East
Texas Ghost Towns Travel Guide |
TOWN
| COUNTY | Description |
| Acol | Angelina
| A
"wandering post office." |
| Alabama
9-10-11 | Houston
| Only
the Centennial marker remains |
| Aldridge
9-12-11 | Jasper | A
sawmill ghost town |
| Asia | Polk
| Once
a lumber town |
| Atoy
| Cherokee
| Settled
before the Civil War |
| Augusta
3-8-11 | Houston
| Site
of the Edens-Madden Massacre |
| Baldwin
3-4-10 | Harrison | No
road sign |
| Baxter | Henderson | Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Beck's
Chapel | Henderson | Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Belgrade
1-8-11 | Newton
| Once
a thriving port |
| Bethany | Panola | On
the Texas/Lousiana state line |
| Bevilport
3-6-11 | Jasper | On
the Neches River basin |
| Black
Ankle | San
Augustine | Not
on the county map |
| Bogus
Springs | Cass | The
spring dried up |
| Bois
D'Arc | Anderson | Little
is known |
| Bonami | Jasper | A
sawmill town |
| Brooklyn | Shelby | Home
town of movie star Ann Miller's mother |
| Buena
Vista | Shelby | Once
called “Buck Snort” |
| Buffalo | Henderson | First
Henederson County seat |
| Bulah | Cherokee
| A
predominantly black community |
| Burning
Bush | Smith | A
failed Methodist experiment |
| Byspot | San
Jacinto | No
longer on the US Geological Survey list |
| Catfish | Henderson | Near
Athens |
| Camden
aka Walling’s Ferry 12-12-10 | Gregg | One
of the earliest communities in Gregg County |
| Center
Point | Camp | Near
Pittsburg |
| Centerville
| Henderson | Second
Henederson County seat |
| Cheeseland | Angelina
| A
Two Family Town |
| Chickenfeather | Rusk | A
rural cemetery today |
| Climax | Nacogdoches | Close
to Nacogdoches |
| Coffeeville | Upshur | Once
a travel destination |
| Coke | Wood | Near
coal and oilfield |
| Comet | Marion | Two
Miles from Jefferson |
| Concord | Angelina
|
A wet ghost town in East Texas |
| Dalby
Springs 8-20-10 |
Bowie | Grew
areound a medicinal spring |
| Darby | Polk | Historic
log house with cemetery |
| Denmark | Anderson | Close
to Palestine |
| Dextra | Nacogdoches | A
dispersed community |
| Dialville
| Cherokee
| Not
on the map |
| Dillon | Hopkins | Population
0 |
| Drusilla | Wood | Population
0 |
| Earle’s
Chapel | Cherokee
| A
church and cemetery |
| Eliza | Houston | Population
0 |
| Emporia | Angelina
| With
a mystery |
| Eureka | Franklin
| Found
only on county map |
| Fairmount | Sabine
| Today
a well-kept graveyard and a church |
| Farrsville
4-10-10 |
Newton | Not
on the map |
| Fastrill | Cherokee
| "A
beautiful logging camp." |
| Footes | Gregg | Not
on the map |
| Fort
Houston | Anderson |
Near Palestine |
| Fostoria | Montgomery | Once
a prosperous saw mill town |
| Geneva | Sabine
| Oldest
continuously occupied town in East Texas |
| Gent
| Cherokee
| AKA
Ghent. On Gent Mountain |
| Gould | Cherokee
| North
of Rusk |
| Grand
Bluff 12-13-09 | Panola | Once
a ferry town |
| Grayrock
1-19-10 | Franklin | A
cemetery remains |
| Hardin
8-9-11 | Hardin | First
Hardin County seat |
| Haslam
3-12-10 | Shelby | Built
around 1913 for lumber production |
| Holcomb
Store | Cherokee
| AKA
Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's |
| Hopewell | Smith | Texas
largest magnolia tree |
| Horace | Upshur | Dropped
from county maps by 1936 |
| Iron
Bridge | Gregg | Not
on the map |
| Ironosa | San
Augustine | Not
on the highway map |
| Java | Cherokee | Moved
to Maydelle |
| Jonesboro | Red
River | Once
Arkansas' Miller County seat |
| Jonesville | Angelina
| Second
Angelina County seat |
| Kellyville
3-4-10 | Marion | Site
of Kelly Foundry, Furnace, and Plow Co. |
| Kelsey | Upshur | Mormon
colony |
| Kiam | Polk | Named
for a clothing retailer in Houston |
| Kiomatia | Red
River | Dates
from 1816 as part of Arkansas Territory |
| Larissa | Cherokee | Near
the site of the Killough Massacre |
| Lindsey
Springs | |
One of the oldest logging camps |
| Little
Hope | Wood | An
active church with a historical marker |
| Lone
Star | Cherokee | Not
on the map |
| Los
Adaes 6-29-10 | Louisiana | Capital
of the Province of Texas, 1721 to 1773 |
| Madras
8-14-10 | Red
River | A
church & community center remain |
| Manila | Cherokee | Close
to Rusk |
| Marion
1-28-11 | Angelina
| First
Angelina County seat |
| Millville
8-16-11 | Rusk | Once
had a bright future |
| Mixon | Cherokee | Not
on the map |
| Mount
Sterling 1-1-11 | Nacogdoches | A
centennial marker and a bridge remain |
| Mutt
and Jeff | Wood | Not
on the county map |
| New
Birmingham | Cherokee |
East Texas Iron |
| North
Chapel 5-3-11 | Gregg | A
church building remains |
| Old
Waverly | Walker | A
ghost town with resident ghosts |
| Olive | Hardin | A
sawmill ghost town with a ghost train |
| Philistine | Angelina
| Neches
River bottomlands |
| Pickens | Henderson | Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Pine
Town | Cherokee | Moved
to Maydelle. Not on the map |
| Pleasant
Hill | | |
| Pluck
| Polk | Once
a sawill town |
| Prairie
Point | Houston | Only
a cemetery remains |
| Presley
| Titus | Not
on the map |
| Providence
| Anderson | Not
on the map |
| Rambo | Cass | Not
the movie |
| Remlig
1-26-11 | Jasper | Once
a lumbermill town |
| Rosalie
8-19-10 | Red
River | A
church, cemetery and a community center |
| Ratcliff | Houston | With
two historical markers |
| Sabine | (Gulf
Coast) | South
of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park |
| Sabinetown
2-3-11 | Sabine | Once-prosperous
river town. Now submerged |
| Science
Hill 6-19-11 | Henderson | Once
an education center. A cemetery remains |
| Scrap | Red
River |
A ghost town in northeast Texas |
| Setag | Polk | Once
leased to operate a silica plant |
| Shacklefoot | Sabine | Built
by Jean Laffite |
| Spivey
6-9-10
| Shelby | Historical
marker marks the site |
| Sumpter
12-12-10 | Trinity | First
Trinity County seat |
| Swartwout
| Polk | A
submerged ghost town |
| Tallys | Harrison | Not
on the map |
| Tarrant | Hopkins | The
first Hopkins County seat |
| Tecula | Cherokee | Settled
before the Civil War |
| Thedford
1-27-10 | Smith | Not
shown on State Map |
| Time | Sabine | A
submerged ghost town |
| Town
Bluff | Tyler | Almost
a Houston |
| Troy
| Freestone
|
A ghost town on the Trinity River |
| Turpentine | Jasper | Once
a turpentine camp and distillery |
| Utica | Smith | Close
to Tyler |
| Viola
6-9-10 | Cass | Already
a ghost before the Great Depression |
| Waneta
1-16-11 | Houston | A
schoolhouse and historical marker remain |
| Watson | Red
River | Not
on the map |
| Waverly
- See Old Waverly |
| Weldon | Houston | Not
shown on State Map |
| Wiergate | Newton | A
sawmill ghost town |
| Who'd
Thought It | Hopkins | A
forgotten community with an unforgettable name |
| Zana | San
Augustine | A
submerged ghost town |
| Zavala
| Jasper | On
Jasper County's records as late as 1878 |
| Zeirath | Jasper | Not
on the map |
