| GHOST
TOWN | COUNTY | Description |
| Aberdeen
5-28-10 | Collingsworth
| Once
a choice for county seat |
| Acuff | Lubbock
| Not
on the state map |
| Admiral | Callahan
| A
cemetery remains, and historical markers |
| Adobe
Walls | Hutchinson | Site
of the Battles of Adobe Walls |
| Acme | Hardeman | Population
14 |
| Afton | Dickens | Population
50 |
| Afton | Fisher | All
that’s left is the Afton cemetery |
| Alcino | Floyd
| Near
Floydada |
| Alanreed | Gray | On
old Route 66 |
| Allred
| Yoakum | Late-blooming
ghost town |
| Anarene | Archer | Not
on the map |
| 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 |
| Balch
6-23-11 | Hockley/Lubbock | A
railroad stop |
| Bartonsite
5-13-10 | Hale
| Waited
for a railroad that never arrived |
| Bautista | Moore | Not
on the map |
| Belle
Plain | Callahan
| AKA
Phantom U |
| Ben
Ficklin 2-25-11 | 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 |
| Boyd
Chapel8-12-10 | Jones | Historical
Marker |
| Bradshaw | Taylor | Population
61 |
| Bridgetown | Wichita | Near
Wichita Falls |
| Bronco | Yoakum | Ghost
town with a watering hole |
| Broome | Sterling | Once
a railroad stop |
| Bullock | Young | Population
0 |
| Bunker
Hill | Dallam
| Not
on the map |
| Burkett | Coleman | Population
30 |
| Caddo | Stephens | Located
on a former Caddo Indian campsite |
| Callahan
City | Callahan
| Almost
the county seat |
| Cedric | Crosby
| Lost
to Rall |
| Chamberlin | Dallam
| Population
0 |
| Champion | Nolan | Population
8 |
| Clairemont | Kent | Former
Kent County seat with courthouse & jail |
| Clara | Wichita
| A
cemetery full of Iris |
| Coble
Switch 8-3-10 | Hockley | Skeleton
of a cotton gin remains |
| Codman | Roberts
| On
the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |
| Cofferville
7-26-10 | Lamb | A
deserted cotton gin remains |
| Coldwater | Sherman | Former
county seat of Sherman County |
| Content | Runnels | AKA
Tokeen |
| Conway | Carson | On
Route 66 |
| Copenhagen
5-12-10 | Hale | In
the cemetery |
| Crews | Runnels | Population
25 |
| Cummins
1-7-10 | Sterling | Historical
Marker |
| Curry | Stephens | Submerged |
| Cuthbert | Mitchell
| Near
the Abrams No. 1 oil well |
| Cuyler
1-8-10 | Carson | On
the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |
| Damsite | Hardeman | Not
even on the county map |
| Decker
4-11-12 | Nolan | A
cemetery remains |
| Denton | Callahan | Population
6 |
| Desdemona | Eastland | A
boom town ghost town |
| Doan's
Crossing | Wilbarger
| The
Friendliest Red River Dog |
| Dora
4-11-12 | Nolan | A
cemetery remains |
| Dozier
| Collingsworth
| Near
the Salt Fork of the Red River |
| Drasco | Runnels | Close
to the Taylor county line |
| Draw | Lynn | "The
store" |
| Dundee
11-4-09 | Archer
| Named
after the city in Scotland |
| Dunlap | Cottle | Town
began with the splitting up of OX Ranch |
| Durham
6-1-10 | Borden | Only
a cemetery remains |
| Echo
| Coleman
| Not
on the state map |
| Edith
1-2-10 | Coke
| Only
cemetery remains |
| 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 |
| Elmdale | Taylor | Within
Abilene city limit |
| Emma | Crosby | Former
Crosby County seat |
| Eolian | Stephens | Population:
9 |
| Eskota | Fisher
| A
ghost town with an annual Homecoming |
| Espuela | Dickens | Only
the cemetery remains |
| Estacado | Lubbock | First
County Seat of Crosby County |
| Fort
Griffin | Shackelford
| AKA
The Flat, one of Texas’ most lawless towns |
| Fort
Phantom Hill | Jones | Built
in the 1850s |
| Fort
Picketville 2-8-11 | Stephens
| First
Stephens County seat |
| Fry | Brown | Population
0 |
| Gasoline | Briscoe | The
cotton gin burned |
| Gazelle
2-18-11 | Hall | Post
office closed in 1902 |
| Gewhitt | Hutchinson | Near
County seat Stinnett |
| Gilliland
1-10-10 | Knox | Much
reclaimed by nature |
| Gilpin
6-5-10 | Dickens | Population
3 |
| 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 |
| Gomez
3-7-11 | Terry | One
name, two ghosts |
| Grape
Creek | Borden
| Absorbed
by Gail |
| Gray
Mule 9-15-10 | Floyd | On
the Quitaque Canyon Trail |
| Griffith | Cochran | Not
on the map |
| Guion
3-12-10 | Taylor | Not
on the map |
| Gunsight
| Stephens | Population
6 |
| Hart
Camp 8-3-10 | Lamb | Population
8 |
| Hatchel | Runnels | Population
16 |
| Hayrick
1-2-10 | Coke | First
Coke County seat |
| Hud
10-26-10 | Scurry | On
vintage maps |
| Hulver | Hall
| Only
the cemetery remains |
| Hylton
4-11-12 | Nolan | Population
6 |
| Iatan | 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 |
| Julia | Borden | Appears
in the 1907 postal map |
| 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
|
| King's
Mill | Gray
| Near
Pampa |
| Kirkland
3-12-10 | Childress | Once
the "Biggest Little City in Texas" |
| Klondike | Dawson
| East
of Patricia |
| La
Casa | Stephens | Population
unknown |
| Lakeview | Lynn
| Population
unknown |
| Laketon | Gray
| Near
Pampa |
| Landergin
6-14-10 | Oldham | Not
on the map |
| Leaday | Coleman | Displaced
by Lake Ivie |
| Lehman
7-15-10 | Cochran
| County
seat rivalry |
| Lesley | Hall | Not
on the map |
| Lillie | Collingsworth
| Once
part of Rocking Chair Ranch |
| Lipscomb | Lipscomb | Lipscomb
County seat |
| Litwalton
| Garza | Included
in 1907 postal map |
| Loco
3-12-10 | Childress | Only
cemeteries remain |
| Lone
Wolf | Tom
Green | Absorbed
by San Angelo |
| Loveless | Concho | "Southeast
of Eden" |
| Lutie | Collingsworth
| Began
as part of Rocking Chair Ranch |
| Luzon
4-5-10 | Kent | Not
on the map |
| Mabelle
5-4-11 | Baylor
| Centennial
Baylor County marker is there |
| Machovec
4-19-10 | Moore | Grain
elevators standing |
| Mankins | Archer | Once
home to a wild west circus |
| Maple | Bailey | With
a Cotton Gin Coop |
| Margaret | Foard | First
Hardeman County seat |
| 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
4-26-11 | Hardeman | A
Museum remains |
|
Mesquite | Borden
| NOT
the Mesquite in Dallas County |
| Middle
Water | Hartley
| Division
of the XIT Ranch |
| Middlewell | Moore | Not
on the map |
| Mingus | Palo
Pinto | Born
with the arrival of the railroad |
| Montvale
1-13-10
| Sterling | A
cemetery and historical marker |
| Mobeetie
| Wheeler
| "Hard-luck
Capital of the Panhandle." |
| Moro | Taylor | Near
Mount Moro |
| Mount
Blanco | Crosby | First
permanent homestead in Panhandle South Plains |
| Mount
Pleasant 8-12-10 | Taylor | Historical
markers & Castle Peak |
| Mozelle
| Coleman |
A ghost town with a high school |
| New
Moore | Lynn | No
longer on the map |
| Newlin
12-24-10 | Hall | Abandoned
bank and a store |
| Norton | Runnels | Population
96 |
| Nubia | Taylor | Population:
Unknown |
| Ochiltree
11-3-10 | Ochiltree | Former
Ochiltree County seat |
| Odell | Wilbarger
| Near
the county seat |
| Ogden | Cottle | Population
0 |
| Oil
City 12-11-10 | Hutchinson | Population
0 |
| Old
Pease City 10-5-09 | Foard | Town
site historical marker remains |
| Olfen
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Olga | Nolan | On
Coke and Nolan county line |
| Opdyke | Hockley
| Started
in 1925 |
| Oriana | Stonewall | Home
of the Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge |
| Otis
Chalk | Howard | Once
a boom town |
| Oxien
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Pansy | Crosby | Not
on the map |
| Parmerton
|
Parmer | Former
Parmer County seat |
| Parnell
4-14-10
| Hall | School
ruins remains |
| Patricia | Dawson | Look
for Poco Crudo Longhorn |
| Pep
7-29-10 | Hockley | Once
part of XIT Ranch |
| Perico | Dallam
| Once
the shipping point for the XIT Ranch |
| Phillips | Hutchinson | Obliterated
by the 1980 explosion |
| Picketville
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Pickwick
12-07 09 | Palo
Pinto | Under
Possum Kingdom Lake |
| Plemons | Hutchinson | First
Hutchinson County seat |
| Plymouth
| Collingsworth
| Once
part of Rocking Chair Ranch |
| Polar
1-10-10 | Kent | Not
on the map |
| Proffitt
12-7-09 | Young
| Not
on the map |
| Pumphrey
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Pyron
| Scurry | Once
a thriving community |
| 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 |
| Rolla | Collingsworth
| Population
unknown |
| Ronda | Wilbarger
| Ronda
Cemetery |
| Rowe | Donley
| Rowe
Cemetery |
| Roxana | Carson | Oil
boom town |
| Runnels
City 1-7-10 | Runnels | Only
the centennial marker remains |
| Running
Water 5-12-10
| Hale
| Bypassed
by the railroad |
| Ruth | Concho | Not
on the map |
| Sanco | Coke | Named
for a Comanche chief |
| Scherz | Tom
Green | Near
San Angelo |
| Shafter
Lake | Andrews | Lost
the “county-seat war” |
| Shep | Taylor | Not
on the map |
| Shield
4-11-10 | Coleman | Only
School building remains |
| Silver
1-2-10 | Coke | Once
a pioneer ranching center |
| Silver
Valley | Coleman | Alongside
the Pecos and Northern |
| Sligo | Yoakum
| Not
on the map |
| Soash | Howard | Not
on the map |
| South
Bend | Young
| Ghost
spa |
| Spade
1-5-10 | Mitchell
| A
cemetery with historical marker |
| Sparenberg | Dawson
| Population
20 |
| Stevens
4-20-10 | Sherman | Grain
elevator standing |
| Sunshine
Hill 8-22-10 | Wichita
| Highest
elevation in Wichita County |
| Swastika
5-5-10 | Hale | Without
a trace (on any map) |
| 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
12-4-09 | Hall | Ozark
Trail at Tampico |
| Tascosa | Oldham | Home
of Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch today |
| Tee
Pee City 4-14-11 | Motley | Only
a centennial marker remains |
| Tesco
11-9-10 | Nolan | There
used to be a town in the location |
| The
Flat | 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 |
| Tredway
4-3-12 | Borden | Appears
in the 1907 postal map |
| 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
8-25-09 | Cottle
| Not
on the map |
| Valley
View 12-28-09 | Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Verbena | Garza | Not
on the county map |
| Vigo
Park | Swisher
| Named
after Vigo & Parke counties in Indiana |
| Virginia
City | Bailey | Aspired
to be the county seat |
| Voss
| Coleman | Hometown
of Representative Bob Turner |
| Walthall
| Runnels | Only
the cemetery remains |
| Washburn
| Armstrong | Almost
the county seat |
| Wastella | Nolan | No
cemetery |
| Wayside | Armstrong | Founded
as a rural school district |
| Westbrook
1-6-10 | Mitchell | Another
bypassed small town |
| Westover
7-12-10 | Baylor | Historical
markers |
| Whiteflat | Motley | Originally
a Matador Ranch line camp |
| Whitfield | Swisher
| Once
had two churches & a two-room schoolhouse |
| Whittenburg | Hutchinson | Now
part of present-day Phillips, Texas |
| Whon | Coleman | Touched
by a ranch hand |
| Williams
Community 12-2-09 | Hardeman | Formed
around its school |
| Wilmet
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Zulu
5-15-10 | Hansford | Once
grazing land for buffalo |
| More
to come. Check back soon. |
