Texas Panhandle
Ghost Towns Travel Guide
|
| TOWN |
COUNTY |
Description |
| Acuff |
Lubbock
|
Not
on the state map |
| Adobe
Walls |
Hutchinson |
Site
of the Battles of Adobe Walls |
| Acme |
Hardeman |
Population
14 |
| Afton |
Dickens |
Population
50 |
| Alcino |
Floyd
|
Near
Floydada |
| Allred
|
Yoakum |
Late-blooming
ghost town |
| Antioch |
Stonewall |
Became
Oriana |
| Ayr |
Deaf
Smith |
A
brief life-span of five years |
| Back
City |
Gray
|
1927
Back No. 1 Oil and Gas Gusher site |
| Bautista |
Moore |
Not
on the map |
| Belle
Plain |
Callahan
|
AKA
Phantom U |
| Ben
Ficklin |
Tom
Green |
County
seat rivalry decided by a flood |
| Benoit |
Runnels |
Still
on the county map |
| Bippus |
Deaf
Smith |
Near
New Mexico state line |
| Blue
Gap |
Runnels |
AKA
Norwood |
| Boise |
Oldham |
Just
south of I-40, formerly Route 66 |
| Bomarton |
Baylor |
With
a church |
| Bradshaw
3-31-07 |
Taylor |
Population
61 |
| Bridgetown |
Wichita |
Near
Wichita Falls |
| Bronco |
Yoakum |
Ghost
town with a watering hole |
| Bullock
10-14-07 |
Young |
Population
0 |
| Bunker
Hill |
Dallam
|
Not
on the map |
| Burkett
4-14-08 |
Coleman |
Population
30 |
| Callahan
City |
Callahan
|
Almost
the county seat |
| Champion
12-28-07 |
Nolan |
Population
8 |
| Clairemont |
Kent |
Former
Kent County seat with a courthouse & jail |
| Clara |
Wichita
|
A
cemetery full of Iris |
| Codman |
Roberts
|
On
the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |
| Coldwater |
Sherman |
Former
county seat of Sherman County |
| Content |
Runnels |
AKA
Tokeen |
| Conway
|
Carson |
On
Route 66 |
| Crews |
Runnels |
Population
25 |
| Cuthbert
10-6-06 |
Mitchell
|
Near
the Abrams No. 1 oil well |
| Cuyler
|
Carson |
On
the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |
| Damsite |
Hardeman |
Not
even on the county map |
| Desdemona |
Eastland |
A
boom town ghost town |
| Doan's
Crossing |
Wilbarger
|
The
Friendliest Red River Dog |
| Dozier
|
Collingsworth
|
Near
the Salt Fork of the Red River |
| Drasco |
Runnels |
Close
to the Taylor county line |
| Draw |
Lynn |
"The
store" |
| Dundee
|
Archer
|
Named
after the city in Scotland |
| Echo
|
Coleman
|
Not
on the state map |
| Eliasville |
Young
|
A
ghost town with a burned flour mill |
| Eldridge |
Gray
|
First
Cemetery in Gray County 1888-89 |
| Electric
City |
Hutchinson |
Furnish
electricity to the oil fields |
| Emma
8-12-07 |
Crosbyton |
Former
Crosby County seat |
| Eskota |
Fisher
|
A
ghost town with an annual Homecoming |
| Fort
Griffin
3-3-08 |
Shackelford
|
AKA
The Flat, one of Texas’ most lawless towns |
| Fort
Phantom Hill 11-29-07 |
Jones |
Built
in the 1850s |
| Gasoline |
Briscoe |
The
cotton gin burned |
| Gewhitt |
Hutchinson |
Near
County seat Stinnett |
| Glazier |
Hemphill |
A
cattle and grain shipping point |
| Glenrio |
Deaf
Smith |
The
last Texas stop heading West on Route 66 |
| Goodnight
|
Armstrong |
Home
town of "Hud" |
| Gooseneck |
Young
|
A
Cemetery |
| Gray
Mule |
Floyd |
On
the Quitaque Canyon Trail |
| Hatchel |
Runnels |
Population
16 |
| Iatan
1-18-08 |
Mitchell
|
A
Cemetery |
| Isom |
Hutchinson |
Absorbed
by Borger |
| Janes |
Bailey
|
Near
Muleshoe |
| Jean
|
Young
|
Named
after ... |
| Jeffry |
Hutchinson |
Near
Adobe Walls |
| Jericho |
Donley
|
Home
of "Jericho Gap" of Route 66 Fame |
| Jimkurn |
Jimkurn |
Oil
boom ghost town |
| Justiceburg |
Garza
|
Near
Post and Snyder |
| Kerrick |
Dallam
|
On
the Oklahoma State line |
| Key |
Dawson
|
East
of Lamesa |
| Kinckerbocker
|
Tom
Green |
Once
second only to San Angelo
|
| Lakeview
3-29-07 |
Lynn
|
Population
unknown |
| Laketon |
Gray
|
Near
Pampa |
| Landergin
8-5-06 |
Oldham |
Not
on the map |
| Lesley |
Hall |
Not
on the map |
| Lipscomb |
Lipscomb |
Lipscomb
County seat |
| Loveless |
Concho |
"Southeast
of Eden" |
| Marie |
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Masterson |
Moore |
Not
on the map. Near Lake Meredith |
| Maverick
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| McLean
POW Camp |
Gray
|
A
ghost community |
| Medicine
Mound 8-7-06 |
Hardeman |
|
| Mesquite
|
Borden
|
NOT
the Mesquite in Dallas County |
| Middle
Water |
Hartley
|
Division
of the XIT Ranch |
| Middlewell |
Moore |
Not
on the map |
| Mingus
5-7-06 |
Palo
Pinto |
Born
with the arrival of the railroad |
| Mobeetie
|
Wheeler
|
"Hard-luck
Capital of the Panhandle." |
| Mozelle
|
Coleman |
A ghost town with a high school |
| New
Moore |
Lynn |
No
longer on the map |
| Norton |
Runnels |
Population
96 |
| Nubia |
Taylor |
Population:
Unknown |
| Odell
6-1-07 |
Wilbarger
|
Near
the county seat |
| Ogden |
Cottle |
Population
0 |
| Olfen
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Olga |
Nolan |
On
Coke and Nolan county line |
| Opdyke |
Hockley
|
Started
in 1925 |
| Oriana
2-16-07 |
Stonewall |
Home
of the Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge |
| Otis
Chalk |
Howard |
Once
a boom town |
| Oxien
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Perico |
Dallam
|
Once
the shipping point for the XIT Ranch |
| Phillips |
Hutchinson |
Obliterated
by the 1980 explosion |
| Picketvill
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Pumphrey
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Ramsdell |
Wheeler
|
Site
of first area telephone system. N of Route 66 |
| Rayner
|
Stonewall |
The
first Stonewall County Seat |
| Rock
Crusher |
Coleman |
A
missed chance of the ultimate team name |
| Rockledge |
Donley
|
Two
murders and a bank robbery |
| Ronda |
Wilbarger
|
Ronda
Cemetery |
| Roxana |
Carson |
Oil
boom town |
| Runnels
City
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Runningwater
|
Hale
|
Bypassed
by the railroad |
| Shafter
Lake 2-18-08 |
Andrews |
Lost
the “county-seat war” |
| Shep
5-11-07 |
Taylor |
Not
on the map |
| Silver
Valley |
Coleman |
Alongside
the Pecos and Northern |
| Sligo |
Yoakum
|
Not
on the map |
| Soash
10-14-06 |
Howard |
Not
on the map |
| South
Bend |
Young
|
Ghost
spa |
| Spade |
Mitchell
|
Near
Big Spring |
| Sunshine
Hill |
Wichita
|
Highest
elevation in Wichita County |
| Swearingen |
Cottle |
A
cemetery shown on detailed county maps |
| Swedonia |
Fisher |
A
Swedish ghost town |
| Swenson |
Stonewall |
Population:
135 |
| Talpa
|
Coleman |
Close
to Ballinger |
| Tampico |
Hall |
Named
after Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Tascosa |
Oldham |
Home
of Cal Farley’s Boy’s Ranch today |
| The
Flat 3-3-08 |
Shackelford
|
AKA
Fort Griffin, one of Texas’ most lawless towns |
| Thrift |
Wichita
|
A
Red River Ghost Town |
| Tokio
|
Terry |
Sort
of between Big Spring and Lubbock |
| Trickham |
Coleman
|
The
Oldest Town in Coleman County |
| Truitt
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Truscott |
Knox |
Once
named China Lake |
| Valera |
Coleman |
Once
a ranch |
| Valley
View
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| Vigo
Park |
Swisher
|
Named
after Vigo & Parke counties in Indiana |
| Verbena |
Garza |
Not
on the county map |
| Voss
|
Coleman |
Hometown
of Representative Bob Turner |
| Walthall
|
Runnels |
Only
the cemetery remains |
| Washburn
8-5-06
|
Armstrong |
Almost
the county seat |
| Wastella |
Nolan |
No
cemetery |
| Wayside |
Armstrong |
Founded
as a rural school district |
| Whiteflat |
Motley |
Originally
a Matador Ranch line camp |
| Whittenburg |
Hutchinson |
Now
part of present-day Phillips, Texas |
| Whon |
Coleman |
Touched
by a ranch hand |
| Wilmet
|
Runnels |
Not
on the map |
| More
to come. Check back soon. |
