| Ghost
Towns |
Counties |
Description |
| Acala |
Hudspeth |
Near
Sierra Blanca |
| Adobes
|
Presidio |
A
borderland ghost town |
| Alamito
6-12-21 |
Presidio |
Legendary
"Road to Topolabampo" passed through Alamito |
| Angeles |
Reeves |
An
old town sign remains |
| Arden
|
Irion |
Population
1 |
| Arno |
Reeves |
Population
0 |
| Badger |
Ector |
Close
to Odessa |
| Bakersfield |
Pecos |
Born
with the oil boom |
| Best
|
Reagan |
"The
town with the Best name in the world and the Worst reputation." |
| Boquillas |
Brewster |
On
the Rio Grande |
| Boracho |
Culberson |
Nothing
Left but the Cemetery |
| Buena
Suerte |
Presidio |
Housing
for mercury miners |
| Candelaria |
Presidio |
A
ghost town on the Rio Grande |
| Casa
Piedra |
Presidio |
Nothing
in the middle of Nowhere |
| Castolon |
Brewster |
On the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park |
| Cedar
Station |
Terrell
|
Photogenic |
| Chispa |
Jeff
Davis |
A
ghost town south of Chispa Mountain |
| Cheyenne |
Winkler |
Originally
part of W. F. Scarborough Ranch |
| Devil’s
River |
Val
Verde |
Under
Lake Amistad |
| Dixieland |
Reeves |
Close to Pecos
|
| Dryden |
Terrell
|
Once
an important cattle-shipping point |
| Duval |
Winkler |
An
historical marker marks the site |
| Edruvera |
Crockett |
Seen
in vintage maps |
| Etholen |
Hudspeth |
Population
0 |
| Eureka |
Crockett
|
Lost
county seat to Ozona |
| Finlay |
Hudspeth |
Population
0 |
| Fort
Holland |
Presidio |
Fort
closed after WWI |
| Fort
Terrett |
Sutton |
A
centennial marker marks the site |
| Frankel
City |
Andrew |
Close
to Odessa |
| Frijole |
Culberson |
North
of Van Horn |
| Girvin |
Pecos |
Ghost
town with its own social club |
| Grube |
Pecos |
Once
an oil boom town |
| Hembrie |
Crockett |
Seen
in a vintage postal map |
| Hovey
|
Pecos |
Schoolhouse
with historical marker |
| Judkins |
Ector |
Population
0 |
| Juno |
Val
Verde |
Just
west of the Devil's River |
| Kent |
Culberson |
Photo
opportunities |
| Konohassett |
Glasscock |
Reverted
to grasslands |
| Hovey |
Brewster |
Population
0 |
| La
Tuna |
El
Paso |
Now
part of Anthony |
| Lajitas |
Brewster |
Ghost
town with a resort - on the Rio Grande |
| Langtry |
Val
Verde |
The
Ghost Town with a Visitor's Center |
| Lees |
Glasscock |
Not
on the state map |
| Lindsey
City |
Brewster |
In
Big Bend National Park |
| Lobo
|
Culberson |
The
ghost town with a swimming pool |
| Longfellow
|
Pecos |
No
daffodils, but lots of cacti |
| Mariscal
Mine |
Brewster |
A
National Register Historic District |
| Mentone
|
Loving |
"If
"Less is More" then Even Less is Even More." |
| Orla |
Reeves
|
Remains
an equipment shipping point |
| Owenville |
Sutton |
On
1907 postal map |
| Pandale |
Val
Verde |
(Just)
East of the Pecos |
| Penwell
|
Ector |
Once
an oil boom town |
| Plata
|
Presidio |
Ruins
|
| Plateau
|
Culberson |
Once
had a section house for the railroad |
| Porterville |
Loving |
Absorbed
by greater Mentone |
| Pumpville |
Val
Verde |
A
church, a derrick, cactus, cactus and more cactus |
| Pyote |
Ward |
Site
of WWII Air Force Station |
| Quito |
Ward |
A
town that never was |
| Royalty |
Ward |
Once
an oil boom town |
| Ruidosa
|
Presidio |
On
the Rio Grande |
| Salt
Flat |
Hudspeth |
The
baren landscape that sparked a feud |
| Saragosa |
Reeves
|
Struck
by a tornado |
| Shafter
|
Presidio |
Former silver mine in West Texas |
| Sherwood |
Irion
|
One
of Texas' best former courthouses |
| Shumla |
Val
Verde |
Once
a railroad track construction camp |
| Sprayberry |
Midland |
Not
on the map |
| Stiles
|
Reagan |
Former
county seat with a ghost courthouse |
| Study
Butte |
Brewster |
5 miles east of Terlingua |
| Terlingua |
Brewster |
The
highest visitor count of Texas ghost towns |
| Tesnus |
Brewster |
A
railroad siding and a sign remains |
| Texon
|
Reagan |
Santa Rita No.1. Their oil built UT |
| Theodore
|
Winkler |
Near
Wink. Population 0 |
| Tinaja |
Presidio |
Built
by KCM&O Railroad as a station |
| Toyah |
Reeves |
Ghost
town with a "suburb" |
| Tulsa |
Winkler |
Near
Wink. Population 0 |
| Upland |
Upton |
First
Upton County seat |
| Verhalen |
Reeves
|
Photo
opportunities |
| Vinegarroon |
Val
Verde |
Historical
marker with a scenic overlook |
| Wentworth
|
Sutton |
Remembered
by a historical marker |
| White
Spur |
El
Paso |
Absorbed
by El Paso |
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