LANHAM, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Hamilton County, North Central Texas

On Highway 22 at FM1602
Between Hamilton and Cranfills Gap
Population: 0

Lanham Methodist Church and Cemetery Lanham Tx

Lanham Methodist Church and Cemetery
Photo Coutesy Barclay Gibson , February 2008
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History in a Pecan Shell

Settled in the 1870s, the town got off to a slow start. By 1890 the population was a mere 35 residents. Louis Lanham was a storekeeper that year and probably the town’s postmaster. The post office was in operation from 1884 until 1906. It reached its high-water mark in 1910 with 125 people and three businesses.

Little is known of the intervening years, but after WWII the population declined to only 30 residents and over time they, too, moved.

Lanham Methodist Church
Photo Coutesy Barclay Gibson , February 2008
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Hamilton County 1907 postal map showing Lanham
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Lanham, Texas Nearby Towns:
Hamilton the county seat
Cranfills Gap
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