TEXAS GHOST TOWNS

TEXAS GULF COAST
Ghost Towns

Ghost Towns	Counties	Description
Africa	Liberty	Remembered by 1882 map
Atascosito	Liberty	3 historical markers serve as a tombstone
Bammel	Harris	Absorbed by Greater Houston
Bayview	Galveston	Absorbed ghost town
Brunner	Harris	Absorbed into Houston
China Grove	Brazoria	Former plantation
Clark	Liberty	Once Sam Houston's Plantation
Clarkwood	Nueces	Annexed by Corpus Christi
Coletoville	Victoria	On the Old Goliad Road
Concordia	Nueces	Established by German immigrants
Copano	Refugio	A ghost town by the 1880s
Cortes	Matagorda	Dropped from map in 1930s
Cox's Point	Calhoun	Marker on Hwy 35
Danevang	Wharton	A Danish ghost town
Deming's Bridge	Matagorda	Became Hawley, another ghost town
Duke	Ft. Bend	Remembered by historical markers & cemetery
Gardendale	Nueces	Absorbed into Corpus Christi
Glen	Chambers	Absorbed by Oak Island
Goose Creek	Harris	Merged with Baytown
Green Lake	Calhoun	Remembered by a historical marker
Gulf	Matagorda	Once a sulphur company town
Gulf Prairie	Brazoria	A church and a cemetery
Hawkinsville	Matagorda	Once a sugar plantation, then a ranch
Hawley	Matagorda	Shanghai Pierce Statue in Hawley Cemetery
Indianola	Calhoun	Texas' Queen of ghost towns
Juliff	Ft. Bend	AKA Diddy Wa Diddy
Kaleta	San Patricio	A historical marker remains
Kohrville	Harris	A small African-American community
Kopernic Shores	Cameron	First generation Polish colonia
La Fruta	San Patricio	Population 0
Lamar	Aransas	A chapel and a cemetery
Lemonville	Orange	Once a sawmill town
Linnville	Calhoun	Population 0
Louetta	Harris	The name lives on with Louetta Road
Lynchburg	Harris	AKA Lynch's Ferry
Mackay	Wharton	Ghost town on the Interstate
Manhattan	Matagorda	A town that never was
Meansville	San Patricio	Nothing left but a cemetery
Moonshine Hil	Harris	Began as a result of an oil boom
New Kentucky	Harris	Only a centennial marker remains
Newgulf	Wharton	Last company town in Texas
Nimrod	Liberty	Once a lumber camp
North Houston	Harris	Now known as Willowood
Nuecestown	Nueces	Ghost town with a street address
Pine Grove	Harris	Remembered by a church & cemetery
Podo	Matagorda	A Zulu in Matagorda County
Rowanville	Brazoria	Existed from1905 to 1911
Sabine	Jefferson	South of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park
Saluria	Calhoun	Once designated as a port of entry
Santa Anna	Jefferson	Part of Beaumont today
Santa Rita	Cameron	First Cameron County seat
Satsuma	Harris	Situated on the railroad tracks
Shanghai	Wharton	The town that never was
Sodville	San Patricio	With a windfarm
St. Francisville	Matagorda	A church and a cemetery
Stewart Heights	Harris	Absorbed Ghost Town
Tejon	Cameron	Not on the map
Texana	Jackson	One of Texas� oldest ghost towns
Texla	Orange	Once a sawmill town
Velasco	Brazoria	Included in Freeport City Limits
Wallisville	Chambers	Partly submerged in Wallisville Reservoir
White Point	San Patricio	Nothing left but a cemetery