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Take a stroll through time and visit our ghost towns through vintage and contemporary photos, memories and stories contributed by descendants, residents, former residents, and information from fellow travelers.
 

Central Texas (North) Ghost Town List

TOWNCOUNTYDescription
AlligatorBellOnce upon a time ...
Alton 11-12-07DentonFascinating history
Babylon NavarroNot on County Map
BeattieComancheNear Comanche
Belcherville 4-4-07 MontaguePopulation: 34
BirdstonNavarroAll that remains today is the Birdston Cemetery
BozEllisThreatened by the supercollider project
Brazos Point 4-9-07BosqueWith a bridge
Buena VistaEllis West of Waxahachie
Bug TussleFannin Everybody's favorite place name
Bulcher CookeSouth of the Red River
Bullock 10-14-07YoungPopulation: 0
Cambridge 6-6-09ClayEarly Clay County seat
CarltonHamilton Ghost town with a post office
CarterParkerEstablished around a flourmill
Chalk MountainErathA cemetery and a Masonic lodge
Climax CollinNot on the Texas Official Travel Map
College Mound 10-6-09KaufmanOne of the county's oldest communities
Cottage HillCollinNot on the Texas Official Travel Map
Custer CityCooke Named after George Armstrong Custer
Deer Creek 9-7-09ClayAll signs point to Deer Creek
DewFreestoneAnnual Homecoming
Dexter 2-21-08CookeNot on the Texas Official Travel Map
DidoTarrantBypassed by the railroad - again
DirectLamarNear Paris
DonahoeBellFlowers For Sarah Herndon
FinisJackThe end of Finis
Frognot 3-20-09 CollinA standpipe remains
GibtownJackOnce a commercial center for three Counties
GloryLamarNear Paris
Hagerman 1-13-08GraysonUnder Lake Texoma
HebronDentonA Ghost Town That Isn’t
Hemming CookeTornado
Hope 4-24-08LavacaTwo active churches
Hopewell 8-10-09SomervellNow Under Squaw Creek Lake
HubbardCoryellNow on the grounds of Fort Hood
Illinois Bend Montague Close to Oklahoma
IrelandCoryellNear Gatesville
JellicoTarrantNear Grapevine
Kentucky Town 10-5-09GraysonSettled by Kentucky emigrants
Kimball BosqueA ghost town in a park by a lake
Lanham 4-14-08Hamilton Church and cemetery
Lime City 11-24-07Coryell On private property
McGirkHamilton On the Lampassas River
Mustang 10-6-08DentonPopulation dispersed
NashEllisNear Waxahachie
NorseBosqueNorwegian Settelment
Odds Limestone Not far from Waco
Ohio Hamilton On Plum Creek
Osage 10-24-07Coryell Not on the map
Otto 5-19-09 FallsOnce over 1,000 residents
Pancake 11-16-07 Coryell It's about mail
Pansy NavarroNot on the map
Perry FallsNear Waco
PlutoEllisNot on the map
Poe PrairieParkerA cemetery
Red River Station Montague One of Texas' early ghost towns
RichardCollinA cemetery
Sipe SpringsComanche "Little girl, age 3 died 1870, moving west."
Spanish Fort 5-2-09Montague Close to Oklahoma
SpartaBellUnder Lake Belton
Steele Creek CommunityLimestone A cemetery
StreetmanFreestonePopulation declined after WWII
StringtownBellA church still stands
Taylor TownLamarNear Paris
The Grove 12-6-07Coryell Near Temple
Thurber ErathTexas' premier ghost town
ToadsuckGraysonNow part of Collinsville
TotoParkerFormerly known as Ray School Community

Central Texas (South) Ghost Town List

TOWNCOUNTYDescription
AlbuquerqueGonzalesTotally deserted by 1912
AlexanderErathA ghost town with ghosts
Ammansville FayetteA ghost town with a painted church
Biegel 1-22-09FayetteUnderwater ghost town
Big LumpMilamNo evidence of the community remains
BoonvilleBrazosFormer town site now inside a cemetery
Bryant Station 12-1-06MilamNot on State Map
BushdaleMilamA cemetery
CheapsideGonzalesA recent ghost
ClarksonMilamPopulation: 10
Colorado CityFayetteA lost town, almost the Capital of Texas
ConcreteGuadalupeA cemetery
DewvilleGonzalesOn the Old San Antonio Road
DubinaFayette "Painted church" & "Piano Bridge"
Duncan 2-20-09MilamNot on the county map
Gay Hill WashingtonOn La Bahia scenic drive
Gay Hill 12-1-06FayetteOn Highway 71
Golly 5-20-09DeWittOn the backroads
Hackberry LavacaNot on the map
High HillFayetteA ghost town with a painted church
Hopkinsville 8-5-09GonzalesOnly a historical marker remains
Independence WashingtonAlive and well
Goodwill 9-7-07 WashingtonNot on the county map
Graball 6-24-09 WashingtonPopulation: 0
Jeddo 7-2-09 BastropCemetery, centennial marker & lost grave
Kirtley 7-1-07 FayetteGrew around Barton Creek cemetery
KovarBastropPopulation Unknown
La BahiaWashingtonOn the Old La Bahia Road
MatthewsColoradoOn detailed county maps
McDuffBastropNear Austin
MeccaMadisonOne of the oldest settlements in Madison Co
Nashville 3-14-09MilamFirst Milam County Seat
Oak HillBastropCasualty of WWII
NickelGonzales Still on the map
Old MoultonLavacaMoulton moved 2 miles East
OttineGonzalesNear Palmetto State Park
Owensville 6-3-09 RobertsonOnly a cemetery remains
PetersburgLavacaFormer County Seat
PrahaFayetteA ghost town with a painted church
Rock IslandColorado"The Northern City on the Gulf"
Rush CreekWiseToday a cemetery with a historical marker
Rush CreekNavarroPopulation 0
SerbinLeeThe Wendish Capital of Texas
Stoneham 12-29-07 GrimesPopulation 12
Travis 6-7-09AustinPhillips Cemetery
Velehrad 11-6-06 LavacaOn Fayette/ LaVaca County Line Road
WashingtonWashingtonJust outside Washington-On-The-Brazos
William PennWashingtonOn La Bahia scenic drive
ZackBrazosNot on County Map
ZulchMadisonPopulation 0
   
See also
Central Texas Ghost Towns
East Texas Ghost Towns | South Texas Ghost Towns
Hill Country Ghost Towns | Gulf Coast Ghost Towns
West Texas Ghost Towns | Texas Panhandle Ghost Towns
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