| Ghost
Towns |
Counties |
Description |
| Africa
|
Liberty |
Remembered
by 1882 map |
| Atascosito
|
Liberty |
3
historical markers serve as a tombstone |
| Bammel |
Harris |
Absorbed
by Greater Houston |
| Bayview |
Galveston |
Absorbed
ghost town |
| Brunner
|
Harris |
Absorbed
into Houston |
| China
Grove |
Brazoria |
Former
plantation |
| Clark
|
Liberty |
Once
Sam Houston's Plantation |
| Clarkwood |
Nueces |
Annexed
by Corpus Christi |
| Coletoville |
Victoria |
On
the Old Goliad Road |
| Concordia |
Nueces |
Established
by German immigrants |
| Copano |
Refugio |
A
ghost town by the 1880s |
| Cortes |
Matagorda |
Dropped
from map in 1930s |
| Cox's
Point |
Calhoun |
Marker
on Hwy 35 |
| Danevang |
Wharton |
A
Danish ghost town |
| Deming's
Bridge |
Matagorda |
Became
Hawley, another ghost town |
| Duke
|
Ft.
Bend |
Remembered
by historical markers & cemetery |
| Gardendale |
Nueces |
Absorbed
into Corpus Christi |
| Glen |
Chambers |
Absorbed
by Oak Island |
| Goose
Creek |
Harris |
Merged
with Baytown |
| Green
Lake |
Calhoun |
Remembered
by a historical marker |
| Gulf |
Matagorda |
Once
a sulphur company town |
| Gulf
Prairie |
Brazoria |
A
church and a cemetery |
| Hawkinsville
|
Matagorda |
Once
a sugar plantation, then a ranch |
| Hawley
|
Matagorda |
Shanghai
Pierce Statue in Hawley Cemetery |
| Indianola
|
Calhoun |
Texas'
Queen of ghost towns |
| Juliff |
Ft.
Bend |
AKA
Diddy Wa Diddy |
| Kaleta
|
San
Patricio |
A
historical marker remains |
| Kohrville |
Harris |
A
small African-American community |
| Kopernic
Shores |
Cameron |
First generation Polish colonia |
| La
Fruta |
San
Patricio |
Population
0 |
| Lamar |
Aransas |
A
chapel and a cemetery |
| Lemonville
|
Orange |
Once
a sawmill town |
| Linnville |
Calhoun |
Population
0 |
| Louetta
|
Harris |
The
name lives on with Louetta Road |
| Lynchburg
|
Harris |
AKA
Lynch's Ferry |
| Mackay |
Wharton |
Ghost
town on the Interstate |
| Manhattan |
Matagorda |
A
town that never was |
| Meansville |
San
Patricio |
Nothing
left but a cemetery |
| Moonshine
Hil |
Harris |
Began
as a result of an oil boom |
| New
Kentucky |
Harris |
Only
a centennial marker remains |
| Newgulf |
Wharton |
Last
company town in Texas |
| Nimrod |
Liberty |
Once
a lumber camp |
| North
Houston |
Harris |
Now
known as Willowood |
| Nuecestown |
Nueces |
Ghost
town with a street address |
| Pine
Grove |
Harris
|
Remembered
by a church & cemetery |
| Podo |
Matagorda |
A Zulu in Matagorda County |
| Rowanville |
Brazoria |
Existed
from1905 to 1911 |
| Sabine |
Jefferson |
South
of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park |
| Saluria
|
Calhoun |
Once
designated as a port of entry |
| Santa
Anna |
Jefferson |
Part
of Beaumont today |
| Santa
Rita |
Cameron |
First
Cameron County seat |
| Satsuma |
Harris |
Situated
on the railroad tracks |
| Shanghai
|
Wharton |
The
town that never was |
| Sodville |
San
Patricio |
With
a windfarm |
| St.
Francisville |
Matagorda |
A
church and a cemetery |
| Stewart
Heights |
Harris |
Absorbed
Ghost Town |
| Tejon |
Cameron |
Not
on the map |
| Texana |
Jackson |
One
of Texas’ oldest ghost towns |
| Texla
|
Orange |
Once
a sawmill town |
| Velasco |
Brazoria |
Included
in Freeport City Limits |
| Wallisville |
Chambers |
Partly
submerged in Wallisville Reservoir |
| White
Point |
San
Patricio |
Nothing
left but a cemetery |
| More
to come. Please check back. |
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