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Abandoned jail in Clairemont (Kent Co).

This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Texas:[1][2][3]

A through B

Abandoned school in Benton City (Atascosa Co).

  • Acala (Hudspeth Co)
  • Acme (Hardeman Co)
  • Adkins (Bexar Co)
  • Adobes (Presidio Co)
  • Adobe Walls (Hutchinson Co)
  • Albert (Gillespie Co)
  • Albuquerque (Wilson Co)
  • Aldridge (Jasper Co)
  • Alexander (Erath Co)
  • Allamore (Hudspeth Co)
  • Alum (Wilson Co)
  • Ammans Crossing (Kendall Co)
  • Anarene (Archer Co)
  • Arden (Irion Co)
  • Arispe (Hudspeth Co)
  • Aransas City (Aransas Co)
  • Audra (Taylor Co)
  • Auburn (Ellis Co)
  • Audubon (Wise Co)
  • Ayres (Washington Co)
  • Bankersmith (Kendall Co)
  • Bartonsite (Hale Co)
  • Becton (Lubbock Co)
  • Belcherville (Montague Co)

C through D

Abandoned school in Close City (Garza Co).
  • Click (Llano Co)
  • Clinton (DeWitt Co)
  • Close City (Garza Co)
  • Coke (Wood Co)
  • Coker (Bexar Co)
  • Cold Springs (Uvalde Co)
  • Coles Settlement (Washington Co)
  • College Mound (Kaufman Co)
  • Coltharp, (Houston County)
  • Comyn (Comanche Co)
  • Concrete (Wilson Co)
  • Cora (Comanche Co)
  • Co Line (Hale/Lubbock Co)
  • Crisp (Ellis Co)
  • Cryer Creek (Navarro Co)
  • Curry (Stephens Co)
  • Currey's Creek (Kendall Co)
  • Dalby Springs (Bowie Co)
  • Darilek (Wilson Co)
  • Darwin (Webb Co)
  • Decker (Nolan Co)
  • Dietz (Guadalupe Co)
  • Deland (Erath Co)
  • Denhawken (Wilson Co)
  • Desdemona (Eastland Co)
  • Dewees (Wilson Co)
  • Dias E Ocho Creek Camp (Presidio Co)
  • Dido (Tarrant Co)
  • Dillon (Hopkins Co)
  • Dixie (Grayson Co)
  • Doan's Crossing (Wilbarger Co)
  • Dodge City (Williamson Co)
  • Doole (Concho Co)
  • Doseido Colony (Wilson Co)
  • Drumright (Glasscock Co)
  • Dryden (Terrell Co)
  • Duffau (Erath Co)
  • Dumas (Wood Co)
  • Dye Mound (Montague Co)

E through H

Abandoned church in Estacado (Crosby/Lubbock Co).

  • Eagle Creek (Wilson Co)
  • Eagle Nest (Val Verde Co)
  • Ebony (Mills Co)
  • Eckert (Gillespie Co)
  • Egypt (Leon Co)
  • Eliasville (Young Co)
  • Elizabethtown (Denton Co)
  • Elm Creek (Guadalupe Co)
  • Emerald, (Crockett Co)
  • Emma (Crosby Co)
  • Epworth (Hale Co)
  • Estacado (Crosby/Lubbock Co)
  • Etholen (Hudspeth Co)
  • Etna (Cherokee Co)
  • Fairview (Wilson Co)
  • Farewell (Dallam Co)
  • Farmer (Young Co)
  • Fasken (Andrews Co)
  • Fastrill (Cherokee Co)
  • Flora (Smith Co)
  • Fort Belknap (Young Co)
  • Fort Griffin (Shackelford Co)
  • Fort Holland (Presidio Co)
  • Fort Hudson (Val Verde Co)
  • Fort Martin Scott (Gillespie Co)
  • Fort McKavett (Menard Co)
  • Fort Oldham (Burleson Co)
  • Fort Phantom Hill (Jones Co)
  • Fort Quitman (Hudspeth Co)
  • Fort Terrett (Sutton Co)
  • Fratt (Bexar Co)
  • Frio Town (Frio Co)
  • Frosa (Limestone Co)
  • Fry (Brown Co)
  • Fuqua (Liberty Co)
  • Gander Slu (Guadalupe Co)
  • Gansel (Concho Co)
  • Gay Hill (Washington Co)
  • Ghent (Cherokee Co)
  • Gilliland (Knox Co)
  • Girvin (Pecos Co)
  • Glenrio (Deaf Smith Co)
  • Goforth (Hays Co)
  • Goshen (Walker Co)
  • Graball (Washington Co)
  • Grapetown (Gillespie Co)
  • Grass Pond Colony (Wilson Co)
  • Gray Mule (Floyd Co)
  • Graytown (Wilson Co)
  • Green Valley (Guadalupe Co)
  • Grit (Mason Co)
  • Gruene (Comal Co)
  • Guadalupe City (Guadalupe Co)
  • Gulf (Matagorda Co)
  • Gunsight (Stephens Co)
  • Hackberry (Lavaca Co)
  • Hagerman (Grayson Co)
  • Hale City (Hale Co)
  • Hart Camp (Lamb Co)
  • Haslam (Shelby Co)
  • Hayrick (Coke Co)
  • Heckville (Lubbock Co)
  • Hedwigs Hill (Mason Co)
  • Helena (Karnes Co)
  • Helmic (Trinity Co)
  • Henry's Chapel (Cherokee Co)
  • Hickory Flats (Bastrop Co)
  • Hide Town (Wheeler Co)
  • Hilda (Mason Co)
  • Holt (San Saba Co)
  • Hot Springs (Brewster Co)
  • Huff (Archer Co)
  • Hughes (Irion Co)
  • Huron (Hill Co)

I through L

Ruins of Kent Public School (Culberson Co).

  • Ilka (Guadalupe Co)
  • Illinois Bend (Montague Co)
  • Independence (Washington Co)
  • Indianola (Calhoun Co)
  • Indio, (Presidio Co)
  • Ireland (Coryell and Hamilton Cos)
  • Iron Bridge (Gregg Co)
  • Islitas (Webb Co)
  • Izoro (Lampasas Co)
  • Jakes Colony (Guadalupe Co)
  • Jermyn (Jack Co)
  • Jewel (Eastland Co)
  • Jimkurn (Stephens Co)
  • Jim Town (Dallas Co)
  • Joinerville (Rusk Co)
  • Jonesboro (Coryell/Hamilton Co)
  • Jud (Haskell Co)
  • Juno (Val Verde Co)
  • Juniper (Coke Co)
  • Justiceburg (Garza Co)
  • Kellyville (Marion Co)
  • Kelm (Navarro Co)
  • Kelsey (Upshur Co)
  • Kelso (Deaf Smith Co)
  • Kent (Culberson Co)
  • Kicaster (Wilson Co)
  • Kimball (Bosque Co)
  • Kingsmill (Gray Co)
  • Kirk (Bexar Co)
  • Kirkland (Childress Co)
  • Kittie aka Kittie West (Live Oak Co)
  • Knight (Polk Co)
  • Knoxville (Cherokee Co)
  • Kosciusko (Wilson Co)
  • La Casa (Stephens Co)
  • La Lomita (Hidalgo Co)
  • La Plata (Presidio Co)
  • La Reunion (Dallas Co)
  • Lajitas (Brewster Co)
  • Langtry (Val Verde Co)
  • Las Cabras (Wilson Co)
  • Las Islas (Wilson Co)
  • Larissa (Cherokee Co)
  • Laurelia (Polk Co)
  • League Four (Crosby Co)
  • Leesville (Gonzales Co)
  • Lemonville (Orange Co)
  • Levita (Coryell Co)
  • Linnville (Brazoria Co)
  • Linnville (Calhoun Co)
  • Lobo (Culberson Co)
  • Locker (San Saba Co)
  • Lodi (Wilson Co)
  • Loire (Wilson Co)
  • Loma Vista (Wilson Co)
  • Lone Oak (Bexar Co)
  • Longfellow (Pecos Co)
  • Lookout Valley (Bexar Co)
  • Los Ojuelos (Webb Co)
  • Louetta (Harris Co)
  • Lowell (Erath Co)
  • Loyal Valley (Mason Co)
  • Luxello (Bexar Co)
  • Lyra (Palo Pinto Co)
  • Lytton Springs (Caldwell Co)
  • Luckenbach (Gillespie Co)

M through O

Abandoned school in Mesquite (Borden Co).

  • Macksville (Comanche Co)
  • Madera Springs (Jeff Davis Co)
  • Manda (Travis Co)
  • Mangum (Eastland Co)
  • Manning (Angelina Co)
  • Mantua (Collin Co)
  • Marcelina (Wilson Co)
  • Marysville (Cooke Co)
  • Maxdale (Bell Co)
  • McGirk (Hamilton Co)
  • Medicine Mound (Hardeman Co)
  • Mendota (Hemphill Co)
  • Mentone (Loving Co)
  • Mesquite (Borden Co)
  • Millville (Rusk Co)
  • Mill Creek (Guadalupe Co)
  • Mineral Springs (Panola Co)
  • Minters Chapel (Tarrant Co)
  • Mobeetie (Wheeler Co)
  • Monthalia (Gonzales Co)
  • Morales (Jackson Co)
  • Morman Mill (Burnet Co)
  • Morris Ranch (Gillespie Co)
  • Mount Blanco (Crosby Co)
  • Mount Olive (Mills Co)
  • Mustang Prairie (Falls Co)
  • Narcisso (Cottle Co)
  • Neighborsville (Comal Co)[5]
  • Neuse Store (Comal Co)
  • New Birmingham (Cherokee Co)
  • New Danville (Gregg Co)
  • New Fountain (Medina Co)
  • New Gulf (Wharton Co)
  • New Lynn (Lynn Co)
  • Newport (Clay Co)
  • New Sweden (Travis Co)
  • Nix (Lampasas Co)
  • Nockenut (Wilson Co)
  • Nogal (Ochiltree Co)
  • Norfleet (Lampasas Co)
  • Nottawa (Wharton Co)
  • Noxville (Kimble Co)
  • Oakland (Colorado Co)
  • Ochoa (Presidio Co)
  • O'Daniel (Guadalupe Co)
  • Odds (Falls Co)
  • Ohio (Hamilton Co)
  • Ojo de Veranda (Presidio Co)
  • Old Gomez (Terry Co)
  • Olga (Nolan Co)
  • Olive (Hardin Co)
  • Olmos (Guadalupe Co)
  • Orient (Tom Green Co)
  • Orla (Reeves Co)
  • Orlena (Cooke Co)
  • Osage (Colorado Co)
  • Otis Chalk (Howard Co)
  • Owens (Crosby Co)
  • Owensville (Robertson Co)
  • Owenville (Sutton Co)

P through R

Historical marker at former Rath City (Stonewall Co).
  • Porvenir (Presidio Co)
  • Praha (Newton Co)
  • Preston (Grayson Co)
  • Preston (Wharton Co)
  • Princeton (Newton Co)
  • Pringle (Hutchinson Co)
  • Proffitt (Young Co)
  • Provident City (Colorado Co)
  • Pumpville (Val Verde Co)
  • Pyote (Ward Co)
  • Quigley (Jasper Co)
  • Quihi (Medina Co)
  • Quincy (Bee Co)
  • Rath City (Stonewall Co)
  • Rayner (Stonewall Co)
  • Red Barn (Pecos Co)
  • Red River Station (Montague Co)
  • Regency (Mills Co)
  • Remlig (Jasper Co)
  • Rexville (Austin Co)
  • Rheingold (Gillespie Co)
  • Ridout (Wilson Co)
  • Rock Island (Washington Co)
  • Roosevelt (Kimble Co)
  • Rooster Springs (Hays Co)
  • Ross City (Howard Co)
  • Ruidosa (Presidio Co)
  • Runnels City (Runnels Co)
  • Rustler Springs (Culberson Co)

S through T

Abandoned courthouse in Stiles (Reagan Co).
  • Steward's Mill (Freestone Co)
  • Stiles (Reagan Co)
  • Sullivan (Guadalupe, Co)
  • Sumpter (Trinity Co)
  • Sunnyside (Wilson Co)
  • Sunshine Hill (Wichita County)
  • Sutherland Springs (Wilson Co)
  • Swartwout (Polk Co)
  • Swastika (Hale Co)
  • Sweet Home (Guadalupe Co)
  • Tarrant (Hopkins Co)
  • Tascosa (Oldham Co)
  • Tee Pee City (Motley Co)
  • Tehuacana (Limestone Co)
  • Telegraph (Kimble Co)
  • Telico (Ellis Co)
  • Tennyson (Coke Co)
  • Terlingua (Brewster Co)
  • Texana (Jackson Co)
  • Texla (Orange Co)
  • Texon (Reagan Co)
  • Tiemann (Guadalupe Co)
  • The Grove (Coryell Co)
  • Three Oaks (Wilson Co)
  • Thurber (Erath Co)
  • Tokio (Terry Co)
  • Tolbert Wilbarger Co
  • Towash (Hill Co)
  • Toyah (Reeves Co)
  • Toyahvale (Reeves Co)
  • Trickham (Coleman Co)
  • Tucker (Anderson Co)
  • Tuckertown (Navarro Co)
  • Tuff (Bandera Co)
  • Tuleta (Bee Co)
  • Turpentine (Jasper Co)
  • Twin Sisters (Blanco Co)

U through Z

Abandoned grain elevator in Wastella (Nolan Co).

  • Union Valley (Wilson Co)
  • Unity (Wilson Co)
  • Upland (Upton Co)
  • Upton (Bastrop Co)
  • Utica (Smith Co)
  • Vandenburg (Medina Co)
  • Verbeba (Garza Co)
  • Vieja Springs (Presidio Co)
  • Virginia City (Bailey Co)
  • Warren (Fannin Co)
  • Washington-on-the-Brazos (Washington Co)
  • Wastella (Nolan Co)
  • Watson (Red River/Comanche Co)
  • Wayside (Lynn Co)
  • Welfare (Kendall Co)
  • Wenasco (Jasper Co)

References

  1. ↑ Texas. – GhostTowns.com
  2. ↑ Texas Ghost Towns. – Texas Escapes
  3. ↑ Baker, T. Lindsay. Ghost Towns of Texas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Google Books. Web. 19 Aug. 2013.
  4. ↑ "CINCINNATI, TX | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)". Tshaonline.org. 1975-12-02. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  5. ↑ Haas, Oscar. "Neighborsville, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 15 January 2011.