space into two sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1147.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1147.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1147.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1147.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1147.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1147.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A cemetery sits on top of a hill overlooking the town. The grounds appear to be maintained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghosttowns.com\/states\/nd\/charbonneau.html\">https:\/\/www.ghosttowns.com\/states\/nd\/charbonneau.html<\/a> for more details on this true ghost town<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charbonneau is a truly abandoned ghost town where no residents remain. The town seems to have been built on a rail line that has long since been removed. The two towering grain elevators that the rail once served still remain, and are by far the most striking structures that still stand. The Post Office was&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/?p=293\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Charbonneau, North Dakota-Ghost Town in McKenzie County<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghost-town","category-mckenzie","tag-ghost-town"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forgotten-nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/650-1205.jpg?fit=1920%2C1273&ssl=1?v=1633842912","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forgotten-nd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}