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Texas Ghost
Town
FRANKEL CITY, TEXASAndrew County,
West Texas
FM 181 & FM 1967
2 miles North of Hwy 176
16 miles West of Andrews
50 miles NW of Odessa
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History in
a Pecan Shell:
Frankel City began life as Fullerton since it was the Fullerton
Oil Company who drilled the discovery well that opened the field.
The year was 1941. By the end of 1945, there were over 100
producing wells and families of the workers were set up in living
quarters. The town was renamed after the Frankel Brothers Oil Co.
when the town got its post office in 1948.
The Handbook of Texas reports that the post office closed in
1976 and that by the 1980s the population of Frankel City was only
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Frankel
City today
Photo Courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
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"The
only resident of Frankel City"
Photo Courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
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City Texas Forum
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Our thanks
to Charlene Beatty Beauchamp for the use of her photos. Charlene Beatty
Beauchamp is the Webmaster and County Coordinator for many West Texas
Counties.
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March 2001
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