TEXAS GHOST TOWNS

EAST TEXAS
Ghost Towns

Ghost Towns	Counties	Description
Acol	Angelina/Polk/Tyler	A "wandering post office."
Africa	Shelby	Formed by former slaves
Alabama	Houston	Only the Centennial marker remains
Aldridge	Jasper	A sawmill ghost town
Allen Chapel	Houston	Founded by freed slaves
Asia	Polk	Once a lumber town
Atoy	Cherokee	Settled before the Civil War
Augusta	Houston	Site of the Edens-Madden Massacre
Baldwin	Harrison	No road sign
Barado	Walker	AKA Kelly's Switch
Bath	Walker	AKA Possum Walk
Batson	Hardin	An early oilpatch town
Baxter	Henderson	A schoolhouse as a community center
Bayou	Sabine	A submerged ghost town
Beck's Chape	Henderson	A church & cemetery remain
Belgrade	Newton	Once a thriving port
Bethany	Panola	On the Texas/Lousiana state line
Bethel	Anderson	NW of Palestine
Bevilport	Jasper	On the Neches River basin
Birthright	Hopkins	Once known as Lone Star
Black Ankle	San Augustine	Not on the county map
Bogus Springs	Cass	The spring dried up
Bois D'Arc	Anderson	Little is known
Bonami	Jasper	A sawmill town
Boxwood	Upshur	Population 20
Bragg	Hardin	Ghost town with a ghost road
Brooklyn	Shelby	Home town of movie star Ann Miller's mother
Buena Vista	Shelby	Once called �Buck Snort�
Buffalo	Henderson	First Henderson County seat
Bulah	Cherokee	A predominantly black community
Burning Bush	Smith	A failed Methodist experiment
Byspot	San Jacinto	No longer on the US Geological Survey list
Calloway	Upshur	One of Upshur County's earliest communities
Catfish	Henderson	Near Athens
Camden aka Walling�s Ferry	Gregg	One of the earliest communities in Gregg County
Caro	Nacogdoches	Once a sawmill town
Carroll Springs	Henderson	A historic church & cemetery remain
Centennial	Panola	Population: Between Zero and Unknown
Center Point	Camp	Near Pittsburg
Centerville	Henderson	Second Henederson County seat
Cheeseland	Angelina	A Two Family Town
Chickenfeather	Rusk	A rural cemetery today
Chumley	San Augustine	A cemetery remains
Cincinnati	Walker	On the Trinity River
Climax	Nacogdoches	Close to Nacogdoches
Coffeeville	Upshur	Once a travel destination
Coke	Wood	Near coal and oilfield
Coltharp	Houston	Only historical markers remain
Comet	Marion	Two Miles from Jefferson
Concord	Angelina	A wet ghost town in East Texas
Country Campus	Walker	WWII German POW camp
Craft	Cherokee	With a historic church
Dalby Springs	Bowie	Grew areound a medicinal spring
Darby	Polk	Historic log house with cemetery
Denmark	Anderson	Close to Palestine
Danville	Gregg	A cemetery & church remain
Dextra	Nacogdoches	A dispersed community
Dialville	Cherokee	Not on the map
Dido	Walker	Appeared in early 20th century maps
Dillon	Hopkins	Population 0
Dodson	Houston	Established in the mid-1880s
Drusilla	Wood	Population 0
Earle�s Chapel	Cherokee	A church and cemetery
Eliza	Houston	Population 0
Emilee	Tyler	A cemetery remains
Emporia	Angelina	With a mystery
Eureka	Franklin	Found only on county map
Everitt	San Jacinto	A church & Magnolia Cemetery
Eylau	Bowie	Settled under the Republic of Texas
Fairmount	Sabine	Today a well-kept graveyard and a church
Falba	Walker	A cemetery remains
Farrsville	Newton	Not on the map
Fawil	Newton	Once a sawmill town
Fastrill	Cherokee	"A beautiful logging camp."
Footes	Gregg	Not on the map
Fort Houston	Anderson	Near Palestine
Fostoria	Montgomery	A cemetery remains
Fostoria	Montgomery	Once a prosperous saw mill town
Geneva	Polk	Inundated by Lake Livingston
Geneva	Sabine	Oldest continuously occupied town in East Texas
Gent	Cherokee	AKA Ghent. On Gent Mountain
Glendale	Trinity	Once a lumber town with orchards
Gould	Cherokee	North of Rusk
Grand Bluff	Panola	Once a ferry town
Grayrock	Franklin	A cemetery remains
Greggton	Gregg	Absorbed into Longview
Griffin	Cherokee	Centennial marker & cemetery remains
Gusher	Hardin	Not on the map
Hagerville	Houston	Historical marker remains
Halifax	Polk	Once essentially a racetrack
Hardin	Hardin	First Hardin County seat
Hortense	Polk	Near Bear Creek
Haslam	Shelby	Built around 1913 for lumber production
Holcomb Store	Cherokee	AKA Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's
Hopewell	Smith	Texas largest magnolia tree
Horace	Upshur	Dropped from county maps by 1936
Ioni	Anderson	Named for Ioni Indians
Iron Bridge	Gregg	Not on the map
Ironosa	San Augustine	Not on the highway map
Irwin	Rusk	Once had a post office
Java	Cherokee	Moved to Maydelle
Jonesboro	Red River	Once Arkansas' Miller County seat
Jonesville	Angelina	Second Angelina County seat
Kellyville	Marion	Site of Kelly Foundry, Furnace, and Plow Co.
Kelsey	Upshur	Mormon colony
Kiam	Polk	Named for a clothing retailer in Houston
Kickapoo	Anderson	Relocated to Frankston
Kiomatia	Red River	Dates from 1816 as part of Arkansas Territory
Larissa 1-20-20	Cherokee	Near the site of the Killough Massacre
Lawsonville	Rusk	Dates to the 1870s
Lindsey Springs		One of the oldest logging camps
Linwood	Cherokee	Intended to be a river port
Little Hope	Wood	An active church with a historical marker
Lone Star	Cherokee	Not on the map
Los Adaes	Louisiana	Capital of the Province of Texas, 1721 to 1773
Macedonia	Marion	On Macedonia Road
Madras	Red River	A church & community center remain
Magnolia	Anderson	A cemetery & historical marker remain
Manila	Cherokee	Close to Rusk
Martha's Chapel	Walker	A Cemetery remains
Marion	Angelina	First Angelina County seat
Millville	Rusk	Once had a bright future
Mims Chapel	Marion	A cemetery & scattered houses
Mixon	Cherokee	Historic Churches & cemetery
Mount Sterling	Nacogdoches	A centennial marker and a bridge remain
Munz	Cass	Destroyed by a tornado
Mutt and Jeff	Wood	Not on the county map
New Birmingham	Cherokee	East Texas Iron
Newport	Walker	Centennial marker on private property
Nigton	Trinity	Settled by former slaves
North Chapel	Gregg	A church building remains
Oak Flats	Rusk	Historic cemetery & church
Oakland	Houston	Historical marker
Old Carolina	Walker	On the Trinity River
Old Waverly	San Jacinto	A ghost town with resident ghosts
Olive	Hardin	A sawmill ghost town with a ghost train
Ollie	Polk	Formerly Rice
Omega	Gregg	Once in Upshur County
Paul's Store	Shelby	Named after William Paul
Peach Tree Village	Tyler	Once Alabama and Coushatta settlement
Pennington	Trinity	Former County Seat
Philistine	Angelina	Neches River bottomlands
Pickens	Henderson	A ghost church remains
Pine Town	Cherokee	Moved to Maydelle. Not on the map
Pleasant Hill
Pluck	Polk	Once a sawill town
Pone	Rusk	A cemetery remains
Prairie Point	Houston	Only a cemetery remains
Presley	Titus	Not on the map
Providence	Anderson	Not on the map
Pylas	Rusk	Once had a post office
Quicksand	Newton	Former county seat
Rambo	Cass	Not the movie
Ratcliff	Houston	Four C Mill ruins & historical marker
Red Rock	Upshur	Remembered by vintage maps
Remlig	Jasper	Once a lumbermill town
Rosalie	Red River	A church, cemetery and a community center
		With two historical markers
Sabine	(Gulf Coast)	South of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park
Sabinetown	Sabine	Once-prosperous river town. Now submerged
Savannah	Red River	A church & cemetery remained
Saxet	Shelby	Texas� only palindrome ghost town
Science Hill	Henderson	Once an education center. A cemetery remains
Scrap	Red River	A ghost town in northeast Texas
Security	Montgomery	Once a timber town
Setag	Polk	Once leased to operate a silica plant
Shacklefoot	Sabine	Built by Jean Laffite
Snow Town	San Jacinto	Today a lot of what was Snow Town is supposedly called Oakhurst
Soda	Polk	Cemetery & church remain
Spivey	Shelby	Historical marker marks the site
Stormville	Wood	W of Lake Fork Reservoir
Sumpter	Trinity	First Trinity County seat
Swartwout	Polk	A submerged ghost town
Tallys	Harrison	Not on the map
Tarrant	Hopkins	The first Hopkins County seat
Tecula	Cherokee	Settled before the Civil War
Teneryville	Gregg	Absorbed into Longview
Thedford	Smith	Not shown on State Map
Time	Sabine	A submerged ghost town
Tinrag	Hopkins	Started as a flag stop on the railroad
Town Bluff	Tyler	Almost a Houston
Troy	Freestone	A ghost town on the Trinity River
Turpentine	Jasper	Once a turpentine camp and distillery
Tuscaloosa	Walker	On the Trinity River
Urbana	San Jacinto	On the Trinity River
Utica	Smith	Close to Tyler
Vessey	Red River	Remembered by a postmark
Viola	Cass	Already a ghost before the Great Depression
Waldrop	Panola	Settled sometime after the Civil War
Waneta	Houston	A schoolhouse and historical marker remain
Watson	Red River	Not on the map
Waverly - See Old Waverly
Weldon	Houston	Not shown on State Map
Wiergate	Newton	A sawmill ghost town
Who'd Thought It	Hopkins	A forgotten community with an unforgettable name
Yero	Walker	A cemetery remains
Zana	San Augustine	A submerged ghost town
Zavala	Jasper	On Jasper County's records as late as 1878
Zeirath	Jasper	Not on the map