Written by Billy Hallowell

The recession has created hardships for individuals and families across America. Businesses have shuttered, homeowners have faced foreclosures and unemployment has marred recovery efforts. Now, in what may be a first, the nation’s economic woes have led to the closure of an entire Nevada town.

As of June 20, Empire, a small mining town of about 300 people and situated about 100 miles to the northeast of Reno, will become a desolate ghost town. In fact, the community is even losing its postal code. Mail Online has more:

…the only thing remaining of the town, which was once home to the United States Gypsum Corporation, will be an eight-foot chain-link fence crowned with barbed wire sealing off the 136-acre plot and a sign saying Welcome to Nowhere - which has never proven so true.

Empire was a company town, completely built around the USG, which is the nation’s largest drywall manufacturer.

The Christian Science Monitor explains... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-s-recession-wipes-entire-nevada-town-o...