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Dilworth Kay County oil boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Wheat cents, Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, Standing Liberty quarters.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1916-1920s oil boomtown
Dilworth sprang up in late 1916 in the Blackwell or Dilworth oil field, reached by the Oil Fields Short Line Railroad, and grew to several thousand people with stores, a lumber yard, garage and its own newspaper. The boom faded fast; by the end of 1923 about 50 people were left, the railroad abandoned its line, and by 1929 it was counted among the county's ghost oil towns.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
oilfield equipment, old well sites
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