TEXAS GHOST TOWNS

TEXAS PANHANDLE
Ghost Towns

Ghost Towns	Counties	Description
Aberdeen	Collingsworth	Once a choice for county seat
Acuff	Lubbock	Not on the state map
Admiral	Callahan	A cemetery remains, and historical markers
Adobe Walls	Hutchinson	Site of the Battles of Adobe Walls
Acme	Hardeman	Population 14
Afton	Dickens	Population 50
Afton	Fisher	All that’s left is the Afton cemetery
Alcino	Floyd	Near Floydada
Alanreed	Gray	On old Route 66
Allred	Yoakum	Late-blooming ghost town
Alpha	Hutchinson	Remembered by vintage maps & postmark
Ample	Haskell	Remembered by vintage map & postmark
Anarene	Archer	Not on the map
Antioch	Stonewall	Became Oriana
Arvana	Dawson	Appeared before 1909
Atoka	Coleman	Ruins & cemetery with historical marker remains
Auto	Howard	Remebered by a postmark
Ayr	Deaf Smith	A brief life-span of five years
Back City	Gray	1927 Back No. 1 Oil and Gas Gusher site
Balch	Hockley/Lubbock	A railroad stop
Bartonsite	Hale	Waited for a railroad that never arrived
Bautista	Moore	Not on the map
Belle Plain	Callahan	AKA Phantom U
Ben Ficklin	Tom Green	County seat rivalry decided by a flood
Benoit	Runnels	Still on the county map
Bippus	Deaf Smith	Near New Mexico state line
Blue Gap	Runnels	AKA Norwood
Boise	Oldham	Just south of I-40, formerly Route 66
Bomarton	Baylor	With a church
Boyd Chapel	Jones	Historical Marker
Boydston	Gray	Population 0
Bradshaw	Taylor	Population 61
Bridgetown	Wichita	Wooden footbridge remembered by historical marker
Bronco	Yoakum	Ghost town with a watering hole
Broome	Sterling	Once a railroad stop
Bullock	Eastland/Stephens	Not on the map
Bullock	Young	Population 0
Bunker Hill	Dallam	Not on the map
Burkett	Coleman	Population 30
Caddo	Stephens	Located on a former Caddo Indian campsite
Callahan City	Callahan	Almost the county seat
Camp Colorado	Coleman	Moved from Mills County in 1856
Car	Mitchell	Remembered by a vintage map
Cedric	Crosby	Lost to Rall
Chamberlin	Dallam	Population 0
Champion	Nolan	Population 8
Chautauqua 1-29-23	Callahan	Population 0
Chicago	Dawson	Only a historical marker remains
Clairemont	Kent	Former Kent County seat with courthouse & jail
Clara	Wichita	A cemetery full of Iris
Coble Switch	Hockley	Skeleton of a cotton gin remains
Codman	Roberts	On the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Cofferville	Lamb	A deserted cotton gin remains
Coldwater	Sherman/Dallam	Former county seat of Sherman County
Content	Runnels	AKA Tokeen
Conway	Carson	On Route 66
Copenhagen	Hale	In the cemetery
Crews	Runnels	Population 25
Crystal Falls	Stephens	Population 10?
Cummins	Sterling	Historical Marker
Curry	Stephens	Submerged
Cuthbert	Mitchell	Near the Abrams No. 1 oil well
Cuyler	Carson	On the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Dad's Corner	Archer	A boom town ghost town
Damsite	Hardeman	Not even on the county map
Decker	Nolan	A cemetery remains
Denton	Callahan	Population 6
Desdemona	Eastland	A boom town ghost town
Doan's Crossing	Wilbarger	The Friendliest Red River Dog
Dora	Nolan	A cemetery remains
Dozier	Collingsworth	Near the Salt Fork of the Red River
Drasco	Runnels	Close to the Taylor county line
Draw	Lynn	"The store"
Dressy	Callahan	A cemetery remains
Dundee	Archer	Named after the city in Scotland
Dunlap	Cottle	Town began with the splitting up of OX Ranch
Durham	Borden	Only a cemetery remains
Echo	Coleman	Not on the state map
Eclipse	Gaines	Remembered by a postmark
Edith	Coke	Only cemetery remains
Eliasville	Young	A ghost town with a burned flour mill
Eldridge	Gray	First Cemetery in Gray County 1888-89
Electric City	Hutchinson	Furnish electricity to the oil fields
Elmdale	Taylor	Within Abilene city limit
Emma	Crosby	Second Crosby County seat
Eolian	Stephens	Population: 9
Erskine	Concho	Remembered by a postmark
Eskota	Fisher	A ghost town with an annual Homecoming
Espuela	Dickens	Only the cemetery remains
Estacado	Lubbock	First County Seat of Crosby County
Farmer	Young	Cemetery, school bus & oil rig
Farwell	Hanford	First town in Hanford County
Flat Top	Coleman	Named after a bunkhouse
Fort Chadbourne	Coke	S of the old Fort Chadbourne
Fort Chadbourne	Coke	The old fort
Fort Elliott	Wheeler	A centennial marker remains
Fort Griffin	Shackelford	AKA The Flat, one of Texas’ most lawless towns
Fort Phantom Hill	Jones	Built in the 1850s
Fort Picketville	Stephens	First Stephens County seat
Frankel City	Andrews	Once had over 100 producing wells
Frankell	Stephens	Once populated by oil workers
Fry	Brown	Population 0
Gasoline	Briscoe	The cotton gin burned
Gazelle	Hall	Post office closed in 1902
Geraldine	Archer	Remembered by a historical marker
Gewhitt	Hutchinson	Near County seat Stinnett
Gilliland	Knox	Much reclaimed by nature
Gilpin	Dickens	Population 3
Glazier	Hemphill	A cattle and grain shipping point
Glenrio	Deaf Smith	The last Texas stop heading West on Route 66
Goodnight	Armstrong	Home town of "Hud"
Gooseneck	Young	A Cemetery
Gomez	Terry	One name, two ghosts
Grady	Fisher	A small cemetery remains
Grape Creek	Borden	Absorbed by Gail
Gray Mule	Floyd	On the Quitaque Canyon Trail
Griffith	Cochran	Not on the map
Guion	Taylor	Not on the map
Gunsight	Stephens	Population 6, church & cemetery
Hansford	Hansford	First Hansford County seat
Hart Camp	Lamb	Population 8
Hatchel	Runnels	Population 16
Hayrick	Coke	First Coke County seat
Hindman	Dawson	Remembered only by a map
Hitson	Fisher	History on a historical marker
Hud	Scurry	On vintage maps
Hulver	Hall	Only the cemetery remains
Hutson	Brown	Found on 1920s map
Hylton	Nolan	Population 6
Hyman	Mitchell	A church & a cemetery
Iatan	Mitchell	A Cemetery
Ibex 9-1-18	Shackelford	Oil boom town with smokestack ruins
Ideal	Sherman	Fermerly in Hutchinson County
Isom	Hutchinson	Absorbed by Borger
Janes	Bailey	Near Muleshoe
Jean	Young	Named after ...
Jeffry	Hutchinson	Near Adobe Walls
Jericho	Donley	Home of "Jericho Gap" of Route 66 Fame
Jewel	Eastland	Settled in the 1870s
Jimkurn	Jimkurn	Oil boom ghost town
Julia	Borden	Appears in the 1907 postal map
Justiceburg	Garza	Near Post and Snyder
Kerrick	Dallam	On the Oklahoma State line
Key	Dawson	East of Lamesa
King's Mill	Gray	Near Pampa
Kirkland	Childress	Once the "Biggest Little City in Texas"
Klondike	Dawson	East of Patricia
Knapp	Scurry	Population 10, historical marker & church
La Casa	Stephens	With historic church & cemetery
Lakeview	Lynn	Population unknown
Laketon	Gray	Near Pampa
Landergin	Oldham	Not on the map
Leaday	Coleman	Displaced by Lake Ivie
Lehman	Cochran	County seat rivalry
Lesley	Hall	Not on the map
Lillie	Collingsworth	Once part of Rocking Chair Ranch
Link	Mitchell	Remembered by a cancelled postmark
Lipscomb	Lipscomb	Lipscomb County seat
Litwalton	Garza	In 1907 postal map
Loco	Childress	Only cemeteries remain
Lone Wolf	Tom Green	Absorbed by San Angelo
Lonnie	Childress	Remembered by ghost of a church
Lou	Dawson	Not on the map
Loveless	Concho	"Southeast of Eden"
Lutie	Collingsworth	Began as part of Rocking Chair Ranch
Luzon	Kent	Not on the map
Mabelle	Baylor	Centennial Baylor County marker is there
Machovec	Moore	Grain elevators standing
Magenta	Oldham	Only a cemetery remains
Mangum	Eastland	Once shipped bottled water
Mankins	Archer	Once home to a wild west circus
Maple	Bailey	With a Cotton Gin Coop
Margaret	Foard	First Hardeman County seat
Marie	Runnels	Not on the map
Masterson	Moore	Not on the map. Near Lake Meredith
Maverick	Runnels	Not on the map
McLean POW Camp	Gray	A ghost community
Medicine Mound	Hardeman	A Museum remains
Mendota	Hemphill	Once center for grain & cattle
Mesquite	Borden	NOT the Mesquite in Dallas County
Middle Water	Hartley	Division of the XIT Ranch
Middlewell	Moore	Not on the map
Mingus	Palo Pinto	Born with the arrival of the railroad
Michies	Dawson	Remembered only by a map
Montvale	Sterling	A cemetery and historical marker
Mobeetie	Wheeler	"Hard-luck Capital of the Panhandle."
Moro	Taylor	Near Mount Moro
Mount Blanco	Crosby	First permanent homestead in Panhandle South Plains
Mount Pleasant	Taylor	Historical markers & Castle Peak
Mozelle	Coleman	A ghost town with a high school
Mulock	Hansford	Existed as a post office
Mungerville	Dawson	A schoolhouse remains
Narcisso	Cottle	Population: 0
New Moore	Lynn	No longer on the map
Newlin	Hall	Abandoned bank and a store
Newman	Fisher	Church & cemetery remain
Norfleet	Hale	On north bank of Brazos River
Norton	Runnels	Population 96
Nubia	Taylor	Population: Unknown
Ochiltree	Ochiltree	Former Ochiltree County seat
Odell	Wilbarger	Near the county seat
Ogden	Cottle	Population 0
Oil City	Hutchinson	Population 0
Old Pease City	Foard	Town site historical marker remains
Olfen	Runnels	With a 1922 Romanesque church
Olga	Nolan	On Coke and Nolan county line
Opdyke	Hockley	Started in 1925
Oriana	Stonewall	Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge
Otis Chalk	Howard	Once a boom town
Oxien	Runnels	Not on the map
Pansy	Crosby	Not on the map
Parmerton	Parmer	Former Parmer County seat
Parnell	Hall	School ruins remains
Patricia	Dawson	Look for Poco Crudo Longhorn
Pep	Hockley	Once part of XIT Ranch
Perico	Dallam	Once the shipping point for the XIT Ranch
Phillips	Hutchinson	Obliterated by the 1980 explosion
Picketville	Runnels	Not on the map
Pickwick	Palo Pinto	Under Possum Kingdom Lake
Plemons	Hutchinson	First Hutchinson County seat
Plymouth	Collingsworth	Once part of Rocking Chair Ranch
Polar	Kent	Not on the map
Pride	Dawson	Absorbed by Welch
Proffitt	Young	Church, schoolhouse & cemetery
Pumphrey	Runnels	Not on the map
Pyron	Scurry	Once a thriving community
Ramsdell	Wheeler	Site of first area telephone system. N of Route 66
Rayner	Stonewall	The first Stonewall County Seat
Record	Hansford	Not on the map
Rich Coffey	Coleman	On the property of Richard Coffey
Rising Sun	Shackelford	Remembered by a postmark
Rock Crusher	Coleman	A missed chance of the ultimate team name
Rockledge	Donley	Two murders and a bank robbery
Rolla	Collingsworth	Population unknown
Ronda	Wilbarger	Ronda Cemetery
Rowe	Donley	Rowe Cemetery
Roxana	Carson	Oil boom town
Runnels City	Runnels	Only the centennial marker remains
Running Water	Hale	Bypassed by the railroad
Ruth	Concho	Not on the map
Sanco	Coke	Named for a Comanche chief
Scherz	Tom Green	Near San Angelo
Sedwick	Shackelford	Once an oil boom town
Shafter Lake	Andrews	Lost the “county-seat war”
Shep	Taylor	Not on the map
Shields	Coleman	Cemetery remains
Silver	Coke	Once a pioneer ranching center
Silver Valley	Coleman	Alongside the Pecos and Northern
Sligo	Yoakum	Not on the map
Soash	Howard	Not on the map
South Bend	Young	Ghost spa
Spade	Mitchell	A cemetery with historical marker
Sparenberg	Dawson	Population 20
Stevens	Sherman	Grain elevator standing
Sunshine Hill	Wichita	Highest elevation in Wichita County
Swastika	Hale	Without a trace (on any map)
Swearingen	Cottle	A cemetery shown on detailed county maps
Swedonia	Fisher	A Swedish ghost town
Swenson	Stonewall	With ruins and a church
Talpa	Coleman	Close to Ballinger
Tampico	Hall	Ozark Trail at Tampico
Tascosa	Oldham	Home of Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch today
Tee Pee City	Motley	Only a centennial marker remains
Tesco	Nolan	There used to be a town in the location
The Flat	Shackelford	AKA Fort Griffin, one of Texas’ most lawless towns
Thrift	Wichita	A Red River Ghost Town
Tokio	Terry	Sort of between Big Spring and Lubbock
Tolbert	Wilbarger	Originally named Wheatland
Tredway	Borden	Appears in the 1907 postal map
Trickham	Coleman	The Oldest Town in Coleman County
Trixie	Gaines	Encounter with a Texas "Bad Man"
Truitt	Runnels	Not on the map
Truscott	Knox	Once named China Lake
Valera	Coleman	Once a ranch
Valley View	Cottle	Not on the map
Valley View	Runnels	Not on the map
Verbena	Garza	Not on the county map
Vigo Park	Swisher	Named after Vigo & Parker counties in Indiana
Virginia City	Bailey	Aspired to be the county seat
Voss	Coleman	Hometown of Representative Bob Turner
Walthall	Runnels	Only the cemetery remains
Washburn	Armstrong	Almost the county seat
Wastella	Nolan	Hauled water, & no cemetery
Wayside	Armstrong	Founded as a rural school district
Westbrook	Mitchell	Another bypassed small town
Westover	Baylor	Historical markers
Whiteflat	Motley	Originally a Matador Ranch line camp
Whitfield	Swisher	Once had two churches & a two-room schoolhouse
Whittenburg	Hutchinson	Now part of present-day Phillips, Texas
Whon	Coleman	Touched by a ranch hand
Williams Community	Hardeman	Formed around its school
Wilmet	Runnels	Not on the map
Winchell	Brown	With a bridge & cemetery
Zulu	Hansford	Once grazing land for buffalo
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