WILLIAMS COMMUNITY, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
NW Hardeman County, Texas Panhandle

About 4 Miles S of the Oklahoma State Line
E of Ranch Road 680
6 Miles N of Goodlett
NW of Quanah
Population: Between Unknown and Zero

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Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

History in a Pecan Shell

The story of Williams Community is formed around its school. In the late 1920s the scattered districts of Elba, Johnson, Hooleyan, Red River and Robertson banded together to form the Williams High Rural School District.

In the mid 1930s the students were split into grammar school (262) and high school (59). They were taught by a staff of ten teachers.

Although there was a store at one point and at least one residence, the brick school was what put the town on the map (figuratively speaking). All that is left today is the simple brick memorial for the school, and the Johnson Cemetery.

A Visit to Williams Community:

Photographer's Note:
The remains of Williams are about 13-1/2 miles northwest of Quanah on FM 680. The only thing standing is the Williams High School Class Marker. (The foundations are not exactly standing). - Barclay Gibson, October 03, 2009

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Site of 1929 to 1953 Williams Rural High School monument
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Site of Williams Rural High School 1929 to 1953 marker

Monument Plaque
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Foundations of Williams Rural High School
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008

Williams High School Tx Foundations ruins

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2007

Williams High School Tx Foundations and steps

Steps that lead to nowhere
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2008
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Hardeman County 1940s map showing Goodlett
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Texas Panhandle | North Central Texas

Williams Community, Texas Nearby Towns:
Quanah the county seat
Chillicothe
Childress
Vernon
See Hardeman County

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