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JOINER, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Fayette County, Central Texas South

South of Highway 71
5 Miles SE of La Grange the county seat
Population: Dispersed

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Joiner TX Fayette County - Joiner Road
Joiner Road
TE Photo, January 2010
Photographer’s Note:
“Today only Joiner Road is left. A dead end – but a picturesque dead end.”

Joiner Road is marked on Highway 71 between La Grange and Ellinger


History in a Pecan Shell

Joiner began life as a stop on the Columbus-La Grange Tap Railroad in the early 1880s. The town was a source of gravel and ties for the railroad.

The railroad connected with the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad prior to 1899 when a flood washed away the railroad’s Colorado River bridge.

The community, such as it was, disappeared shortly thereafter.

Joiner road today shows ranching and dairy farming existing alongside functioning gas and oil infrastructure – all in a bucolic environment.
Joiner TX Fayette County - Shed
TE Photo, January 2010
Joiner TX Fayette County - old farm house
TE Photo, January 2010
Fayette County Texas 1920s map

1920s Fayette County map showing Joiner
SE of La Grange
Courtesy Texas General Land Office


Take a road trip

Joiner, Texas Nearby Towns:
La Grange the county seat
Ellinger
Flatonia
Schulenburg
See Fayette County | Central Texas South

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