Central
Texas (North) Ghost Town List |
| TOWN | COUNTY | Description |
| Alligator | Bell | Once
upon a time ... |
| Alton
11-12-07 | Denton | Fascinating
history |
| Babylon
| Navarro | Not
on County Map |
| Beattie | Comanche | Near
Comanche |
| Belcherville
4-4-07 | Montague | Population:
34 |
| Birdston | Navarro | All
that remains today is the Birdston Cemetery |
| Boz | Ellis | Threatened
by the supercollider project |
| Brazos
Point 4-9-07 | Bosque | With
a bridge |
| Buena
Vista | Ellis |
West of Waxahachie |
| Bug
Tussle | Fannin |
Everybody's favorite place name |
| Bulcher
| Cooke | South
of the Red River |
| Bullock
10-14-07 | Young | Population:
0 |
| Cambridge
6-6-09 | Clay | Early
Clay County seat |
| Carlton | Hamilton
| Ghost
town with a post office |
| Carter | Parker | Established
around a flourmill |
| Cave
Creek 12-23-09 | Coryell | Not
on the map |
| Chalk
Mountain | Erath | A
cemetery and a Masonic lodge |
| Climax
| Collin | Not
on the Texas Official Travel Map |
| College
Mound 10-6-09 | Kaufman | One
of the county's oldest communities |
| Cora
12-7-09 | Comanche | Former
Comanche County Seat |
| Cottage
Hill | Collin | Not
on the Texas Official Travel Map |
| Cranz
1-12-10 | Gonzales
| Not
on the county map |
| Custer
City | Cooke |
Named after George Armstrong Custer |
| Deer
Creek 9-7-09 | Clay | All
signs point to Deer Creek |
| Dew | Freestone | Annual
Homecoming |
| Dexter
2-21-08 | Cooke | Not
on the Texas Official Travel Map |
| Dido | Tarrant | Bypassed
by the railroad - again |
| Direct | Lamar | Near
Paris |
| Donahoe | Bell | Flowers
For Sarah Herndon |
| Finis | Jack | The
end of Finis |
| Frognot
3-20-09 | Collin | A
standpipe remains |
| Gibtown | Jack | Once
a commercial center for three Counties |
| Glory | Lamar | Near
Paris |
| Hagerman
1-13-08 | Grayson | Under
Lake Texoma |
| Hebron | Denton | A
Ghost Town That Isn’t |
| Hemming
| Cooke | Tornado |
| Hope
4-24-08 | Lavaca | Two
active churches |
| Hopewell
8-10-09 | Somervell | Now
Under Squaw Creek Lake |
| Hubbard | Coryell | Now
on the grounds of Fort Hood |
| Illinois
Bend | Montague
| Close
to Oklahoma |
| Ireland | Coryell | Near
Gatesville |
| Jellico | Tarrant | Near
Grapevine |
| Kentucky
Town 10-5-09 | Grayson | Settled
by Kentucky emigrants |
| Kimball
| Bosque | A
ghost town in a park by a lake |
| Lanham
4-14-08 | Hamilton
| Church
and cemetery |
| Lime
City 11-24-07 | Coryell
| On
private property |
| McGirk | Hamilton
| On
the Lampassas River |
| Mustang
10-6-08 | Denton | Population
dispersed |
| Nash | Ellis | Near
Waxahachie |
| Norse | Bosque | Norwegian
Settelment |
| Odds
| Limestone
| Not
far from Waco |
| Ohio
| Hamilton
| On
Plum Creek |
| Okay
11-27-09 | Bell | Near
Killeen |
| Osage
1-9-10 | Coryell
| Not
on the map |
| Otto
5-19-09 | Falls | Once
over 1,000 residents |
| Pancake
11-16-07 | Coryell
| It's
about mail |
| Pansy
| Navarro | Not
on the map |
| Perry
| Falls | Near
Waco |
| Pluto | Ellis | Not
on the map |
| Poe
Prairie | Parker | A
cemetery |
| Red
River Station | Montague
| One
of Texas' early ghost towns |
| Richard | Collin | A
cemetery |
| Sipe
Springs | Comanche
| "Little
girl, age 3 died 1870, moving west." |
| Spanish
Fort 5-2-09 | Montague
| Close
to Oklahoma |
| Sparta | Bell | Under
Lake Belton |
| Steele
Creek Community | Limestone
| A
cemetery |
| Streetman | Freestone | Population
declined after WWII |
| Stringtown | Bell | A
church still stands |
| Taylor
Town | Lamar | Near
Paris |
| The
Grove 12-6-07 | Coryell
| Near
Temple |
| Thurber
| Erath | Texas'
premier ghost town |
| Toadsuck | Grayson | Now
part of Collinsville |
| Toto | Parker | Formerly
known as Ray School Community |
Central Texas (South) Ghost Town List |
| TOWN | COUNTY | Description |
| Albuquerque | Gonzales | Totally
deserted by 1912 |
| Alexander | Erath | A
ghost town with ghosts |
| Ammansville
| Fayette | A
ghost town with a painted church |
| Biegel
1-22-09 | Fayette | Underwater
ghost town |
| Big
Lump | Milam | No
evidence of the community remains |
| Boonville | Brazos | Former
town site now inside a cemetery |
| Bryant
Station 12-1-06 | Milam | Not
on State Map |
| Bushdale | Milam | A
cemetery |
| Cheapside | Gonzales | A
recent ghost |
| Clarkson | Milam | Population:
10 |
| Colorado
City | Fayette | A
lost town, almost the Capital of Texas |
| Concrete | Guadalupe | A
cemetery |
| Dewville | Gonzales | On
the Old San Antonio Road |
| Dubina | Fayette |
"Painted church"
& "Piano Bridge" |
| Duncan
2-20-09 | Milam | Not
on the county map |
| Gay
Hill | Washington | On
La Bahia scenic drive |
| Gay
Hill 12-1-06 | Fayette | On
Highway 71 |
| Golly
5-20-09 | DeWitt | On
the backroads |
| Hackberry
| Lavaca | Not
on the map |
| High
Hill | Fayette | A
ghost town with a painted church |
| Hopkinsville
8-5-09 | Gonzales | Only
a historical marker remains |
| Independence
| Washington | Alive
and well |
| Goodwill
9-7-07 | Washington | Not
on the county map |
| Graball
6-24-09 | Washington | Population:
0 |
| Jeddo
7-2-09 | Bastrop | Cemetery,
centennial marker & lost grave |
| Kirtley
7-1-07 | Fayette | Grew
around Barton Creek cemetery |
| Kovar | Bastrop | Population
Unknown |
| La
Bahia | Washington | On
the Old La Bahia Road |
| Matthews | Colorado | On
detailed county maps |
| McDuff | Bastrop | Near
Austin |
| Mecca | Madison | One
of the oldest settlements in Madison Co |
| Nashville
3-14-09 | Milam | First
Milam County Seat |
| Nickel | Gonzales | Still
on the map |
| Oak
Hill | Bastrop | Casualty
of WWII |
| Old
Moulton | Lavaca | Moulton
moved 2 miles East |
| O'Quinn
1-21-10 | Fayette | Past
captured in vintage photos |
| Osage
1-9-10 | Colorado | Moved
to Weimar |
| Oso
1-19-10 | Fayette | Only
the cemetery remains |
| Ottine | Gonzales | Near
Palmetto State Park |
| Owensville
6-3-09 | Robertson | Only
a cemetery remains |
|
Petersburg | Lavaca | Former
County Seat |
| Praha | Fayette | A
ghost town with a painted church |
| Rock
Island | Colorado | "The
Northern City on the Gulf" |
| Rush
Creek | Wise | Today
a cemetery with a historical marker |
| Rush
Creek | Navarro | Population
0 |
| Saturn | Gonzales | Originally
called Possum Trot |
| Serbin | Lee | The
Wendish Capital of Texas |
| Stoneham
12-29-07 | Grimes | Population
12 |
| Travis
6-7-09 | Austin | Phillips
Cemetery |
| Velehrad
11-6-06 | Lavaca | On
Fayette/ LaVaca County Line Road |
| Washington | Washington | Just
outside Washington-On-The-Brazos |
| William
Penn | Washington | On
La Bahia scenic drive |
| Zack | Brazos | Not
on County Map |
| Zulch | Madison | Population
0 |
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