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Texas Ghost Towns
Texas is dotted with towns that boomed and then faded away when the railroad passed them by, the mine closed, or the storm came in. Often a historical marker is about all that is left to tell you a town was ever there. These are the Texas ghost towns Duane tells out loud.
409 stories across 173 Texas counties, each with the official marker text alongside Duane's telling.
Start with these Ghost Towns stories
- AudubonAlvord
A vanished town which was important in this area in the 19th century. It was settled by southerners and named for naturalist John J. Audubon…
- BridgetownBurkburnett
When the northwest extension of the Burkburnett oil field opened in 1919, prospectors thronged this area.
- Fort Hood CommunitiesGatesville
On January 15, 1942, the U.S. Army established a tank destroyer tactical and firing center near Killeen covering more than 100 square miles.
- Nuecestown CemeteryCorpus Christi
This burial ground served the original residents of the Nuecestown community. The settlement was established in 1852 by Col. Henry Lawrence Kinney…
- Old TascosaBoys Ranch
Old Tascosa, cowboy capital of the plains, lay one-half mile northeast. In its brief span it became the center of the open-range world, stamping…
- ParnellMiami
(One mile east) Roberts County was created on Aug. 21, 1876, by the Texas Legislature, but remained unorganized, as in that year it had only one…
- Site of Ben FicklinSan Angelo
An early stage stand named in honor of Major Ben Ficklin, 1820-1870 - A noted frontiersman, mail and stage contractor, who assisted in establishing…
- A.S. Mason HouseLeander
Local farmer Alpheus S. Mason (1839-1926) constructed this house about 1866. Situated on Bagdad Road, an important early military and commercial…
Where to find Ghost Towns markers
- Breckenridge4 stories
- Dallas4 stories
- Rusk4 stories
- Albany3 stories
- Alto3 stories
- Austin3 stories
- Boys Ranch3 stories
- Bremond3 stories
- Bridgeport3 stories
- Burkburnett3 stories
By county
Every Ghost Towns story, by region
Ghost Towns markers in Big Bend (4)
- Mentone Community ChurchMentone
- Old Duval TownsiteKermit
- Site of AlamitoMarfa vicinity
- TerlinguaTerlingua
Ghost Towns markers in Central Texas (100)
- A.S. Mason HouseLeander
- Admiral Baptist ChurchBaird vicinity
- Amphion and Amphion CemeteryPoteet
- Antioch CemeteryTeague
- Armour CemeteryCoolidge
- Auburn CemeteryEllis County
- Big Eye CemeteryComanche
- Birdston Community and CemeteryStreetman
- Bold Springs CemeteryWest
- Brown (Okay Community) CemeteryKilleen
- BucksnortMarlin
- Burnam Square and CemeteryEnnis
- Bushdale CommunityRockdale
- Callahan CityBaird vicinity
- Caradan CemeteryGoldthwaite vicinity
- Cedar HillSilver
- Cedron Cemetery and SchoolLakeside Village vicinity
- Center City CommunityStar
- Community of Comyn-TheneyComyn
- Community of NamelessAustin
- Concord CemeteryBellmead
- CoraGustine
- Cottonwood Bank and Post OfficeCottonwood
- CoughranPleasanton
- Cross Cut CemeteryBrownwood vicinity
- D'HanisD'Hanis
- Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and CemeteryAustin
- Donahoe CommunityBartlett vicinity
- Donohoe CemeteryBartlett vicinity
- Eagle Springs Baptist ChurchOglesby
- EdithRobert Lee
- EutawKosse
- FairviewFloresville
- FiskvilleAustin
- Former Site of Liberty Hill SettlementDawson
- Fort Hood CommunitiesGatesville
- Frio Town CemeteryFrio Town
- Gabriel MillsLiberty Hill
- Ghost Town of Cotton GinTeague
- Grange Hall CemeteryRio Vista
- Greathouse Community, Church, and CemeteryMaypearl
- Hammel's BranchMilford
- Hasse CommunityComanche
- Heards Prairie CemeteryBremond
- HelenaHelena
- Hopewell CemeteryLiberty Hill
- Johnsville CemeteryStephenville
- KirkKirk
- LamkinLamkin
- Lanham Mill CommunityGlen Rose
- LeanderLeander
- Liberty CemeteryCisco
- Macedonia CemeteryGranger
- Marcelina CommunityFloresville
- Marystown CemeteryBurleson
- Mount Calm CemeteryMount Calm
- Mule Creek CemeteryTennyson vicinity
- New York HillThurber
- Old Cora CourthouseComanche
- Old Perry CemeteryMoody
- Old Riedel Dam and Early IndustriesGillett
- Old Shinoak SpringsGorman vicinity
- Old SpringfieldMexia
- Original Site of Valley MillsValley Mills
- Ozro CemeteryMaypearl
- PersonvilleGroesbeck
- Polonia CemeteryLockhart
- Pond Springs Community and SchoolRound Rock
- Port SullivanMaysfield
- Port Sullivan CemeteryCameron
- Rock House CommunityLiberty Hill
- Rogers PrairieNormangee
- RossvilleRossville
- Rural Communities of Western Mills CountyRidge
- Saint Paul's Church of GeraldGerald
- Sand LakeEnnis
- Sarahville de Viesca, Site of Colonial CapitalFalls County
- Site of Ben FicklinSan Angelo
- Site of BuchananCleburne
- Site of Cottonwood SpringsCottonwood
- Site of Hotel Knox and Thurber Mining OfficeThurber
- Site of Neusser (Naizerville)Weir
- Site of NockenutNixon vicinity
- Site of Old Town of Union ValleyNixon
- Site of Old Town: LodiFloresville
- Site of OwensvilleOwensville
- Site of TuckertownCorsicana
- Site of WardvilleCleburne
- Spring HillDawson
- The DitchUvalde
- The Settlement of Williams RanchMullin
- ThriftyBrownwood vicinity
- ThurberThurber
- TowashWhitney
- Town of D'HanisD'Hanis
- Townsite of MarieNorton
- VandenburgHondo
- Walnut Creek CemeteryBremond
- Walthall CemeteryBallinger
- Wootan WellsBremond
Ghost Towns markers in East Texas (54)
- Antioch CemeteryLovelady
- Bethea CreekWalker County
- Bethel CemeteryBethel
- Bethel Church and CemeteryFrankston
- Boontown Cemeterynan
- Box's FortAlto
- BucareliMidway
- BuffaloSeven Points
- Community of ColtharpHouston County
- Cook's FortRusk
- CuneyCuney
- DrusoRatcliff
- Elder William Brittain and Rosanna Wright BrittainPatroon
- EmporiaDiboll
- EwingLufkin vicinity
- FincastlePoynor
- Fincastle Cemetery and ChurchPoynor
- Fort Houston CemeteryPalestine
- Gent VillageMaydelle
- Glendale CemeteryTrinity
- Goshen CemeteryEustace
- Grand Bluff CemeteryCarthage
- Head of Navigation on the Sabine River: Belzora LandingWinona
- Henry's Chapel CommunityTroup
- HoshallLufkin vicinity
- Jacksonville's Public SquareJacksonville
- KnoxvilleNew Summerfield
- Lone StarNew Summerfield
- ManningHuntington vicinity
- Morrill Orchard CompanyAlto
- Omen (Canton) CommunityOmen
- Patrick CommunityHenderson
- Pioneer Settlers of ColtharpHouston County
- Randolph CommunityKennard
- Rusk FootbridgeRusk
- SalemBleakwood
- Science HillCross Roads
- Site of East MayfieldHemphill
- Site of FastrillAlto
- Site of FloraLindale vicinity
- Site of GriffinNew Summerfield
- Site of KilravenForest
- Site of Old MagnoliaPalestine
- Site of Rusk CollegeRusk
- Site of Tassie Belle and Star and Cresent Iron Ore FurnacesRusk
- Site of the Town of BevilportJasper vicinity
- Site of the Town of Mount SterlingDouglass
- Site of the Town of SumpterTrinity County
- Site of the Town of SwartwoutGoodrich
- Site of Town of Spivey, 1870s-1900Paxton
- Site of WildhurstForest
- Starrville CommunityWinona
- Trinity County SeatsGroveton
- Wiess BluffEvadale
Ghost Towns markers in Gulf Coast (43)
- Cedar Creek CemeteryMuldoon
- Clark CemeteryPort Lavaca
- ClemvilleMarkham vicinity
- CollegeportCollegeport
- Duke CommunityArcola
- Former Townsite of ConcordLoeb
- Fort TenoxtitlanCaldwell
- Fort TenoxtitlanCaldwell
- FrazarvilleEgypt
- Geiger CemeterySublime
- General Braxton Bragg, C. S. A.Kountze
- Grassyville CemeteryPaige
- GraydonAnahuac
- Green LakePort Lavaca vicinity
- Half MoonShiner
- Herder Half Moon PlaceShiner
- Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M.Waelder
- IndependenceIndependence
- Leesville Baptist ChurchLeesville
- Moonshine HillHumble
- Mount VernonMount Vernon
- Navidad Baptist CemeterySchulenburg
- New Ulm CemeteryNew Ulm
- OaklandOakland
- Old HardinKountze
- Old MoultonMoulton
- Old Smiley Lake and TownsiteSmiley
- OldenburgOldenburg
- PittsvilleFulshear
- Saint Joseph Baptist ChurchPort Lavaca
- SerbinSerbin
- Site of DobskyvilleWeesatche
- Site of Former Town of DanvilleWillis
- Site of Former Town of LyonsSchulenburg
- Site of HopkinsvilleGonzales
- Site of Old AuroraPort Arthur
- Site of Provident CityNada
- Site of San LuisFreeport
- Site of Santa AnnaBeaumont
- Site of the Town of IndianolaIndianola
- Texana Presbyterian ChurchEdna
- Texas Gulf Sulphur Company-NewgulfWharton
- Union HillBurton
Ghost Towns markers in Hill Country (16)
- Baby Head CemeteryLlano
- Brownsboro CemeteryComfort
- CastellCastell
- German SettlementsCastell
- GoforthBuda
- GrueneGruene
- HarkeyvilleSan Saba
- Mahomet-Sycamore Springs CommunityBertram
- Moline School SiteLometa
- Old IngramIngram
- Pontotoc and San Fernando AcademyPontotoc
- Senterfitt CemeteryLometa
- Site of Idlewild CommunityMacdona
- Site of Mormon SettlementMarble Falls
- Site of Town of StricklingBertram
- Site of VerandEldorado
Ghost Towns markers in North Texas (102)
- Alamo Institutenan
- Amy SettlementCooper
- AudubonAlvord
- Aurora CemeteryAurora
- Barren RidgeEdgewood
- Bear Creek CemeteryNevada
- Black SpringsOran
- Bolivar, Townsite ofDenton
- BransfordColleyville
- Breckenridge Stephens WalkerBreckenridge
- BridgetownBurkburnett
- CambridgeHenrietta
- CartersvilleSpringtown
- ChalkPaducah
- Chalybeate SpringsWinnsboro
- Clinton CemeteryCaddo Mills
- Community of JermynJermyn
- Corinth Baptist Church and SchoolGrand Saline
- Dad's CornerHolliday
- Dennis Methodist ChurchCresson
- Dido CemeteryDido
- Dye Mound CemeterySaint Jo
- Elizabeth CemeteryRoanoke
- Extinct Town of AnareneArcher City
- First Christian Church of AnnaAnna
- Forest Academy CemeterySulphur Springs
- Fort Griffin Civil JailAlbany
- FrankfordDallas
- Frontier Town of Fort GriffinAlbany
- GeraldineHolliday
- Ghost Town of ClaraBurkburnett
- Good Hope CemeteryDenton
- Gray Rock CemeteryMount Vernon
- Gunsight CommunityBreckenridge
- HagermanPottsboro
- Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise StoreMedicine Mound
- Hyde CemeteryBridgeport
- IbexAlbany
- JellicoSouthlake
- JonesboroManchester
- Jordans SalineGrand Saline
- Lynn Creek CemeteryJacksboro
- MantuaAnna
- Mantua Masonic Lodge No. 209, A. F. & A. M.Van Alstyne
- Mars CommunityBen Wheeler
- Masonic Lodge #479Boyd
- McMinn Chapel CemeteryNevada
- Medicine Mound CommunityMedicine Mound
- Millwood and Millwood CemeteryCollin County
- Morgan Hood Survey Pioneer CemeteryGrapevine
- Mount Joy CemeteryCooper
- Neinda CommunityHamlin
- Northwest Extension OilfieldBurkburnett
- Old Celina CemeteryCelina
- Old Fredonia TownsiteLongview
- Old Mounds CemeteryMedicine Mound
- Old Town of CannonVan Alstyne
- Old Town of Port CaddoKarnack
- Palava CemeteryRoby vicinity
- Parks CampBreckenridge
- PaschallBridgeport
- PicketvilleBreckenridge
- Point PleasantClarksville City
- QuakertownDenton
- Rath CityAspermont
- RhonesboroGilmer
- Rock Springs CemeteryPeaster
- Rockhill CemeteryMt. Vernon
- Rose Hill CemeteryTerrell
- Royston TownsiteRoby vicinity
- Rylie PrairieDallas
- Sanford HomeplaceDenison
- Santo East CemeterySanto
- SavageLeonard
- Scyene Road, OldDallas
- Shady Grove CemeteryGilmer
- Site of BucknerMcKinney
- Site of DracoParadise
- Site of Early Grayson County Settlement - WhitemoundTom Bean
- Site of EarpvilleLongview
- Site of Hitson CommunityRotan vicinity
- Site of LafayetteParis
- Site of LebanonFrisco
- Site of Little Indiana SchoolQuitman
- Site of Old Pease CityCrowell
- Site of Rock HillProsper
- Site of Scyene Meeting PlaceDallas
- Small Community and CemeteryEdgewood
- Sonora CemeteryFairlie
- Spring Garden CommunityBedford
- Squaw Mountain CommunityJacksboro
- Stonewall CountyAspermont
- ThriftBurkburnett vicinity
- Toll Bridge & Old BridgeportBridgeport
- Town of Hughes SpringsHughes Springs
- Townsite of TarrantSulphur Springs
- Uz CommunityForestburg
- Valley CreekLeonard
- Van AlstyneVan Alstyne
- WestoverSeymour
- Wheatville and Wheatville CemeteryNaples
- Winn Hill CemeteryJacksboro vicinity
Ghost Towns markers in Panhandle (28)
- Cataline CemeteryCanadian
- Fairmont CemeteryFollett
- Former Site of HogtownCanadian
- Gasoline Cotton GinQuitaque
- Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith CountyHereford
- Glazier CemeteryGlazier
- Gray Community ChurchPerryton
- Milo CemeterySilverton
- MobeetieMobeetie
- Ochiltree TownsitePerryton
- Old FarwellGruver
- Old TascosaBoys Ranch
- ParnellMiami
- Plemons CemeteryBorger
- Route of Tascosa-Dodge City TrailDumas
- Route of the Old Tascosa-Dodge City TrailDumas
- Rowe CemeteryHedley vicinity
- Sam Wood CabinCanyon
- Site of Fort ElliottMobeetie
- Site of Old HappyHappy
- Site of Old TascosaVega
- Site of Old Zulu StockadeMorse
- Site of ParmertonBovina
- TascosaBoys Ranch
- Tascosa Courthouse, 1884.Boys Ranch
- Town of WashburnClaude
- United Methodist ChurchKress
- Wild Horse LakeAmarillo
Ghost Towns markers in South Texas (26)
- Coal Mining in Las Minas: San Tomas Coal FieldLaredo
- GussettvilleGussettville
- Lagarto CollegeLagarto
- Lamar CemeteryFulton
- Live Oak County JailOakville
- Los PreseñosAlice
- Medio CreekBeeville
- Nellie Leo Schunior SchoolLa Joya
- Nuecestown (4 Miles North)Corpus Christi
- Nuecestown CemeteryCorpus Christi
- Oakville Post OfficeOakville
- Old RamireñoSan Ygnacio
- Old Rock StoreTilden
- Old St. Mary's CemeteryBayside
- Old ZapataZapata
- One Half-Mile South is Site of Town of FlowellaFalfurrias
- Papalote CreekBeeville
- Sharpsburg and Borden's FerryOdem
- Site of Darwin CommunityLaredo
- Site of Monte ChristoAlton
- Site of Old Crowther RanchMcMullen County
- Site of the Town of LamarFulton
- Site of Uribeño.Zapata vicinity
- StockholmMonte Alto
- Sunshine CemeteryCorpus Christi
- Townsite of WentzMcMullen County
Ghost Towns markers in West Texas (36)
- A Half-Mile South of this marker Stood Town of GomezBrownfield
- Arden CommunityMertzon
- BarnhartBarnhart
- Center Plains CommunityCotton Center
- Della PlainFloydada
- Emerald TownsiteOzona
- EmmaRalls vicinity
- EspuelaDickens
- Estacado CemeteryLorenzo
- Former Townsite of LightFluvanna
- Former Townsite of WheatHermleigh
- Frankel CityFrankel City
- J. Frank NorfleetHale Center
- Midland & Northwestern RailroadMidland
- Midland and Northwestern RailroadAndrews
- MontvaleSterling City
- Mount Blanco CommunityCone
- Old HurleyMuleshoe
- PenwellPenwell
- Pyron, TexasHermleigh
- Running Water CommunityPlainview
- Shafter Lake CemeteryFrankel City
- Shafter Lake TownsiteAndrews
- Site of ChicagoLamesa
- Site of EpworthHale Center
- Site of EstacadoLorenzo
- Site of Town of CumminsSterling City
- Site of Virginia CityMaple
- Springlake CemeterySpringlake
- Tee Pee CityMatador
- Tee Pee CityMatador
- Town of TexonBig Lake
- Upland First Upton County SeatRankin
- W. P. Soash, ColonizerVealmoor
- WentworthSonora
- WhiteflatWhiteflat
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