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Zincville, Oklahoma

Ghost town
In Zincville, Oklahoma
2.5 mi from Route 66

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Zincville is a ghost town in Ottawa County, OK, near Miami and about 3 miles off the old road. It began as a mining community, and its name points to the metal that drew miners to this corner of Oklahoma. The site lies between Picher and Hockerville, close to the Kansas border, in the old mining country a short detour from Route 66.

What is Zincville?

A former mining settlement, Zincville is now classed as a ghost town. Few details about what remains are on record, so come for the story and the landscape rather than for buildings.

Visiting Zincville: tips

See it as part of a slow drive through the old mining towns and stay on public roads. Picher is about 1.3 miles away, Hockerville about 1.5 miles and Treece about 2 miles.

Practical info

Address: 1745-1755 S 592 Rd, Quapaw, OK 74363

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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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1.3 mi from Zincville

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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1.5 mi from Zincville

Treece, Kansas

Treece

Treece, Kansas · 3.9 mi from Route 66

A Kansas mining town emptied by lead pollution; most of it was torn down by 2012.

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2.0 mi from Zincville

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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2.6 mi from Zincville

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.

2.7 mi from Zincville

Johnston Library in Baxter Springs, KS

Johnston Library

Baxter Springs, Kansas · 0.1 mi from Route 66

An 1872 courthouse turned jail, city hall and library, left from Baxter Springs' fight for the county seat.

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4.7 mi from Zincville

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