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BARTONSITE, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Hale County, Texas Panhandle

SW of Plainview the county seat
13 Miles NW of Abernathy
NW of Lubbock
Population: Unknown

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History on a Pinhead

This short-lived town waited for a railroad that never arrived. In 1907 the town was laid out in anticipation of a Santa Fe extention from Plainview to Lubbock. The would-be town was on land donated by the Barton Ranch.

Although it accumulated about 250 people and had a post office granted, when the proposed route was cancelled people drifted away and buildings were said to have been moved to Abernathy. A few people held out until 1921 when the post office closed its doors.



Bartonsite TX Hale County 1909 Postmark
Postcard canceled with Bartonsite, TX 1909 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Texas - Hale and Floyd County 1920s map
Hale County 1920s map Bartonsite
(SW of Hale Center)
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Bartonsite, Texas Nearby Towns:
Plainview county seat
Hale Center
Abernathy
Lubbock
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