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Twin Wells Dalls Co

Otto Falls Co

Spanish Fort Montague Co

Ghost Towns	Counties	Description
Alexander	Erath	A ghost town with ghosts
Aiken	Bell	Submerged under Lake Belton
Alligator	Bell	Once upon a time ...
Alpha	Dallas	Absorbed by Dallas
Alton	Denton	Fascinating history
Ash Creek	Hill	Near Ash Creek
Babylon	Navarro	Not on County Map
Barnesville	Johnson	Not on the map
Beattie	Comanche	Near Comanche
Belcherville	Montague	Population: 34
Birdville	Tarrant	First Tarrant County seat
Birdston	Navarro	The Birdston Cemetery remains
Bland	Bell	Under Lake Belton
Blanton 5-1-20	Hill	Population 8, with cemetery
Bono	Johnson	Cemetery & church remains
Boz	Ellis	Threatened by the supercollider project
Brazos Point	Bosque	With a bridge
Brookhaven	Bell	Submerged under Lake Belton
Buchanan	Johnson	Former county seat
Buckner	Collin	First Collin County seat
Bucksnort	Falls	Historical Marker
Buena Vista	Ellis	West of Waxahachie
Bug Tussle	Fannin	Everybody's favorite place name
Bulcher	Cooke	South of the Red River
Bullock	Young	Population: 0
Cambridge	Clay	Early Clay County seat
Carlton	Hamilton	Ghost town with a post office
Carter	Parker	Established around a flourmill
Cave Creek	Coryell	Not on the map
Chalk Mountain	Erath	A cemetery and a Masonic lodge
Climax	Collin	Not on the Texas Official Travel Map
Clinton 10-5-21	Hunt	Historic cemetery
College Mound	Kaufman	One of the county's oldest communities
Comyn	Comanche	Once known as Theney
Cora	Comanche	Former Comanche County Seat
Cottage Hill 6-4-20	Collin	Historic church & cemetery
Cranz	Gonzales	Not on the county map
Crossville	Bell	Now part of Fort Hood
Cryer Creek	Navarro	Named after a creek
Custer City	Cooke	Named after George Armstrong Custer
Deer Creek	Clay	All signs point to Deer Creek
Dexter	Cooke	Not on the Texas Official Travel Map
Dido	Tarrant	Bypassed by the railroad - again
Direct	Lamar	Near Paris
Donahoe 8-29-20	Bell	Flowers For Sarah Herndon
Eliga	Coryell	Now part of Fort Hood
Elizabethtown	Denton	Bypass by the railroad
Erudia	Collin	Now part of Frisco
Finis	Jack	The end of Finis
Fort Spunky	Hood	Settled in 1849
Fowler	Bosque	Name changed to Steiner
Frognot	Collin	A standpipe remains
Furd	Clay	History unknown
Gerald	McLennan	Church and cemetery remain
Gibtown	Jack	Once a commercial center for three Counties
Glory	Lamar	Near Paris
Granny's Neck	Delta	Remembered with a historical marker
Hagerman	Grayson	Under Lake Texoma
Halsell	Clay	Submerged Ghost Town
Hebron	Denton	A Ghost Town That Isn�t
Hemming	Cooke	Tornado
Hopewell	Somervell	Now Under Squaw Creek Lake
Hubbard	Coryell	Now on the grounds of Fort Hood
Illinois Bend	Montague	Close to Oklahoma
India	Ellis	Remembered by settlers' descendants
Indian Gap	Hamilton	Population 27 with an abandoned schoolhouse
Ireland 5-7-20	Coryell	With a former depot
Jellico	Tarrant	Near Grapevine
Jester	Navarro	Created by the railroad
Johnsville	Erath	A church & cemetery remain
Kentucky Town	Grayson	Settled by Kentucky emigrants
Kerby 9-10-20	Hill	Remembered with a marker
Kimball	Bosque	A ghost town in a park by a lake
Kit	Dallas	Absorbed by Irving. Cemetery remains
Lanham	Hamilton	Church and cemetery
Lanham Mill Community	Somervell	A cemetery remains
Lebanon	Collin	Historic home & church
Lebanon	Hill	Home of Latham Springs Baptist Encampment
Lime City	Coryell	On private property
Lingleville	Erath	Population: Est. 100
Lovelace	Hill	Population 12
Mars	Van Zandt	Faded into oblivion sometime after 1945
Marysville	Cooke	Camp Howze took much of the land
Maxdale	Bell	Historic Cemetery & Bridge
Mayfield	Hill	With an unnamed cemetery
McGirk	Hamilton	On the Lampasas River
Mercer's Gap	Comanche	A cemetery & scattered residences remain
Milton	Lamar	Population: 80
Mount Vernon	Lamar	A centennial marker remains
Mustang	Denton	Population dispersed
Nash	Ellis	Near Waxahachie
Needmore	Delta	AKA Pecan
Newberry	Parker	Church & cemetery remain
Norse	Bosque	Norwegian Settelment
Nussbaumer	Dallas	Disappeared from maps in the 1930s.
Oasis	Dallas	Annexed by Dallas
Odds	Limestone	Not far from Waco
Ohio	Hamilton	On Plum Creek
Okay	Bell	Near Killeen
Osage	Coryell	Not on the map
Otto	Falls	Once over 1,000 residents
Ozro	Ellis	Population 0
Palestine	Lamar	Remembered by a road sign
Pancake	Coryell	It's about mail
Pansy	Navarro	Not on the map
Perry	Falls	Near Waco
Personville	Limestone	Historical Marker & cemetery
Pluto	Ellis	Not on the map
Poe Prairie	Parker	A cemetery
Preston	Grayson	Submerged under Lake Texoma
Razor	Lamar	With an old cemetery
Red River Station	Montague	One of Texas' early ghost towns
Richard	Collin	A cemetery
Ruth	Coryell	Absorbed by Fort Hood
Searsville TE's 1000th ghost town	Bosque/McLennan	A church remains
Sefcikville	Bell	Population 0
Silver Lake	Van Zandt	Once a stop for the T & P Railroad
Sipe Springs	Comanche	"Little girl, age 3 died 1870, moving west."
Slater	Coryell	Schoolhouse & cemetery remain
Smithfield	Tarrant	Absorbed into North Richland Hills
Sowers	Dallas	Absorbed by Irving. Cemetery remains
Spanish Fort	Montague	Close to Oklahoma
Sparta	Bell	Submerged under Lake Belton
Springfield	Limestone	Now within a state historic site
Steele Creek Community	Limestone	A cemetery
Steiner	Bosque	A ferry once operated near here
Stewards Mill	Freestone	With two historical landmarks
Stony	Denton	Settled in the late 1850s
Streetman	Freestone	Population declined after WWII
Stringtown	Bell	A church still stands
Suez	Comanche	On the 1907 postal map
Sugar Loaf	Coryell	Absorbed by Fort Hood
Summer�s Mills	Bell	On the 1907 postal map
Tama	Coryell	Absorbed by Fort Hood
Tarrant	Tarrant	An absorbed ghost town
Taylor Town	Lamar	Near Paris
The Grove	Coryell	Near Temple
Thurber	Erath	Texas' premier ghost town
Toadsuck	Grayson	Now part of Collinsville
Toto	Parker	Formerly known as Ray School Community
Towash	Hill	Submerged under Lake Whitney
Trueloves	Johnson	Found in vintage map
Twin Wells	Dallas	Absorbed by Irving. A bridge remains
Union Bower	Dallas	Absorbed by Irving.
Wardville	Johnson	Former county seat
White Hall 7-16-20	Coryell	Not on the map
Whitt	Parker	Once home to 500

Central Texas (South) Ghost Town List

Features

Hostyn Fayette Co 1-1-16

Vsetin Lavaca Co 4-7-16

Ammannsville Fayette Co

Bluff Fayette Co

Oso Fayette Co

O'Quinn Fayette Co

Joiner Fayette Co

Kirtley Fayette Co

Armstrong Colony Fayette Co

Cora Comanche Co

Moravia Lavaca Co

Novohrad Lavaca Co

Lone Oak Caldwell Co

Sipe Springs Milam Co

Grassyville Bastrop Co

Ghost Towns	County	Description
Albuquerque	Gonzales	Totally deserted by 1912
Ammansville	Fayette	A ghost town with a painted church
Apolonia	Grimes	Named after a saint
Armstrong Colony	Fayette	Freedmen�s settlement
Baurs / Baursville	Lavaca	A Cemetery remains
Biegel	Fayette	Underwater ghost town
Big Lump	Milam	No evidence of the community remains
Black Jack Springs	Fayette	Only the cemetry remains
Bluff	Fayette	Now site of Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery Ruins
Boonville	Brazos	First county seat
Brazos Bottom	Burleson	Remembered by a 1858 postal cover
Briary	Milam	Not on State Map
Bridge Valley	Fayette	Absorbed by La Grange
Broomtown	Austin	Once produced brooms
Bryant Station	Milam	Not on State Map
Bucareli	Madison	Spanish Ghost Settlement
Bushdale	Milam	A cemetery
Cedar	Fayette	Only the cemetery remains
Cheapside	Gonzales	A recent ghost
Clarkson	Milam	Population: 10
Clinton 10-8-21	DeWitt	Former DeWitt County seat
Colony	Fayette	Cemetery & Church remain
Colorado City	Fayette	A lost town, almost the Capital of Texas
Concrete	Guadalupe	A cemetery
Darden Springs	Lee	Population peaked in the mid 1890s
Dewville	Gonzales	On the Old San Antonio Road
Dilworth 2-7-19	Gonzales	Population 15
Dubina	Fayette	"Painted church" & "Piano Bridge"
Duncan	Milam	Not on the county map
Evansville	Leon	Not on the county map
Gay Hill	Washington	On La Bahia scenic drive
Gay Hill	Fayette	On Highway 71
Golly	DeWitt	On the backroads
Grassyville	Bastrop	A cemetery
Grimesville	Grimes	Obtain a post office in the 1850s
Guadalupe City	Guadalupe	Merged with Seguin
Hackberry	Lavaca	Not on the map
Halsted	Fayette	Not on the map
Hermis	Gonzales	Not on the map
High Hill	Fayette	A ghost town with a painted church
Hollis	Madison	Bypass by the railroad
Hope	Lavaca	Settled by Germans before Texas Revolution
Hopkinsville	Gonzales	Only a historical marker remains
Hostyn	Fayette	Church & cemetery
Independence	Washington	Alive and well
Goodwill	Washington	Not on the county map
Graball	Washington	Population: 0
Jeddo	Bastrop	Cemetery, centennial marker & lost grave
Joiner	Fayette	Only Joiner Road is left
Kirtley	Fayette	Grew around Barton Creek cemetery
Kovar	Bastrop	Population Unknown
La Bahia	Washington	On the Old La Bahia Road
Lawhon Springs	Lee	Only the cemetery remains
Live Oak Hill	Fayette	Moved to the railroad & renamed Ellinger
Lone Oak	Caldwell	A cemetery remains
Longpoint	Washington	Founded on land belonged to Stephen F. Austin
Lyons	Fayette	Two cemeteries remain
Macey	Brazos	Once a tough town
Matthews	Colorado	On detailed county maps
McDuff	Bastrop	Near Austin
Mecca	Madison	One of the oldest settlements in Madison Co
Mecklenburg	Fayette	With 2 cemeteries
Moravia	Lavaca	German
Mosquito Prairie	Lee	Remembered by a postmark
Mount Vernon	Washington	Once contested for county seat
Nashville	Milam	First Milam County Seat
Nickel	Gonzales	Still on the map
Nile	Milam	Nothing remains
Novohrad	Lavaca	Bohemian
Oak Hill	Bastrop	Casualty of WWII
Old Moulton	Lavaca	Moulton moved 2 miles East
O'Quinn	Fayette	Past captured in vintage photos
Osage	Colorado	Moved to Weimar
Oso	Fayette	Only the cemetery remains
Ottine	Gonzales	Near Palmetto State Park
Owensville	Robertson	Only a cemetery remains
Petersburg	Lavaca	Former County Seat
Pin Oak	Bastrop	A church & cemetery remain
Pin Oak	Fayette	Only the cemetery remains
Pisek	Colorado	Became Lone Oak
Polonia	Caldwell	Only cemetery remains
Praha	Fayette	A ghost town with a painted church
Provident City	Colorado	On private property today
Quarry	Washington	Once a thriving community
Rabb Switch	Lavaca	Remembered by a historical marker
Rabke	DeWitt	A historic church remains
Retreat	Grimes	Named after a plantation
Rexville	Austin	Remembered by an Austin county road
Rock Island	Colorado	"The Northern City on the Gulf"
Rush Creek	Wise	Today a cemetery with a historical marker
Rush Creek	Navarro	Population 0
Saturn	Gonzales	Originally called Possum Trot
Scott	Fayette	Population dispersed
Sedan	Fayette	Now a ranching community
Sedan	Gonzales	Not on the map
Sempronius	Austin	Death by railroad bypass
Serbin	Lee	The Wendish Capital of Texas
Sipe Springs	Milam	Near Big Lump
Sullivan	Guadalupe	Began as a railroad switch
Stella	Fayette	Not on the map
Stoneham	Grimes	Population 12
Tigertown	Washington	Gone by 1900
Tonqua	DeWitt	Only the cemetery remains
Travis	Austin	Phillips Cemetery
Trinidad	Madison	Remembered by a centennial marker
Turkey Creek	Washington	Contender for county seat
Velehrad	Lavaca	On Fayette/ LaVaca County Line Road
Vsetin	Lavaca	Church & 2 cemeteries
Waldeck	Fayette	First known as Long Prairie
Washington	Washington	Just outside Washington-On-The-Brazos
William Penn	Washington	On La Bahia scenic drive
Winedale	Fayette	Today the Winedale Historical Center
Vox Populi	Colorado	Once had a school for Black students
Yarboro	Grimes	Remembered by vintage maps
Young's Settlement	Bastrop	Remembered by a postmark
Zack	Brazos	Not on County Map
Zulch	Madison	Population 0