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Treece, Kansas

Ghost town
In Treece, Kansas
3.9 mi from Route 66

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Treece, now a ghost town, sits in Cherokee County, KS, just over the state line from the Oklahoma mining towns, near Miami, OK, and about 5 miles off the old road. It belonged to the Tri-State Mining District and still had 138 residents in 2010. Lead pollution left behind by mining ended the town: by May 2012 it stood abandoned, and most buildings had been demolished.

What is Treece?

Two residents turned down the government buyout and were still living there in 2012; one of them died in 2016. Little of the town remains standing today.

Visiting Treece: tips

Stay on public roads and do not collect anything, since the area was abandoned over lead pollution. Picher is about 1.4 miles away, Cardin about 1.8 miles and Zincville about 2 miles.

Practical info

Address: Lyon Township, KS

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Stops near Treece

Picher, Oklahoma

Picher

Picher, Oklahoma · 2.7 mi from Route 66

A lead and zinc boomtown emptied by poisoned ground, cave-in danger and a 2008 tornado, now a ghost town.

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1.4 mi from Treece

Cardin, Oklahoma

Cardin

Cardin, Oklahoma · 2.2 mi from Route 66

A zinc and lead town that emptied after federal buyouts; its population reached zero in 2010.

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1.8 mi from Treece

Zincville

Zincville, Oklahoma · 2.5 mi from Route 66

A former mining camp between Picher and Hockerville, close to the Kansas line.

2.0 mi from Treece

Douthat

Douthat, Oklahoma · 1.1 mi from Route 66

An abandoned 1917 lead and zinc camp south of Picher, now empty and inside the Tar Creek Superfund site.

2.9 mi from Treece

Hockerville, Oklahoma

Hockerville

Hockerville, Oklahoma · 1.9 mi from Route 66

A lead and zinc camp on the Kansas line, once home to 500-plus people and now an emptied Superfund ghost town.

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3.5 mi from Treece

statue of Mickey Mantle in Commerce, OK

statue of Mickey Mantle

Commerce, Oklahoma · on Route 66

A nine-foot statue of Yankees great Mickey Mantle stands beyond the outfield at his old high school.

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5.4 mi from Treece

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