Etholen, Texas

Etholen, Texas is a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas, allegedly four miles west of Sierra Blanca.^[1] Different sources claim different things about when the town was founded, but particularly it was during the 1880s.^[2] Etholen never grew to more than a small railroad station on the Southern Pacific Railroad as the population was fewer than 25 by the mid-20th century. Etholen was removed from maps in the '60s.

References

Municipalities and communities of Hudspeth County, Texas, United States

County seat: Sierra Blanca

City	Dell City

CDPs	Fort Hancock Sierra Blanca

Unincorporated communities	Allamoore Cornudas Esperanza McNary Salt Flat

Ghost towns	Acala Birchville Etholen Finlay Fort Quitman

Coordinates: 31°11′32″N 105°25′28″W / 31.19222°N 105.42444°W / 31.19222; -105.42444

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, June 17, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.