St. Thomas, Nevada
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St. Thomas, Nevada, is a ghost town in Nevada that was abandoned as the waters of Lake Mead submerged the town. It is now located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Founded by Mormon settlers led by Thomas Smith in 1865, the town grew to become an established town of farms and businesses. The construction of Hoover Dam and the resulting rise in the waters of the Colorado River forced the abandonment of the town, with the last resident leaving in 1938.
The ruins of St. Thomas are sometimes visible when the water level in Lake Mead is low; they are protected by the National Park Service as a historic site.
