The Ghost Town of Gilchrist in Mackinac County, Michigan

The ghost town of Gilchrist sits out in the middle of (almost) nowhere in the Upper Peninsula's Mackinac County. There are a few people still living there, but it's not the town it once was.

After the community acquired its own post office in 1879, it was dubbed Gilchrist after one of the early landowners, John Gilchrist.

Gilchrist was a lumber settlement, postal stop and train station, and was vying to become an official village. Between the years 1909 and 1927, there was a cigar store, a couple of general stores, grocer, hotel, lumber company, sawmill, and school.

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The population grew throughout those years but could only get up to 70 residents. By 1927, the post office closed down and there was only one general store left.

Now alone along the Hiawatha Trail, Gilchrist only has a few people and a couple of buildings that appear to be original storefronts that have been used as residences.

Photos below show the location...