Empire, Nevada: Americas Newest Ghost Town
2011-11-26 · America''s newest ghost town. Leigh Ann Lipscomb Nov 26, 2011. Vacant housing units in the ''ghost town'' of Empire, Nevada. Photo by Leigh Ann Lipscomb. For most of the past two decades the United States Gypsum Company (USG) plant in Empire, Nevada (zip code 89405) churned out sheetrock around the clock. But when the economy tanked and the real ...