Notable examples include Argleton in Lancashire, UK and Beatosu and Goblu, US.
[1] Phantom settlements often result from copyright traps, also known as mountweazels, which is when a false entry is placed in literature to catch illegal copiers.
[2] Agloe, New York, was invented on a 1930s map as a copyright trap.
[3] There are also misnamed settlements, such as the villages of Mawdesky and Dummy 1325 in Lancashire on Google Maps.
[4] There is a satirical conspiracy theory that the German city of Bielefeld is a phantom settlement, despite its population of over 300,000.