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CURRY, TEXAS

Submerged Ghost Town

Under Hubbard Creek Reservoir
Stephens County, Panhandle / Central Texasn North

History on a Pecan Shell

The town's namesake was J. C. Curry who arrived in the area in 1881. It enjoyed a brief boom in the 1920s after oil was discovered. The population swelled to 300 but declined just as fast once the oil disappeared.

Curry is now on the list of ghost towns that have been submerged under man-made lakes.
Stephens County Texas 1920s map
1920s Stephens County map does not show Curry
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Curry, Texas Nearby Towns:
Breckenridge the county seat
Abilene
Albany
Eastland
Graham
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